How Don Larsen's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Don Larsen posted a career OPS of .662, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1958, posting .935, well above the league average of .710 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .319, well below the league average of .692 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .319 in 1964 to .539 in 1965. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .319 to .935 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Don Larsen Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Don Larsen
| Don Larsen
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.662 |
| Season Avg. | 0.662 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.662 |
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Don Larsen OPS Per Season
Don Larsen's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Don Larsen OPS by Team
Don Larsen's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Larsen OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Don Larsen'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.
Don Larsen OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Don Larsen'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.
Don Larsen OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Don Larsen'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.
