How John Ward's OPS Compares to Similar Players

John Ward posted a career OPS of .655, near the league average of .719 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1890, posting .819, above the league average of .740 that year. The lowest point came in 1880 at .513, well below the league average of .744 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .656 in 1892 to .794 in 1893 and .617 in 1894. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.

John Ward Lifetime OPS

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John Ward OPS Per Season

John Ward's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Ward OPS per season line chart

John Ward OPS by Team

John Ward's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Ward career OPS by team bar chart

John Ward OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how John Ward'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.
John Ward OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

John Ward OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes John Ward'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.
John Ward OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

John Ward OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of John Ward'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.
John Ward OPS season-by-season breakdown table