How Joe Saunders's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Joe Saunders posted a career OPS of .311, well below the league average of .725 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 2011, posting .435, well below the league average of .726 that year. The lowest point came in 2008 at .000, well below the league average of .753 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .240 in 2012 to .000 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to .435 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Joe Saunders Lifetime OPS

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Joe Saunders OPS Per Season

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

Joe Saunders OPS by Team

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

Joe Saunders OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Saunders'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.
Joe Saunders OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Saunders OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Saunders'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.
Joe Saunders OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Saunders OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Saunders'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.
Joe Saunders OPS season-by-season breakdown table