How Ed Sadowski's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Ed Sadowski posted a career OPS of .580, below the league average of .725 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best OPS season came in 1961, posting .663, near the league average of .727 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .311, well below the league average of .669 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .555 in 1962 to .503 in 1963 and .311 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 5 seasons.

Ed Sadowski Lifetime OPS

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Ed Sadowski
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Season Avg.0.58
162 Game Avg.0.58
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Ed Sadowski OPS Per Season

Ed Sadowski's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Sadowski OPS per season line chart

Ed Sadowski OPS by Team

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

Ed Sadowski OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Sadowski'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.
Ed Sadowski OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Sadowski OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Sadowski'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.
Ed Sadowski OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Sadowski OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Sadowski'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.
Ed Sadowski OPS season-by-season breakdown table