How Dick Wakefield's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Dick Wakefield posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .396, above the league average of .330 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1950, posting .667, well above the league average of .357 that year. The lowest point came in 1941 at .143, well below the league average of .342 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .367 in 1949 to .667 in 1950 and .333 in 1952. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the On Base Percentage (OBP) profile — ranging from .143 to .667 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Dick Wakefield Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

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Dick Wakefield
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Career0.396
Season Avg.0.396
162 Game Avg.0.396
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Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Dick Wakefield's On Base Percentage (OBP) for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

Dick Wakefield's career On Base Percentage (OBP) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dick Wakefield career On Base Percentage (OBP) by team bar chart

Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dick Wakefield's career On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dick Wakefield's seasonal On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dick Wakefield's MLB career with On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Dick Wakefield On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table