Friday, February 12, 2021

OPS+ leaders for decades 1950s ... 2010s.

Minimum 3,500 plate appearances (PA). Derived from data in stathead.com via baseball-reference.com. Glossary below.

RkPlayerOPS+BAOBPSLGPAABHRAB/HRFromToAgeDecade
1Ted Williams185.336.476.6224,0543,17522713.991950195931-401950s
1Mickey Mantle171.282.415.5424,5003,62425614.161960196828-361960s
1Willie Stargell156.287.374.5555,0834,39929614.861970197930-391970s
1Mike Schmidt153.277.385.5405,5564,63931314.821980198930-391980s
1Barry Bonds179.302.434.6026,1464,89436113.561990199925-341990s
1Barry Bonds221.322.517.7244,0722,8713179.062000200735-422000s
1Mike Trout176.305.419.5815,2734,34028515.232011201919-272010s

Williams is a surprise because of his age and that he had enough PA to qualify. Mantle is a surprise because he finished with four down seasons; second in the 1950s. Stargell and Schmidt seem to fit. Bonds ... Trout, of course, fits.

More posts will follow with all with OPS+ at least 125 in a decade. High ranks 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.

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

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