How Bill Merritt's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Bill Merritt posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .327, near the league average of .328 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1893, posting .403, near the league average of .373 that year. The lowest point came in 1892 at .246, well below the league average of .327 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .336 in 1896 to .297 in 1897 and .333 in 1899. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.

Bill Merritt Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

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Bill Merritt
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Career0.327
Season Avg.0.327
162 Game Avg.0.327
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Bill Merritt On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Bill Merritt'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, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Merritt On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Bill Merritt On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

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

Bill Merritt On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

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

Bill Merritt On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Bill Merritt On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Merritt'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.
Bill Merritt On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table