How Jim Rice's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Jim Rice posted a career OPS of .854, above the league average of .725 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best OPS season came in 1979, posting .977, well above the league average of .740 that year. The lowest point came in 1989 at .621, below the league average of .706 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .766 in 1987 to .737 in 1988 and .621 in 1989. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.
Jim Rice Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Jim Rice
| Jim Rice
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.854 |
| Season Avg. | 0.854 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.854 |
| More Info | See More |
Jim Rice OPS Per Season
Jim Rice's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Rice OPS by Team
Jim Rice's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Rice OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Rice'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.
Jim Rice OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Rice'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.
Jim Rice OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Rice'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.
