Righty/Lefty 1950-2024 OPS splits for batter SEASONS.

Righty/Lefty 1950-2024 OPS splits for batters. Saturday, April 5, 2025

OPS: On base percent (average) Plus Slugging average.

PA: AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH
OBP: (H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)
SLG: Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB

OPS is a pretty good evaluation of batters. OPS+ (weighted for year and ballparks) is better but it's not available for these righty/lefty splits.

SF: sacrifice flies (fly ball out RBI) not used in the first four seasons here: 1950-1953. For instance, Mickey Mantle has 12 AB that after 1953 would not have been charged At Bats (AB) but would have been credited as SF. It may be the dumbest scoring rule of any consequence and should be removed, including adjusting past stats.

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Data derived from:

https://stathead.com/tiny/S3FFV

In the Regular Season, from 1950 to 2024, vs RHP (within Platoon Splits), requiring Plate Appearances >= 328 and On-Base Plus Slugging >= 1.000, sorted by greatest On-Base Plus Slugging.

373 records found.

https://stathead.com/tiny/4p0J5

In the Regular Season, from 1950 to 2024, vs LHP (within Platoon Splits), requiring On-Base Plus Slugging >= 1.000 and Plate Appearances >= 114, sorted by greatest On-Base Plus Slugging.

729 records found.

373+729=1102

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ALL records have OPS >= 1.000.

A table was created that contained a record for each of the 75 MLB seasons 1950-2024. It contains the minimum PA for each season for (vs RHP) and (vs LHP). That number is based on MLB splits each season for the number of outs credited to the pitchers. Using that, 892 records were selected as eligible from the 1102 found in the two queries in stathead.com.

It was based on a total of 500 PA. If the percent of outs credited to LHP was 30%, then the minimum PA (vs LHP) for batters is 150 for that season and 70% (350) for (vs RHP). Here are the first ten seasons:

RightyLeftyPitchers1950-2024

the Year	IPouts Lefty	IPouts Righty	IPouts Total	IPouts Lefty%	IPouts Righty%	500PA PAlefty	500PA PArighty
1950	22676	43242	65918	34.40%	65.60%	172	328
1951	20767	45858	66625	31.17%	68.83%	156	344
1952	19699	46919	66618	29.57%	70.43%	148	352
1953	20051	46045	66096	30.34%	69.66%	152	348
1954	18587	47793	66380	28.00%	72.00%	140	360
1955	18926	47107	66033	28.66%	71.34%	143	357
1956	17544	48741	66285	26.47%	73.53%	132	368
1957	15267	51766	67033	22.78%	77.22%	114	386
1958	15785	50364	66149	23.86%	76.14%	119	381
1959	15335	50966	66301	23.13%	76.87%	116	384

Here are the top ten OPS for both splits:

qryRightyLeftyBatterSeasons1950-2024

FullName	Split	Year	OPS	PA	500PA PAlefty	500PA PArighty	bats	throws	Age
Barry Bonds	vs RHP	2004	1.609	411	136	364	L	L	40
Barry Bonds	vs LHP	2002	1.532	178	126	374	L	L	38
Sammy Sosa	vs LHP	2001	1.451	137	120	380	R	R	33
Barry Bonds	vs RHP	2001	1.437	475	120	380	L	L	37
J. D. Martinez	vs LHP	2019	1.381	170	138	362	R	R	32
Frank Thomas	vs LHP	1995	1.373	168	136	364	R	R	27
Frank Thomas	vs LHP	2000	1.373	122	122	378	R	R	32
Dick Allen	vs LHP	1966	1.369	231	156	344	R	R	24
Troy Glaus	vs LHP	2000	1.354	166	122	378	R	R	24
Frank Thomas	vs LHP	1996	1.343	158	128	372	R	R	28

Bonds is the only lefty batter (vs LHP): in 2002. His other two entries are (vs RHP).

The other 7 are righty batters (vs LHP).

Throws is shown for differentiate true lefties like Bonds from opportunist lefty batters like Ted Williams and Eddie Mathews who threw righty.

Here are the top ten OPS (vs RHP):

qryRightyLeftyBatterSeasons1950-2024

FullName	Split	Year	OPS	PA	500PA PAlefty	500PA PArighty	bats	throws	Age
Barry Bonds	vs RHP	2004	1.609	411	136	364	L	L	40
Barry Bonds	vs RHP	2001	1.437	475	120	380	L	L	37
Ted Williams	vs RHP	1957	1.330	411	114	386	L	R	39
Barry Bonds	vs RHP	2002	1.312	434	126	374	L	L	38
Ted Williams	vs RHP	1954	1.289	383	140	360	L	R	36
Mark McGwire	vs RHP	1998	1.268	498	132	368	R	R	35
Barry Bonds	vs RHP	2003	1.267	389	135	365	L	L	39
Norm Cash	vs RHP	1961	1.262	511	142	358	L	L	28
Larry Walker	vs RHP	1997	1.257	494	131	369	L	R	31
Jim Thome	vs RHP	2002	1.251	423	126	374	L	R	32

When I was planning this, it didn't occur to me that Ted Williams would pop up. Nor Stan Musial.

