How Bill James's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Bill James posted a career OPS of .499, well below the league average of .719 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the OPS arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the OPS arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to .569 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Bill James Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Bill James
| Bill James
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.499 |
| Season Avg. | 0.499 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.499 |
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Bill James OPS Per Season
Bill James'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.
Bill James OPS by Team
Bill James's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill James'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.
Bill James OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill James'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.
Bill James OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill James'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.
