How Willie Smith's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Willie Smith posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .295, below the league average of .328 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1969, posting .330, near the league average of .324 that year. The lowest point came in 1963 at .125, well below the league average of .310 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .330 in 1969 to .267 in 1970 and .207 in 1971. 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 9 seasons.

Willie Smith Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

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Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Willie Smith's On Base Percentage (OBP) for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

Willie Smith's career On Base Percentage (OBP) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Willie Smith career On Base Percentage (OBP) by team bar chart

Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Smith's career On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Willie Smith's seasonal On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Willie Smith's MLB career with On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Willie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table