How Brandon McCarthy's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Brandon McCarthy posted a career OPS of .191, well below the league average of .725 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 2014, posting .276, well below the league average of .709 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 .133 in 2016 to .197 in 2017 and .276 in 2018. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to .276 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Brandon McCarthy Lifetime OPS

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Brandon McCarthy OPS Per Season

Brandon McCarthy'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.
Brandon McCarthy OPS per season line chart

Brandon McCarthy OPS by Team

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

Brandon McCarthy OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brandon McCarthy'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.
Brandon McCarthy OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Brandon McCarthy OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brandon McCarthy'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.
Brandon McCarthy OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brandon McCarthy OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brandon McCarthy'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.
Brandon McCarthy OPS season-by-season breakdown table