On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging average.[1] The statistic reflects two important offensive skills: the ability of a player to get on base and to hit for power.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career 1.1636 OPS. Ted Williams (1.1155), Lou Gehrig (1.0798), Oscar Charleston (1.0632), Barry Bonds (1.0512), Jimmie Foxx (1.0376), Turkey Stearnes (1.0340), Mule Suttles (1.0176), Hank Greenberg (1.0169), and Rogers Hornsby (1.0103) are the only other players with a career OPS over 1.000.
Key
| Rank | Among leaders in career OPS. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player | Name of the player. |
| OPS | Career OPS. |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | Active player.[note 1] |
List
The top 100 Major League Baseball players in career OPS with at least 3,000 career plate appearances, as of April 26, 2024, are:
Notes
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
External links
- "Career Leaders & Records for On-Base Plus Slugging". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ See www.baseballprospectus.com or rec.sport.baseball Archived 2010-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.