How Johnny Oates's Passed Balls Compares to Similar Players

Johnny Oates totaled 43 career Passed Balls, well above the league average of 3.2 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Passed Balls season came in 1970, posting 0, well below the league average of 0.5 that year. The highest point came in 1974 at 15, well above the league average of 0.4 that year. The Passed Balls trended upward through the final seasons. The Passed Balls total went from 4 in 1979 to 1 in 1980 and 0 in 1981, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Passed Balls profile — ranging from 0 to 15 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Johnny Oates Lifetime Passed Balls

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Johnny Oates Passed Balls Per Season

Johnny Oates's Passed Balls 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.
Johnny Oates Passed Balls per season line chart

Johnny Oates Passed Balls by Team

Johnny Oates's career Passed Balls totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Oates career Passed Balls by team bar chart

Johnny Oates Cumulative Passed Balls — Career Progression

A running total of Johnny Oates's career Passed Balls, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Johnny Oates Passed Balls year-over-year waterfall chart

Johnny Oates Passed Balls Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Johnny Oates's seasonal Passed Balls 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.
Johnny Oates Passed Balls distribution box chart versus comparable players

Johnny Oates Passed Balls — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Johnny Oates's MLB career with Passed Balls 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.
Johnny Oates Passed Balls season-by-season breakdown table