Best righty batter since 1950.

OPS+:  On base Plus Slugging averages adjusted.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_plus_season.shtml

Statistic Description: OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.

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Aaron Judge (career OPS+ 173) has 4,327 PA through 2024 and is not included in the career list. Judge will be 33 April 26, 2025.

Career (Trout is active and will be 34 August 7, 2025):

https://stathead.com/tiny/MYNt1

For combined seasons, since 1950, Playing in the AL or NL, Bats RH, in the regular season, requiring Adjusted OPS+ >= 140 and Plate Appearances >= 5000, sorted by descending Adjusted OPS+.

Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Mike Trout	173	6,651	2011	2025	19-33	1,519	5,513	1,648	378	981	1,485	.299	.411	.581	.991
2	Mark McGwire	163	7,660	1986	2001	22-37	1,874	6,187	1,626	583	1,317	1,596	.263	.394	.588	.982
3	Dick Allen	156	7,315	1963	1977	21-35	1,749	6,332	1,848	351	894	1,556	.292	.378	.534	.912
4	Frank Thomas	156	10,075	1990	2008	22-40	2,322	8,199	2,468	521	1,667	1,397	.301	.419	.555	.974
5	Willie Mays	156	12,497	1951	1973	20-42	2,992	10,881	3,283	660	1,464	1,526	.302	.384	.557	.941
6	Henry Aaron	155	13,941	1954	1976	20-42	3,298	12,364	3,771	755	1,402	1,383	.305	.374	.555	.928
7	Manny Ramírez	154	9,774	1993	2011	21-39	2,302	8,244	2,574	555	1,329	1,813	.312	.411	.585	.996
8	Frank Robinson	154	11,744	1956	1976	20-40	2,808	10,006	2,943	586	1,420	1,532	.294	.389	.537	.926
9	Jeff Bagwell	149	9,431	1991	2005	23-37	2,150	7,797	2,314	449	1,401	1,558	.297	.408	.540	.948
10	Mike Schmidt	148	10,062	1972	1989	22-39	2,404	8,352	2,234	548	1,507	1,883	.267	.380	.527	.908
11	Edgar Martínez	147	8,674	1987	2004	24-41	2,055	7,213	2,247	309	1,283	1,202	.312	.418	.515	.933
12	Albert Pujols	145	13,041	2001	2022	21-42	3,080	11,421	3,384	703	1,373	1,404	.296	.374	.544	.918
13	Albert Belle	144	6,676	1989	2000	22-33	1,539	5,853	1,726	381	683	961	.295	.369	.564	.933
14	Harmon Killebrew	143	9,833	1954	1975	18-39	2,435	8,147	2,086	573	1,559	1,699	.256	.376	.509	.884
15	Mike Piazza	143	7,745	1992	2007	23-38	1,912	6,911	2,127	427	759	1,113	.308	.377	.545	.922
16	Frank Howard	142	7,353	1958	1973	21-36	1,895	6,488	1,774	382	782	1,460	.273	.352	.499	.851
17	Miguel Cabrera	140	11,796	2003	2023	20-40	2,797	10,356	3,174	511	1,258	2,105	.306	.382	.518	.901
18	Álex Rodríguez	140	12,207	1994	2016	18-40	2,784	10,566	3,115	696	1,338	2,287	.295	.380	.550	.930
19	Gary Sheffield	140	10,947	1988	2009	19-40	2,576	9,217	2,689	509	1,475	1,171	.292	.393	.514	.907
20	Vladimir Guerrero	140	9,059	1996	2011	21-36	2,147	8,155	2,590	449	737	985	.318	.379	.553	.931
Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Max	173	13,941	2011	2025		3,298	12,364	3,771	755	1,667	2,287	.318	.419	.588	.996
	Min	140	6,651	1951	1973		1,519	5,513	1,626	309	683	961	.256	.352	.499	.851

Season:

https://stathead.com/tiny/fbfQF

For single seasons, since 1950, Playing in the AL or NL, Bats RH, in the regular season, requiring Adjusted OPS+ >= 185 and Plate Appearances >= 500, sorted by descending Adjusted OPS+.

Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Aaron Judge	223	704	2024	32	NYY	AL	158	559	180	58	133	171	.322	.458	.701	1.159
2	Mark McGwire	216	681	1998	34	STL	NL	155	509	152	70	162	155	.299	.470	.752	1.222
3	Frank Thomas	212	517	1994	26	CHW	AL	113	399	141	38	109	61	.353	.487	.729	1.217
4	Aaron Judge	210	696	2022	30	NYY	AL	157	570	177	62	111	175	.311	.425	.686	1.111
5	Sammy Sosa	203	711	2001	32	CHC	NL	160	577	189	64	116	153	.328	.437	.737	1.174
6	Dick Allen	199	609	1972	30	CHW	AL	148	506	156	37	99	126	.308	.420	.603	1.023
7	Frank Robinson	198	680	1966	30	BAL	AL	155	576	182	49	87	90	.316	.410	.637	1.047
8	Mike Trout	198	608	2018	26	LAA	AL	140	471	147	39	122	124	.312	.460	.628	1.088
9	Mark McGwire	196	548	1996	32	OAK	AL	130	423	132	52	116	112	.312	.467	.730	1.198
10	Henry Aaron	194	573	1971	37	ATL	NL	139	495	162	47	71	58	.327	.410	.669	1.079
11	Kevin Mitchell	192	640	1989	27	SFG	NL	154	543	158	47	87	115	.291	.388	.635	1.023
12	Albert Pujols	192	641	2008	28	STL	NL	148	524	187	37	104	54	.357	.462	.653	1.114
13	Miguel Cabrera	190	652	2013	30	DET	AL	148	555	193	44	90	94	.348	.442	.636	1.078
14	Rickey Henderson	189	594	1990	31	OAK	AL	136	489	159	28	97	60	.325	.439	.577	1.016
15	Albert Pujols	189	700	2009	29	STL	NL	160	568	186	47	115	64	.327	.443	.658	1.101
16	Gary Sheffield	189	677	1996	27	FLA	NL	161	519	163	42	142	66	.314	.465	.624	1.090
17	Albert Pujols	187	685	2003	23	STL	NL	157	591	212	43	79	65	.359	.439	.667	1.106
18	Frank Robinson	187	563	1967	31	BAL	AL	129	479	149	30	71	84	.311	.403	.576	.979
19	Manny Ramírez	186	532	2000	28	CLE	AL	118	439	154	38	86	117	.351	.457	.697	1.154
20	Mookie Betts	186	614	2018	25	BOS	AL	136	520	180	32	81	91	.346	.438	.640	1.078
21	Mike Trout	186	507	2017	25	LAA	AL	114	402	123	33	94	90	.306	.442	.629	1.071
22	Willie Mays	185	638	1965	34	SFG	NL	157	558	177	52	76	71	.317	.398	.645	1.043
23	Edgar Martínez	185	639	1995	32	SEA	AL	145	511	182	29	116	87	.356	.479	.628	1.107
24	Mike Piazza	185	633	1997	28	LAD	NL	152	556	201	40	69	77	.362	.431	.638	1.070
25	Ralph Kiner	185	670	1951	28	PIT	NL	151	531	164	42	137	57	.309	.452	.627	1.079
Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Max		711	2024	37			161	591	212	70	162	175	.362	.487	.752	1.222
	Min		507	1951	23			113	399	123	28	69	54	.291	.388	.576	.979

Let's put the two lists together. Here is the career list of the top 20 with their season highs at least 185 from that list.

Rk	Player	OPS+		1	2	3
1	Mike Trout	173		198	186
2	Mark McGwire	163		216	196
3	Dick Allen	156		199
4	Frank Thomas	156		212
5	Willie Mays	156		185
6	Henry Aaron	155		194
7	Manny Ramírez	154		186
8	Frank Robinson	154		198	187
9	Jeff Bagwell	149
10	Mike Schmidt	148
11	Edgar Martínez	147		185
12	Albert Pujols	145		192	189	187
13	Albert Belle	144
14	Harmon Killebrew	143
15	Mike Piazza	143		185
16	Frank Howard	142
17	Miguel Cabrera	140		190
18	Álex Rodríguez	140
19	Gary Sheffield	140		189
20	Vladimir Guerrero	140
Rk	Player	OPS+

Obviously the leading candidates are Trout, McGwire, Pujols, Robinson.

Trout has the advantage of still being active. Even though he's been breaking down physically he does not have a bunch of down seasons at the end as Pujols does, which brings down the career OPS+ of Pujols.

McGwire is probably the biggest surprise candidate because of his home runs and walks (Bases on Balls). It suggests the question: is walking hitting?

Finally, Judge in 2024 had the highest OPS+ of any AL/NL righty since 1903. Judge also has the fourth highest since 1950. However, Judge had his first full season at age 25 and even Mike Trout has about 2,200 more PA. Judge has only four seasons with at least 500 PA plus another with 498. In his last two full seasons Judge had hit 120 home runs: 62 and 58.

Against lefty pitching, best batters since 1950. Sunday, March 30, 2025

Mike Trout

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right

6-2, 235lb (188cm, 106kg)

Team: Los Angeles Angels (majors)

Born: August 7, 1991 (Age: 33-235d) in Vineland, NJ us