Here are the top ten OPS (vs LHP):

qryRightyLeftyBatterSeasons1950-2024

FullName	Split	Year	OPS	PA	500PA PAlefty	500PA PArighty	bats	throws	Age
Barry Bonds	vs LHP	2002	1.532	178	126	374	L	L	38
Sammy Sosa	vs LHP	2001	1.451	137	120	380	R	R	33
J. D. Martinez	vs LHP	2019	1.381	170	138	362	R	R	32
Frank Thomas	vs LHP	2000	1.373	122	122	378	R	R	32
Frank Thomas	vs LHP	1995	1.373	168	136	364	R	R	27
Dick Allen	vs LHP	1966	1.369	231	156	344	R	R	24
Troy Glaus	vs LHP	2000	1.354	166	122	378	R	R	24
Frank Thomas	vs LHP	1996	1.343	158	128	372	R	R	28
Cecil Fielder	vs LHP	1990	1.333	215	169	331	R	R	27
Paul Goldschmidt	vs LHP	2022	1.327	137	136	364	R	R	35

Bonds is the only lefty batter. Bonds is also the only batter on both top ten lists.

All 75 season leaders (some seasons did not have a batter with OPS>=1.000 and sufficient PA:

			RHP	LHP		RHP	RHP	RHP			LHP	LHP	LHP
Year	RHP%	LHP%	PA	PA	vsRHP	OPS	Bat	Throw	Year	vsLHP	OPS	Bat	Throw	Year
1950	65.60%	34.40%	328	172	Stan Musial	1.086	L	L	1950					1950
1951	68.83%	31.17%	344	156	Ted Williams	1.064	L	R	1951	Hank Bauer	1.010	R	R	1951
1952	70.43%	29.57%	352	148					1952	Al Rosen	1.066	R	R	1952
1953	69.66%	30.34%	348	152	Stan Musial	1.151	L	L	1953	Mickey Mantle	1.026	B	R	1953
1954	72.00%	28.00%	360	140	Ted Williams	1.289	L	R	1954	Willie Mays	1.149	R	R	1954
1955	71.34%	28.66%	357	143	Eddie Mathews	1.063	L	R	1955	Ray Boone	1.132	R	R	1955
1956	73.53%	26.47%	368	132	Mickey Mantle	1.196	B	R	1956	Mickey Mantle	1.116	B	R	1956
1957	77.22%	22.78%	386	114	Ted Williams	1.330	L	R	1957	Willie Mays	1.222	R	R	1957
1958	76.14%	23.86%	381	119	Ted Williams	1.101	L	R	1958	Willie Mays	1.134	R	R	1958
1959	76.87%	23.13%	384	116	Eddie Mathews	1.051	L	R	1959	Frank Robinson	1.239	R	R	1959
1960	73.94%	26.06%	370	130	Roger Maris	1.079	L	R	1960	Mickey Mantle	1.146	B	R	1960
1961	71.60%	28.40%	358	142	Norm Cash	1.262	L	L	1961	Mickey Mantle	1.145	B	R	1961
1962	72.44%	27.56%	362	138	Frank Robinson	1.050	R	R	1962	Hank Aaron	1.240	R	R	1962
1963	70.38%	29.62%	352	148					1963	Al Kaline	1.026	R	R	1963
1964	69.48%	30.52%	347	153	Boog Powell	1.101	L	R	1964	Mickey Mantle	1.302	B	R	1964
1965	68.72%	31.28%	344	156	Willie Mays	1.065	R	R	1965	Frank Robinson	1.023	R	R	1965
1966	68.77%	31.23%	344	156	Frank Robinson	1.116	R	R	1966	Dick Allen	1.369	R	R	1966
1967	70.16%	29.84%	351	149	Carl Yastrzemski	1.081	L	R	1967	Orlando Cepeda	1.081	R	R	1967
1968	71.59%	28.41%	358	142					1968	Frank Howard	1.196	R	R	1968
1969	71.31%	28.69%	357	143	Willie McCovey	1.170	L	L	1969	Frank Robinson	1.154	R	R	1969
1970	69.59%	30.41%	348	152	Carl Yastrzemski	1.133	L	R	1970	Johnny Bench	1.130	R	R	1970
1971	69.00%	31.00%	345	155	Willie Stargell	1.167	L	L	1971	Willie Mays	1.112	R	R	1971
1972	69.53%	30.47%	348	152	Billy Williams	1.049	L	R	1972	Hank Aaron	1.086	R	R	1972
1973	66.84%	33.16%	334	166	Willie Stargell	1.104	L	L	1973	Hank Aaron	1.176	R	R	1973
1974	67.39%	32.61%	337	163					1974	Mike Schmidt	1.153	R	R	1974
1975	67.88%	32.12%	339	161	Fred Lynn	1.040	L	L	1975	Rico Carty	1.080	R	R	1975
1976	69.66%	30.34%	348	152	Joe Morgan	1.141	L	R	1976					1976
1977	69.38%	30.62%	347	153	Reggie Smith	1.065	B	R	1977	Cliff Johnson	1.167	R	R	1977
1978	66.82%	33.18%	334	166	Dave Parker	1.027	L	R	1978	Jeff Burroughs	1.117	R	R	1978
1979	69.04%	30.96%	345	155	Fred Lynn	1.158	L	L	1979	Mike Schmidt	1.141	R	R	1979
1980	68.87%	31.13%	344	156	Mike Easler	1.051	L	R	1980	Tony Perez	1.072	R	R	1980
1981	70.81%	29.19%	354	146	Mike Schmidt	1.038	R	R	1981					1981
1982	69.92%	30.08%	350	150	John Lowenstein	1.033	L	R	1982	Dale Murphy	1.102	R	R	1982
1983	68.85%	31.15%	344	156	George Brett	1.073	L	R	1983	Keith Moreland	1.083	R	R	1983
1984	69.13%	30.87%	346	154					1984	Jeffrey Leonard	1.100	R	R	1984
