How Mel Stottlemyre's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Mel Stottlemyre posted a career Range Factor of 2.26, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1969, posting 2.87, below the league average of 3.23 that year. The lowest point came in 1974 at 1.31, well below the league average of 3.22 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.97 in 1972 to 1.97 in 1973 and 1.31 in 1974. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 11 seasons.

Mel Stottlemyre Lifetime Range Factor

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Mel Stottlemyre
Range Factor
Career2.256
Season Avg.2.256
162 Game Avg.2.256
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Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor Per Season

Mel Stottlemyre'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor per season line chart

Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor by Team

Mel Stottlemyre's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mel Stottlemyre career Range Factor by team bar chart

Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table