Lou Gehrig Career Range Factor Overview
Lou Gehrig's Range Factor was 9.6 for his 17-year Major League Baseball career.
1927 was his best season when his Range Factor was 11.29 and his worst season was 1924
when his Range Factor was 3.667. Lou Gehrig outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals,
besting USA (3.63223), The Greatest Generation (3.94081), Y (4.21525), mlb (3.60579), and 1B (7.20865) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Range factor is a metric that shows how often a defensive player records an putout or assist per innings played. It is calculated by dividing chances accepted by innings played by a player or team over a given period of time Generally, for Range Factor, higher is better. (
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Lou Gehrig Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Lou Gehrig
| Lou GehrigRange Factor |
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Career | 9.6 |
Season Avg. | 9.6 |
162 Game Avg. | 9.6 |
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Lou Gehrig Range Factor By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Lou Gehrig's yearly Range Factor
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Lou Gehrig Range Factor By Year Change
This waterfall chart attempts to show how Lou Gehrig's career Range Factor changed per season.
This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Range Factor Lou Gehrig
had at that season in his career.
Lou Gehrig Range Factor By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Lou Gehrig and related player groups by summarizing Range Factor
for each season played by Lou Gehrig. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!
Lou Gehrig Range Factor Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Lou Gehrig Range Factor stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Lou Gehrig career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players
for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may
not have been a hall of famer playing that year.