OPS+ leader 1980-1989. Minimum 3,500 plate appearances.

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

Mike Schmidt, 1983
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Rk	Player	OPS+	BA	OBP	SLG	PA	AB	HR	AB/HR	From	To	Age
1	Mike Schmidt	153	.277	.385	.540	5,556	4,639	313	14.82	1980	1989	30-39
2	Wade Boggs	150	.352	.443	.480	5,371	4,534	64	70.84	1982	1989	24-31
3	George Brett	150	.311	.392	.521	5,381	4,653	193	24.11	1980	1989	27-36
4	Pedro Guerrero	148	.308	.383	.506	4,858	4,251	191	22.26	1980	1989	24-33
5	Darryl Strawberry	146	.260	.358	.520	3,928	3,361	215	15.63	1983	1989	21-27
6	Jack Clark	144	.268	.389	.484	5,024	4,124	216	19.09	1980	1989	24-33
7	Don Mattingly	144	.323	.368	.521	4,423	4,022	164	24.52	1982	1989	21-28
8	Eddie Murray	141	.293	.374	.497	6,437	5,612	274	20.48	1980	1989	24-33
9	Dwight Evans	137	.280	.385	.497	6,371	5,350	256	20.90	1980	1989	28-37
10	Rickey Henderson	137	.291	.403	.436	6,206	5,173	137	37.76	1980	1989	21-30
11	Alvin Davis	136	.290	.392	.474	3,772	3,180	131	24.27	1984	1989	23-28
12	Robin Yount	135	.305	.365	.485	6,357	5,683	174	32.66	1980	1989	24-33
13	Dave Winfield	135	.289	.358	.492	5,597	4,982	223	22.34	1980	1988	28-36
14	Tim Raines	133	.303	.391	.442	5,621	4,848	87	55.72	1980	1989	20-29
15	Tony Gwynn	132	.332	.389	.437	4,527	4,078	45	90.62	1982	1989	22-29
16	Keith Hernandez	132	.300	.390	.438	5,756	4,932	114	43.26	1980	1989	26-35
17	Kent Hrbek	132	.290	.368	.496	4,767	4,178	201	20.79	1981	1989	21-29
18	Dale Murphy	132	.273	.361	.491	6,541	5,694	308	18.49	1980	1989	24-33
19	Kirk Gibson	130	.274	.356	.475	4,557	3,967	183	21.68	1980	1989	23-32
20	Andre Dawson	128	.285	.332	.497	5,897	5,398	250	21.59	1980	1989	25-34
21	Brian Downing	125	.267	.369	.445	5,450	4,603	189	24.35	1980	1989	29-38
22	Leon Durham	125	.277	.356	.475	4,067	3,587	147	24.40	1980	1989	22-31
Rk	Player	OPS+	BA	OBP	SLG	PA	AB	HR	AB/HR	From	To	Age
	max	153	.352	.443	.540	6,541	5,694	313	90.62
	min	125	.260	.332	.436	3,772	3,180	45	14.82
	average	138	.293	.378	.484	5,294	4,584	185	30.48

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