How Cole Hamels's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Cole Hamels posted a career OPS of .401, well below the league average of .719 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 2012, posting .560, well below the league average of .727 that year. The lowest point came in 2017 at .000, well below the league average of .757 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 2017 to .394 in 2018 and .345 in 2019. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to .560 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Cole Hamels Lifetime OPS

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Cole Hamels OPS Per Season

Cole Hamels's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cole Hamels OPS per season line chart

Cole Hamels OPS by Team

Cole Hamels's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cole Hamels career OPS by team bar chart

Cole Hamels OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Cole Hamels's career OPS shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Cole Hamels OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Cole Hamels OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cole Hamels's seasonal OPS alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Cole Hamels OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cole Hamels OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cole Hamels's MLB career with OPS alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Cole Hamels OPS season-by-season breakdown table