How Wilbur Howard's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Wilbur Howard posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .283, below the league average of .330 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1975, posting .324, near the league average of .329 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .244, well below the league average of .327 that year. The On Base Percentage (OBP) trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .245 in 1976 to .276 in 1977 and .268 in 1978. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 6 seasons.

Wilbur Howard Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

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Wilbur Howard
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Career0.283
Season Avg.0.283
162 Game Avg.0.283
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Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Wilbur Howard's On Base Percentage (OBP) for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

Wilbur Howard's career On Base Percentage (OBP) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Wilbur Howard career On Base Percentage (OBP) by team bar chart

Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Wilbur Howard's career On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Wilbur Howard's seasonal On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Wilbur Howard's MLB career with On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Wilbur Howard On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table