How Steve Hovley's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Steve Hovley posted a career OPS of .665, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1969, posting .703, near the league average of .691 that year. The lowest point came in 1971 at .491, well below the league average of .680 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .491 in 1971 to .703 in 1972 and .669 in 1973. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 5 seasons.

Steve Hovley Lifetime OPS

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Steve Hovley OPS Per Season

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

Steve Hovley OPS by Team

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

Steve Hovley OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Hovley'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.
Steve Hovley OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Hovley OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Hovley'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.
Steve Hovley OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Hovley OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Hovley'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.
Steve Hovley OPS season-by-season breakdown table