How Michael Saunders's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Michael Saunders posted a career OPS of .701, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 2016, posting .815, near the league average of .746 that year. The lowest point came in 2011 at .424, well below the league average of .726 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .499 in 2015 to .815 in 2016 and .600 in 2017. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 9 seasons.

Michael Saunders Lifetime OPS

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Michael Saunders OPS Per Season

Michael 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, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Michael Saunders OPS per season line chart

Michael Saunders OPS by Team

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

Michael Saunders OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Michael 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.
Michael Saunders OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Michael Saunders OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Michael 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.
Michael Saunders OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Michael Saunders OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Michael 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.
Michael Saunders OPS season-by-season breakdown table