How Howie Shanks's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Howie Shanks posted a career OPS of .644, below the league average of .725 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best OPS season came in 1921, posting .816, near the league average of .766 that year. The lowest point came in 1917 at .529, below the league average of .646 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .621 in 1923 to .705 in 1924 and .653 in 1925. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 14 seasons.

Howie Shanks Lifetime OPS

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Howie Shanks OPS Per Season

Howie Shanks'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.
Howie Shanks OPS per season line chart

Howie Shanks OPS by Team

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

Howie Shanks OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Howie Shanks'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.
Howie Shanks OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Howie Shanks OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Howie Shanks'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.
Howie Shanks OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Howie Shanks OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Howie Shanks'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.
Howie Shanks OPS season-by-season breakdown table