Ops Baseball
Ops Baseball - On-base plus slugging is a baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player’s on-base percentage and slugging percentage. First popularized in 1984 by John Thorn and Pete Palmer’s book, The Hidden Game of Baseball.
The abilities of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important hitting skills, are represented, making it an effective way of measuring the player’s offensive worth.
An OPS of .900 or higher in Major League Baseball puts the player in the upper echelon of offensive ability. Typically, the league leader in OPS will score near, and not necessarily below, the 1.000 mark.
The top ten Major League Baseball players in lifetime OPS, with at least 3,000 plate appearances through June 24, 2009. Albert Pujols has the highest career OPS for a right-handed batter.
- Babe Ruth, 1.1638
- Ted Williams, 1.1155
- Lou Gehrig, 1.0798
- Albert Pujols, 1.0549
- Barry Bonds, 1.0512
- Jimmie Foxx, 1.0376
- Hank Greenberg, 1.0169
- Rogers Hornsby, 1.0103
- Manny Ramírez, 1.0060
- Todd Helton, 0.9987
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