List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders
On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging average.[1] The statistic reflects two important offensive skills: the ability of a player to get on base and to hit for power.
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Babe Ruth, the all-time leader in OPS.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career 1.1636 OPS. Ted Williams (1.1155), Lou Gehrig (1.0798), Oscar Charleston (1.0632), Barry Bonds (1.0512), Jimmie Foxx (1.0376), Turkey Stearnes (1.0340), Mule Suttles (1.0176), Hank Greenberg (1.0169), and Rogers Hornsby (1.0103) are the only other players with a career OPS over 1.000.
Key
Rank | Among leaders in career OPS. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player | Name of the player. |
OPS | Career OPS. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Active player.[note 1] |
List
The top 100 Major League Baseball players in career OPS with at least 3,000 career plate appearances, as of October 1, 2023, are:
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Mike Trout, the active leader and 12th all-time in career OPS.
Notes
- A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
External links
- "Career Leaders & Records for On-Base Plus Slugging". Baseball-Reference.com.
- See www.baseballprospectus.com or rec.sport.baseball Archived 2010-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.
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