How Joe Nelson's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Joe Nelson posted a career Range Factor of .127, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 2006, posting .186, well below the league average of 2.89 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .000, well below the league average of 2.82 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .136 in 2008 to .095 in 2009 and .000 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .000 to .186 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Joe Nelson Lifetime Range Factor

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Joe Nelson Range Factor Per Season

Joe Nelson'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.
Joe Nelson Range Factor per season line chart

Joe Nelson Range Factor by Team

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

Joe Nelson Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Nelson'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.
Joe Nelson Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Nelson Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Nelson'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.
Joe Nelson Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Nelson Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Nelson'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.
Joe Nelson Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table