How Delmon Young's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Delmon Young posted a career OPS of .737, near the league average of .725 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best OPS season came in 2010, posting .826, above the league average of .734 that year. The lowest point came in 2015 at .628, below the league average of .732 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .715 in 2013 to .779 in 2014 and .628 in 2015. 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 10 seasons.

Delmon Young Lifetime OPS

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Delmon Young OPS Per Season

Delmon Young's OPS 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.
Delmon Young OPS per season line chart

Delmon Young OPS by Team

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

Delmon Young OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Delmon Young'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.
Delmon Young OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Delmon Young OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Delmon Young'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.
Delmon Young OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Delmon Young OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Delmon Young'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.
Delmon Young OPS season-by-season breakdown table