How Sam Thompson's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Sam Thompson posted a career Range Factor of 1.74, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1896, posting 2.18, well below the league average of 4.11 that year. The lowest point came in 1893 at 1.48, well below the league average of 4.06 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.67 in 1897 to 1.71 in 1898 and 1.75 in 1906. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 15 seasons.
Sam Thompson Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Sam Thompson
| Sam Thompson
Range Factor |
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| Career | 1.743 |
| Season Avg. | 1.743 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.743 |
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Sam Thompson Range Factor Per Season
Sam Thompson'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, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Thompson Range Factor by Team
Sam Thompson's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Thompson Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam 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.
Sam Thompson Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam 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.
Sam Thompson Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam 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.
