How Cal Ripken Jr.'s On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Cal Ripken Jr. posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .340, near the league average of .330 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1984, posting .374, above the league average of .327 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .150, well below the league average of .322 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .368 in 1999 to .310 in 2000 and .276 in 2001. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 20 seasons.

Cal Ripken Jr. Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

Stats similar to On Base Percentage (OBP) for Cal Ripken Jr.
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On Base Percentage (OBP)
Career0.34
Season Avg.0.34
162 Game Avg.0.34
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Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Cal Ripken Jr.'s On Base Percentage (OBP) for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

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

Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table