List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders

Babe Ruth, the all-time leader in OPS.

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 ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, are represented.

Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball players in career on-base plus slugging (OPS) with at least 3,000 career plate appearances.

Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career 1.1636 OPS. Ted Williams (1.1155), Lou Gehrig (1.0798), Barry Bonds (1.0512), Hank Greenberg (1.0169), and Roger Hornsby (1.0103) are the only other players with a career OPS over 1.0000.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career OPS. A blank field indicates a tie.
PlayerName of the player.
OPSTotal career OPS.
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List

Hank Greenberg, 6th all time in OPS.
Rank Player OPS
1 Babe Ruth * 1.1636
2 Ted Williams * 1.1155
3 Lou Gehrig * 1.0798
4 Barry Bonds 1.0512
5 Jimmie Foxx * 1.0376
6 Hank Greenberg * 1.0169
7 Rogers Hornsby * 1.0103
8 Manny Ramírez .9960
9 Mark McGwire .9823
10 Mickey Mantle * .9773
11 Joe DiMaggio * .9771
12 Stan Musial * .9757
13 Frank Thomas * .9740
14 Larry Walker .9654
15 Albert Pujols .9648
16 Mike Trout .9625
17 Miguel Cabrera .9608
18 Joey Votto .9606
19 Johnny Mize * .9591
20 Jim Thome .9560
21 Todd Helton .9531
22 Jeff Bagwell .9480
23 Mel Ott * .9471
24 Ralph Kiner * .9459
25 Lefty O'Doul .9451
26 Ty Cobb * .9449
27 Lance Berkman .9429
28 Dan Brouthers * .9425
29 Willie Mays * .9414
30 Shoeless Joe Jackson .9401
31 Hack Wilson * .9399
32 Albert Belle .9333
Edgar Martínez .9333
34 Vladimir Guerrero .9312
35 David Ortiz .9310
36 Chipper Jones .9304
37 Harry Heilmann * .9300
38 Alex Rodriguez .9299
39 Carlos Delgado .9293
40 Hank Aaron * .9285
41 Earl Averill * .9283
Tris Speaker * .9283
43 Charlie Keller .9276
44 Frank Robinson * .9259
45 Paul Goldschmidt .9239
46 Ken Williams .9238
47 Chuck Klein * .9218
48 Mike Piazza * .9217
49 Duke Snider * .9194
50 Ed Delahanty * .9163
Rank Player OPS
51 Jason Giambi .9157
52 Babe Herman .9148
53 Al Simmons * .9147
54 Dick Allen .9117
55 Ryan Braun .9104
56 Mike Schmidt * .9075
57 Ken Griffey Jr. * .9072
58 Gary Sheffield .9070
59 Mo Vaughn .9058
60 Juan González .9039
61 Jim Edmonds .9030
62 Brian Giles .9022
63 Bill Joyce .9020
64 Bob Johnson .8987
Bill Terry * .8987
66 Chick Hafey * .8980
67 Matt Holliday .8972
68 Mickey Cochrane * .8970
69 Giancarlo Stanton .8958
70 Hal Trosky .8925
71 Sam Thompson * .8895
72 Willie McCovey * .8891
73 Willie Stargell * .8887
74 Billy Hamilton * .8873
75 Prince Fielder .8873
76 Jake Stenzel .8868
77 Goose Goslin * .8867
78 Fred McGriff .8860
79 Eddie Mathews * .8855
80 Rafael Palmeiro .8852
81 Moisés Alou .8550
82 Harmon Killebrew * .8842
83 Charlie Gehringer * .8841
84 Tim Salmon .8836
85 Roger Connor * .8828
86 Jackie Robinson * .8826
George Selkirk .8826
88 Nomar Garciaparra .8821
89 Wally Berger .8805
90 Will Clark .8801
Kevin Mitchell .8801
92 Dolph Camilli .8800
93 Riggs Stephenson .8797
94 Al Rosen .8792
95 Jeff Heath .8788
96 David Justice .8778
97 Paul Waner * .8777
98 Sammy Sosa .8775
99 Joe Harris .8766
100 Larry Doby * .8760

Notes

  1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

External links

  1. See www.baseballprospectus.com or rec.sport.baseball.
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