How Gary Matthews's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Gary Matthews posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .364, above the league average of .328 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1984, posting .410, well above the league average of .321 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at .320, near the league average of .332 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .362 in 1985 to .361 in 1986 and .320 in 1987. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent On Base Percentage (OBP) producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.

Gary Matthews Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

Stats similar to On Base Percentage (OBP) for Gary Matthews
Gary Matthews
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Career0.364
Season Avg.0.364
162 Game Avg.0.364
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Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

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

Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

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

Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Matthews'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.
Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gary Matthews'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.
Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gary Matthews'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.
Gary Matthews On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table