OPS+ leader 1960-1969. Minimum 3,500 plate appearances.

Minimum OPS+ 125 (25% above league average). Derived from data in stathead.com via baseball-reference.com. Glossary below.

Mickey Mantle 1962
J. G. Taylor Spink, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rk	Player	OPS+	BA	OBP	SLG	PA	AB	HR	AB/HR	From	To	Age
1	Mickey Mantle	171	.282	.415	.542	4,500	3,624	256	14.16	1960	1968	28-36
2	Frank Robinson	166	.304	.402	.560	6,210	5,265	316	16.66	1960	1969	24-33
3	Dick Allen	164	.300	.380	.554	3,691	3,221	177	18.20	1963	1969	21-27
4	Hank Aaron	162	.308	.376	.565	6,661	5,912	375	15.77	1960	1969	26-35
5	Willie Mays	159	.300	.377	.559	6,213	5,459	350	15.60	1960	1969	29-38
6	Willie McCovey	158	.279	.378	.546	5,001	4,257	300	14.19	1960	1969	22-31
7	Harmon Killebrew	154	.267	.387	.546	6,043	4,994	393	12.71	1960	1969	24-33
8	Roberto Clemente	144	.328	.375	.501	6,231	5,723	177	32.33	1960	1969	25-34
9	Frank Howard	143	.275	.345	.508	5,342	4,776	288	16.58	1960	1969	23-32
10	Norm Cash	142	.275	.380	.498	5,708	4,819	278	17.33	1960	1969	26-35
11	Al Kaline	141	.296	.381	.494	5,473	4,730	210	22.52	1960	1969	25-34
12	Tony Oliva	139	.308	.359	.500	3,897	3,550	132	26.89	1962	1969	23-30
13	Carl Yastrzemski	139	.293	.383	.486	5,978	5,175	202	25.62	1961	1969	21-29
14	Orlando Cepeda	138	.295	.351	.502	5,685	5,158	254	20.31	1960	1969	22-31
15	Willie Stargell	138	.277	.343	.501	3,562	3,193	165	19.35	1962	1969	22-29
16	Jim Wynn	138	.259	.361	.459	3,647	3,082	145	21.26	1963	1969	21-27
17	Roger Maris	134	.264	.351	.492	4,287	3,727	217	17.18	1960	1968	25-33
18	Eddie Mathews	134	.261	.369	.469	4,962	4,191	213	19.68	1960	1968	28-36
19	Boog Powell	133	.265	.351	.469	4,355	3,789	202	18.76	1961	1969	19-27
20	Billy Williams	132	.292	.355	.494	6,296	5,662	249	22.74	1960	1969	22-31
21	Ron Santo	131	.281	.366	.478	6,531	5,658	253	22.36	1960	1969	20-29
22	Bob Allison	129	.255	.362	.474	5,161	4,355	225	19.36	1960	1969	25-34
23	Joe Torre	129	.293	.357	.460	4,777	4,302	160	26.89	1960	1969	19-28
24	Rocky Colavito	127	.264	.357	.470	5,384	4,634	245	18.91	1960	1968	26-34
25	Rusty Staub	126	.277	.360	.414	3,979	3,455	86	40.17	1963	1969	19-25
Rk	Player	OPS+	BA	OBP	SLG	PA	AB	HR	AB/HR	From	To	Age
	max	171	.328	.415	.565	6,661	5,912	393	40.17
	min	126	.255	.343	.414	3,562	3,082	86	12.71
	average	143	.284	.369	.502	5,183	4,508	235	20.62

More posts will follow for subsequent decades. Those who finished high in two decades:

Mantle: 2,1
Mays: 4,5
Aaron: 6,4
Dick Allen: 3,2
Schmidt: 7,1
Bonds: 1,1

BOLD: highest

Red: lowest; for AB/HR lowest is fewest AB to homer, the best

OPS+ On Base average Plus Slugging average adjusted for years and ballparks
100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]
Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

BA -- Batting Average: Hits/At Bats
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

OBP -- On Base "Percentage" (really average) (H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

SLG -- Slugging average: Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

PA -- Plate Appearances
When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts
Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,
which excludes catcher interferences.

AB -- At Bats; excludes Bases on Balls (walks)

HR -- Home Runs

OPS+ leaders for decades 1950s ... 2010s. Friday, February 12, 2021