How Denny McLain's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Denny McLain posted a career OPS of .319, well below the league average of .725 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 1963, posting .967, well above the league average of .685 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at .161, well below the league average of .707 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .161 in 1970 to .317 in 1971 and .347 in 1972. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .161 to .967 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Denny McLain Lifetime OPS

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Denny McLain
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Career0.319
Season Avg.0.319
162 Game Avg.0.319
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Denny McLain OPS Per Season

Denny McLain'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.
Denny McLain OPS per season line chart

Denny McLain OPS by Team

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

Denny McLain OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Denny McLain'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.
Denny McLain OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Denny McLain OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Denny McLain'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.
Denny McLain OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Denny McLain OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Denny McLain'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.
Denny McLain OPS season-by-season breakdown table