How Gary Matthews's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Gary Matthews posted a career OPS of .802, above the league average of .719 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best OPS season came in 1972, posting .889, well above the league average of .685 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at .643, below the league average of .743 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .768 in 1985 to .840 in 1986 and .643 in 1987. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent OPS producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.
Gary Matthews Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Gary Matthews
| Gary Matthews
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.802 |
| Season Avg. | 0.802 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.802 |
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Gary Matthews OPS Per Season
Gary Matthews's OPS 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 OPS by Team
Gary Matthews's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Gary Matthews OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Matthews'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.
Gary Matthews OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Gary Matthews'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.
Gary Matthews OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Gary Matthews'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.
