How Joe Thurston's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Joe Thurston posted a career OPS of .629, below the league average of .719 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best OPS season came in 2002, posting .967, well above the league average of .745 that year. The lowest point came in 2008 at .111, well below the league average of .755 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .111 in 2008 to .645 in 2009 and .500 in 2011. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .111 to .967 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Joe Thurston Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Joe Thurston
| Joe Thurston
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.629 |
| Season Avg. | 0.629 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.629 |
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Joe Thurston OPS Per Season
Joe Thurston's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, PH, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Thurston OPS by Team
Joe Thurston's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Thurston OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Thurston'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.
Joe Thurston OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Thurston'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.
Joe Thurston OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Thurston'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.
