How Preston Ward's OPS Compares to Similar Players
Preston Ward posted a career OPS of .706, near the league average of .719 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1956, posting .795, near the league average of .729 that year. The lowest point came in 1957 at .455, well below the league average of .730 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .455 in 1957 to .737 in 1958 and .644 in 1959. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 9 seasons.
Preston Ward Lifetime OPS
Stats similar to OPS for Preston Ward
| Preston Ward
OPS |
|---|
| Career | 0.706 |
| Season Avg. | 0.706 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.706 |
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Preston Ward OPS Per Season
Preston 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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Preston Ward OPS by Team
Preston Ward's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Preston Ward OPS Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Preston 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.
Preston Ward OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Preston 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.
Preston Ward OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Preston 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.
