How Pop Smith's Gross Production Average (GPA) Compares to Similar Players

Pop Smith posted a career Gross Production Average (GPA) of .207, below the league average of .246 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Gross Production Average (GPA) season came in 1890, posting .239, near the league average of .255 that year. The lowest point came in 1881 at .084, well below the league average of .276 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .227 in 1889 to .239 in 1890 and .194 in 1891. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 12 seasons.

Pop Smith Lifetime Gross Production Average (GPA)

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Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) Per Season

Pop Smith's Gross Production Average (GPA) for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) per season line chart

Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) by Team

Pop Smith's career Gross Production Average (GPA) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Pop Smith career Gross Production Average (GPA) by team bar chart

Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Pop Smith's career Gross Production Average (GPA) 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.
Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) year-over-year waterfall chart

Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Pop Smith's seasonal Gross Production Average (GPA) 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.
Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Pop Smith's MLB career with Gross Production Average (GPA) 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.
Pop Smith Gross Production Average (GPA) season-by-season breakdown table