How Rich Thompson's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Rich Thompson posted a career Range Factor of .159, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 2008, posting .500, well below the league average of 2.89 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at .000, well below the league average of 2.77 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .231 in 2010 to .159 in 2011 and .000 in 2012. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .000 to .500 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rich Thompson Lifetime Range Factor

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Rich Thompson Range Factor Per Season

Rich Thompson'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, Oceania, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rich Thompson Range Factor per season line chart

Rich Thompson Range Factor by Team

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

Rich Thompson Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rich Thompson'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.
Rich Thompson Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Thompson Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Thompson'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.
Rich Thompson Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Thompson Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Thompson'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.
Rich Thompson Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table