How Sam Thompson's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Sam Thompson posted a career OPS of .890, well above the league average of .719 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best OPS season came in 1894, posting 1.16, well above the league average of .855 that year. The lowest point came in 1906 at .540, below the league average of .623 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .670 in 1897 to .960 in 1898 and .540 in 1906. 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 above league norms across 15 seasons.

Sam Thompson Lifetime OPS

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Sam Thompson OPS Per Season

Sam Thompson's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Thompson OPS per season line chart

Sam Thompson OPS by Team

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

Sam Thompson OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Thompson's career OPS 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.
Sam Thompson OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Thompson OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Thompson's seasonal OPS 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.
Sam Thompson OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Thompson OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Thompson's MLB career with OPS 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.
Sam Thompson OPS season-by-season breakdown table