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Babe Ruth, the all-time leader in OPS. 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 ...
A hitter with a .400 on-base percentage is considered to be great [2] and rare; [3] only 61 players in MLB history with at least 3,000 career plate appearances (PA) have maintained such an OBP. Left fielder Ted Williams, who played 19 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, has the highest career on-base percentage, .4817, in MLB history. [4]
And just like that, Josh Gibson is now baseball’s all-time leader in several new key categories. ... Career OPS. Josh Gibson — 1.177 Babe Ruth — 1.164 Ted Williams — 1.116.
List of Major League Baseball career times on base leaders; List of Major League Baseball career on-base percentage leaders; List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders; List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders; List of Major League Baseball career extra base hits leaders; List of Major League Baseball hitting ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
Ted Williams is the all-time Major League Baseball leader in on-base percentage. In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base. An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as on-base average (OBA), [a] as it is rarely presented as a true percentage.
Simply one of the greatest postseason players of all time, Hernández managed to tread water during the regular season, batting .229 with an 85 adjusted OPS but logging 1.2 WAR thanks to his ...
Ty Cobb is second all-time with a career batting average of .366. He won a record 11 batting titles in the American League from 1907–1909, 1911–1915 and 1917–1919. Oscar Charleston is third with a career batting average of .364.