How Sam West's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Sam West posted a career OPS of .796, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 1934, posting .872, above the league average of .751 that year. The lowest point came in 1942 at .628, near the league average of .685 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .720 in 1940 to .708 in 1941 and .628 in 1942. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent OPS producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.

Sam West Lifetime OPS

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Sam West
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Career0.796
Season Avg.0.796
162 Game Avg.0.796
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Sam West OPS Per Season

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

Sam West OPS by Team

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

Sam West OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam West'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.
Sam West OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam West OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam West'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.
Sam West OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam West OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam West'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.
Sam West OPS season-by-season breakdown table