How John Russell's OPS Compares to Similar Players

John Russell posted a career OPS of .653, near the league average of .719 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1984, posting .795, above the league average of .696 that year. The lowest point came in 1991 at .249, well below the league average of .699 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .249 in 1991 to .331 in 1992 and .701 in 1993. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .249 to .795 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

John Russell Lifetime OPS

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John Russell OPS Per Season

John Russell's OPS 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.
John Russell OPS per season line chart

John Russell OPS by Team

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

John Russell OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how John Russell'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.
John Russell OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

John Russell OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes John Russell'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.
John Russell OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

John Russell OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of John Russell'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.
John Russell OPS season-by-season breakdown table