How Steve Shields's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Steve Shields posted a career Range Factor of .412, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1985, posting .522, well below the league average of 3.12 that year. The lowest point came in 1989 at .273, well below the league average of 3.05 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .300 in 1987 to .436 in 1988 and .273 in 1989. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.
Steve Shields Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Steve Shields
| Steve Shields
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 0.412 |
| Season Avg. | 0.412 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.412 |
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Steve Shields Range Factor Per Season
Steve Shields's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Steve Shields Range Factor by Team
Steve Shields's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Steve Shields Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Shields's career Range Factor 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.
Steve Shields Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Steve Shields's seasonal Range Factor 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.
Steve Shields Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Steve Shields's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
