How Ray Sanders's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Ray Sanders posted a career OPS of .771, near the league average of .719 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1944, posting .812, above the league average of .696 that year. The lowest point came in 1949 at .471, well below the league average of .726 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .727 in 1946 to .650 in 1948 and .471 in 1949. 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 7 seasons.

Ray Sanders Lifetime OPS

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Ray Sanders
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Career0.771
Season Avg.0.771
162 Game Avg.0.771
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Ray Sanders OPS Per Season

Ray Sanders's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ray Sanders OPS per season line chart

Ray Sanders OPS by Team

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

Ray Sanders OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ray Sanders'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.
Ray Sanders OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Ray Sanders OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ray Sanders'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.
Ray Sanders OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ray Sanders OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ray Sanders'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.
Ray Sanders OPS season-by-season breakdown table