How Cliff Lee's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Cliff Lee posted a career OPS of .415, well below the league average of .725 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 2004, posting .667, below the league average of .775 that year. The lowest point came in 2005 at .000, well below the league average of .760 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .357 in 2012 to .443 in 2013 and .500 in 2014. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to .667 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Cliff Lee Lifetime OPS

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Cliff Lee OPS Per Season

Cliff Lee'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.
Cliff Lee OPS per season line chart

Cliff Lee OPS by Team

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

Cliff Lee OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Cliff Lee'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.
Cliff Lee OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Cliff Lee OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cliff Lee'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.
Cliff Lee OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cliff Lee OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cliff Lee'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.
Cliff Lee OPS season-by-season breakdown table