John Olerud Chances Accepted

John Olerud Career Chances Accepted Overview

During John Olerud's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 17583 chances accepted, an average of 1034.29 chances accepted per season. 1999 was his best season with 1449 chances accepted and his worst season was 1989 when he had 21 chances accepted. John Olerud outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (2045.26), Gen X (1986.57), Y (8415.09), mlb (2014.4), and 1B (4765.77) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Chances accepted are the number of defensive plays a player or team has particpated in that resulted in either an assist or putout. It is calcuated by summing assists and putouts for a player or team over a given time period. Generally, for Chances Accepted, higher is better. (Source)

John Olerud Lifetime Chances Accepted

Stats similar to Chances Accepted for John Olerud

	John Olerud Chances Accepted
Career	17583
Season Avg.	1034.29
162 Game Avg.	1387.46
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John Olerud Chances Accepted By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows John Olerud's yearly Chances Accepted for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

John Olerud Cumulative Chances Accepted by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how John Olerud's career Chances Accepted progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents John Olerud's career Chances Accepted at the end of that season.

John Olerud Chances Accepted By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between John Olerud and related player groups by summarizing Chances Accepted for each season played by John Olerud. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

John Olerud Chances Accepted Per Season Stats Table

This table shows John Olerud Chances Accepted stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of John Olerud career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.