How Rick Waits's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Rick Waits posted a career Range Factor of 1.08, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1978, posting 2.0, well below the league average of 3.23 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .000, well below the league average of 3.26 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .389 in 1983 to .298 in 1984 and .500 in 1985. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .000 to 2.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Rick Waits Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Rick Waits
| Rick Waits
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 1.082 |
| Season Avg. | 1.082 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.082 |
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Rick Waits Range Factor Per Season
Rick Waits'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Waits Range Factor by Team
Rick Waits's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rick Waits Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Waits'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.
Rick Waits Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rick Waits'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.
Rick Waits Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rick Waits'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.
