How Cal Ripken Jr.'s OPS Compares to Similar Players

Cal Ripken Jr. posted a career OPS of .788, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1999, posting .952, well above the league average of .787 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .278, well below the league average of .692 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .952 in 1999 to .763 in 2000 and .637 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 OPS

Stats similar to OPS for Cal Ripken Jr.
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Cal Ripken Jr. OPS Per Season

Cal Ripken Jr.'s OPS 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. OPS per season line chart

Cal Ripken Jr. OPS by Team

Cal Ripken Jr.'s career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cal Ripken Jr. career OPS by team bar chart

Cal Ripken Jr. OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Cal Ripken Jr. OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cal Ripken Jr. OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. OPS season-by-season breakdown table