How Billy Williams's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Billy Williams posted a career OPS of .853, above the league average of .719 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best OPS season came in 1972, posting 1.01, well above the league average of .685 that year. The lowest point came in 1959 at .389, well below the league average of .731 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .835 in 1974 to .760 in 1975 and .659 in 1976. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 18 seasons.

Billy Williams Lifetime OPS

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Billy Williams OPS Per Season

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

Billy Williams OPS by Team

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

Billy Williams OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Billy Williams'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.
Billy Williams OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Billy Williams OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Billy Williams'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.
Billy Williams OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Billy Williams OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Billy Williams'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.
Billy Williams OPS season-by-season breakdown table