1985	68.73%	31.27%	344	156	George Brett	1.061	L	R	1985	Rickey Henderson	1.142	R	L	1985
1986	68.66%	31.34%	343	157	Darryl Strawberry	1.004	L	L	1986	Mike Schmidt	1.181	R	R	1986
1987	67.69%	32.31%	338	162	Kal Daniels	1.166	L	R	1987	Eric Davis	1.182	R	R	1987
1988	69.27%	30.73%	346	154	Fred McGriff	1.044	L	L	1988	Kirby Puckett	1.040	R	R	1988
1989	68.19%	31.81%	341	159	Fred McGriff	1.021	L	L	1989	Kevin Mitchell	1.151	R	R	1989
1990	66.15%	33.85%	331	169	Fred McGriff	1.037	L	L	1990	Cecil Fielder	1.333	R	R	1990
1991	68.09%	31.91%	340	160	Danny Tartabull	1.006	R	R	1991	Frank Thomas	1.124	R	R	1991
1992	69.54%	30.46%	348	152					1992	Danny Tartabull	1.108	R	R	1992
1993	70.91%	29.09%	355	145	Barry Bonds	1.197	L	L	1993	Mike Blowers	1.093	R	R	1993
1994	72.18%	27.82%	361	139	Frank Thomas	1.187	R	R	1994	Albert Belle	1.155	R	R	1994
1995	72.81%	27.19%	364	136	Albert Belle	1.130	R	R	1995	Frank Thomas	1.373	R	R	1995
1996	74.50%	25.50%	372	128	Jim Thome	1.185	L	R	1996	Frank Thomas	1.343	R	R	1996
1997	73.70%	26.30%	369	131	Larry Walker	1.257	L	R	1997	Vinny Castilla	1.131	R	R	1997
1998	73.64%	26.36%	368	132	Mark McGwire	1.268	R	R	1998	Jeff Bagwell	1.230	R	R	1998
1999	75.11%	24.89%	376	124	Mark McGwire	1.117	R	R	1999	Albert Belle	1.283	R	R	1999
2000	75.61%	24.39%	378	122	Barry Bonds	1.246	L	L	2000	Frank Thomas	1.373	R	R	2000
2001	76.02%	23.98%	380	120	Barry Bonds	1.437	L	L	2001	Sammy Sosa	1.451	R	R	2001
2002	74.75%	25.25%	374	126	Barry Bonds	1.312	L	L	2002	Barry Bonds	1.532	L	L	2002
2003	73.00%	27.00%	365	135	Barry Bonds	1.267	L	L	2003	Barry Bonds	1.300	L	L	2003
2004	72.75%	27.25%	364	136	Barry Bonds	1.609	L	L	2004	Albert Pujols	1.207	R	R	2004
2005	73.32%	26.68%	367	133	Todd Helton	1.110	L	L	2005	Richie Sexson	1.116	R	R	2005
2006	73.02%	26.98%	365	135	Jim Thome	1.203	L	R	2006	Vladimir Guerrero	1.170	R	R	2006
2007	72.86%	27.14%	364	136	Chipper Jones	1.171	B	R	2007	Magglio Ordonez	1.213	R	R	2007
2008	71.86%	28.14%	359	141	Manny Ramirez	1.079	R	R	2008	Albert Pujols	1.233	R	R	2008
2009	72.60%	27.40%	363	137	Joe Mauer	1.103	L	R	2009	Justin Upton	1.208	R	R	2009
2010	72.11%	27.89%	361	139	Josh Hamilton	1.163	L	L	2010	Victor Martinez	1.173	B	R	2010
2011	73.34%	26.66%	367	133	Miguel Cabrera	1.047	R	R	2011	Jose Bautista	1.156	R	R	2011
2012	70.07%	29.93%	350	150	Robinson Cano	1.108	L	R	2012	Buster Posey	1.262	R	R	2012
2013	71.19%	28.81%	356	144	Chris Davis	1.142	L	R	2013	Miguel Cabrera	1.210	R	R	2013
2014	73.38%	26.62%	367	133					2014	Victor Martinez	1.123	B	R	2014
2015	73.10%	26.90%	365	135	Bryce Harper	1.160	L	R	2015	Nelson Cruz	1.107	R	R	2015
2016	74.05%	25.95%	370	130	David Ortiz	1.072	L	L	2016	Yasmany Tomas	1.112	R	R	2016
2017	74.30%	25.70%	371	129	Mike Trout	1.113	R	R	2017	Nolan Arenado	1.313	R	R	2017
2018	71.61%	28.39%	358	142	Mike Trout	1.118	R	R	2018	Mookie Betts	1.207	R	R	2018
2019	72.42%	27.58%	362	138	Christian Yelich	1.189	L	R	2019	J. D. Martinez	1.381	R	R	2019
2020	73.23%	26.77%	366	134					2020					2020
2021	70.38%	29.62%	352	148	Bryce Harper	1.155	L	R	2021	Trea Turner	1.150	R	R	2021
2022	72.81%	27.19%	364	136	Aaron Judge	1.142	R	R	2022	Paul Goldschmidt	1.327	R	R	2022
2023	73.63%	26.37%	368	132	Shohei Ohtani	1.132	L	R	2023	Yandy Diaz	1.101	R	R	2023
2024	73.16%	26.84%	366	134	Aaron Judge	1.132	R	R	2024	Aaron Judge	1.240	R	R	2024
			RHP	LHP		RHP	RHP	RHP			LHP	LHP	LHP
Year	RHP%	LHP%	PA	PA	vsRHP	OPS	Bats	Throws	Year	vsLHP	OPS	Bats	Throws	Year
Min	65.60%	22.78%	328	114		1.004					1.010
Max	77.22%	34.40%	386	172		1.609					1.532
Ave	71.29%	28.71%	356	144		1.138					1.181
					vsRHP					vsLHP
					Mickey Mantle	1.196	B	R	1956	Mickey Mantle	1.116	B	R	1956
					Barry Bonds	1.312	L	L	2002	Barry Bonds	1.532	L	L	2002
					Barry Bonds	1.267	L	L	2003	Barry Bonds	1.300	L	L	2003
					Aaron Judge	1.132	R	R	2024	Aaron Judge	1.240	R	R	2024

