How Sam Thompson's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Sam Thompson posted a career OPS of .476, well below the league average of .712 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 1939, posting .727. The lowest point came in 1938 at .250. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .727 in 1939 to .644 in 1940 and .300 in 1942. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .250 to .727 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Sam Thompson Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Sam Thompson
| Sam Thompson
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.476 |
| Season Avg. | 0.476 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.476 |
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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 — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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 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 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 — 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.
