How Mickey Mantle's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Mickey Mantle posted a career OPS of .977, well above the league average of .725 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best OPS season came in 1957, posting 1.18, well above the league average of .710 that year. The lowest point came in 1968 at .782, well above the league average of .634 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .927 in 1966 to .825 in 1967 and .782 in 1968. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 18 seasons.
Mickey Mantle Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Mickey Mantle
| Mickey Mantle
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.977 |
| Season Avg. | 0.977 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.977 |
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Mickey Mantle OPS Per Season
Mickey Mantle's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mickey Mantle OPS by Team
Mickey Mantle's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mickey Mantle OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mickey Mantle'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.
Mickey Mantle OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mickey Mantle'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.
Mickey Mantle OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mickey Mantle'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.