Only Mantle, Bonds and Judge led in both (vs RHP) and (vs LHP) in the same year.

(vs RHP) multiple leaders:

qryRLleadersCount

vsRHP	Num	YearF	YearL	Bat	Throw
Barry Bonds	6	1993	2004	L	L
Ted Williams	4	1951	1958	L	R
Fred McGriff	3	1988	1990	L	L
Stan Musial	2	1950	1953	L	L
Eddie Mathews	2	1955	1959	L	R
Frank Robinson	2	1962	1966	R	R
Carl Yastrzemski	2	1967	1970	L	R
Willie Stargell	2	1971	1973	L	L
Fred Lynn	2	1975	1979	L	L
George Brett	2	1983	1985	L	R
Jim Thome	2	1996	2006	L	R
Mark McGwire	2	1998	1999	R	R
Bryce Harper	2	2015	2021	L	R
Mike Trout	2	2017	2018	R	R
Aaron Judge	2	2022	2024	R	R

(vs LHP) multiple leaders:

qryRLleadersCount

vsLHP	Num	YearF	YearL	Bat	Throw
Mickey Mantle	5	1953	1964	B	R
Willie Mays	4	1954	1971	R	R
Frank Thomas	4	1991	2000	R	R
Frank Robinson	3	1959	1969	R	R
Hank Aaron	3	1962	1973	R	R
Mike Schmidt	3	1974	1986	R	R
Albert Belle	2	1994	1999	R	R
Barry Bonds	2	2002	2003	L	L
Albert Pujols	2	2004	2008	R	R
Victor Martinez	2	2010	2014	B	R

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