How Pop Smith's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Pop Smith posted a career Range Factor of 5.58, well above the league average of 3.19 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Range Factor season came in 1885, posting 7.13, well above the league average of 4.65 that year. The lowest point came in 1881 at 3.71, below the league average of 4.29 that year. The Range Factor trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.89 in 1889 to 4.73 in 1890 and 5.36 in 1891. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 12 seasons.
Pop Smith Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Pop Smith
| Pop Smith
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 5.582 |
| Season Avg. | 5.582 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.582 |
| More Info | See More |
Pop Smith Range Factor Per Season
Pop Smith's Range Factor 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 Range Factor by Team
Pop Smith's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Pop Smith Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Pop Smith'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.
Pop Smith Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Pop Smith'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.
Pop Smith Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Pop Smith'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.
