How Roger McDowell's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Roger McDowell posted a career Range Factor of .511, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1985, posting .710, well below the league average of 3.17 that year. The lowest point came in 1990 at .333, well below the league average of 3.05 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .648 in 1993 to .438 in 1995 and .561 in 1996. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 11 seasons.

Roger McDowell Lifetime Range Factor

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Roger McDowell Range Factor Per Season

Roger McDowell's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Roger McDowell Range Factor per season line chart

Roger McDowell Range Factor by Team

Roger McDowell's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Roger McDowell career Range Factor by team bar chart

Roger McDowell Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roger McDowell's career Range Factor 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.
Roger McDowell Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Roger McDowell Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roger McDowell's seasonal Range Factor 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.
Roger McDowell Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roger McDowell Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roger McDowell's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
Roger McDowell Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table