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Progressive Leaders & Records for OPS
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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Minimum of 3.1 PA/G, 1.0 IP/G, and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. Explanation of min. requirements

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This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerOPS  Single-SeasonOPS  ActiveOPS  YearlyOPS 
1871 Levi Meyerle1.2000 Levi Meyerle1.2000
1872 Levi Meyerle1.2000 Ross Barnes1.0389
1873 Levi Meyerle1.2000 Ross Barnes1.0397
1874 Levi Meyerle1.2000 Levi Meyerle.8890
1875 Levi Meyerle1.2000 Cal McVey.8731
1876 Ross Barnes1.0520 Ross Barnes1.0520
1877 Ross Barnes1.0520 Deacon White.9502
1878 Ross Barnes1.0520 Paul Hines.8493
1879 Ross Barnes1.0520 John O'Rourke.8774
1880 Ross Barnes1.0520 George Gore.8622
1881Cap Anson+.8147 Ross Barnes1.0520 Cap Anson+.8147 Cap Anson+.9519
1882Cap Anson+.8235 Ross Barnes1.0520 Cap Anson+.8235 Dan Brouthers+.9502
1883Cap Anson+.8158 Ross Barnes1.0520 Cap Anson+.8158 Dan Brouthers+.9686
1884Cap Anson+.8273 Fred Dunlap1.0691 Cap Anson+.8273 Fred Dunlap1.0691
1885Cap Anson+.8264 Fred Dunlap1.0691 Cap Anson+.8264 Dan Brouthers+.9512
1886Roger Connor+.8572 Fred Dunlap1.0691 Roger Connor+.8572 Dan Brouthers+1.0258
1887Dan Brouthers+.9514 Tip O'Neill1.1800 Dan Brouthers+.9514 Tip O'Neill1.1800
1888Dan Brouthers+.9382 Tip O'Neill1.1800 Dan Brouthers+.9382 Cap Anson+.8987
1889Dan Brouthers+.9424 Tip O'Neill1.1800 Dan Brouthers+.9424 Fred Carroll.9698
1890Dan Brouthers+.9408 Tip O'Neill1.1800 Dan Brouthers+.9408 Roger Connor+.9978
1891Dan Brouthers+.9454 Tip O'Neill1.1800 Dan Brouthers+.9454 Dan Brouthers+.9830
1892Dan Brouthers+.9419 Tip O'Neill1.1800 Dan Brouthers+.9419 Dan Brouthers+.9113
1893Dan Brouthers+.9428 Tip O'Neill1.1800 Dan Brouthers+.9428 Billy Hamilton+1.0135
1894Dan Brouthers+.9464 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9464 Hugh Duffy+1.1955
1895Dan Brouthers+.9442 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9442 Ed Delahanty+1.1167
1896Dan Brouthers+.9431 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9431 Ed Delahanty+1.1032
1897Joe Kelley+.9518 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Joe Kelley+.9518 Willie Keeler+1.0027
1898Dan Brouthers+.9431 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9431 Billy Hamilton+.9335
1899Dan Brouthers+.9431 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9431 Ed Delahanty+1.0458
1900Dan Brouthers+.9431 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9431 Honus Wagner+1.0071
1901Dan Brouthers+.9431 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9431 Nap Lajoie+1.1064
1902Nap Lajoie+.9436 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Nap Lajoie+.9436 Ed Delahanty+1.0425
1903Dan Brouthers+.9431 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9431 Fred Clarke+.9460
1904Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Dan Brouthers+.9425 Nap Lajoie+.9648
1905Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Nap Lajoie+.9323 Cy Seymour.9884
1906Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Nap Lajoie+.9230 George Stone.9180
1907Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Nap Lajoie+.9054 Honus Wagner+.9208
1908Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Honus Wagner+.9029 Honus Wagner+.9569
1909Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Honus Wagner+.9034 Ty Cobb+.9472
1910Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Honus Wagner+.8971 Ty Cobb+1.0078
1911Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Ty Cobb+.9087 Ty Cobb+1.0875
1912Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Ty Cobb+.9273 Ty Cobb+1.0400
1913Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Ty Cobb+.9350 Joe Jackson1.0112
1914Dan Brouthers+.9425 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Ty Cobb+.9385 Benny Kauff.9812
1915Joe Jackson.9614 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Joe Jackson.9614 Ty Cobb+.9729
1916Joe Jackson.9484 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Joe Jackson.9484 Tris Speaker+.9718
1917Ty Cobb+.9496 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Ty Cobb+.9496 Ty Cobb+1.0138
1918Ty Cobb+.9499 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Ty Cobb+.9499 Babe Ruth+.9664
1919Ty Cobb+.9495 Hugh Duffy+1.1955 Ty Cobb+.9495 Babe Ruth+1.1138
1920Ty Cobb+.9449 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ty Cobb+.9449 Babe Ruth+1.3818
1921Ty Cobb+.9513 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ty Cobb+.9513 Babe Ruth+1.3586
1922Babe Ruth+1.1579 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1579 Rogers Hornsby+1.1810
1923Babe Ruth+1.1848 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1848 Babe Ruth+1.3089
1924Babe Ruth+1.1948 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1948 Babe Ruth+1.2517
1925Babe Ruth+1.1717 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1717 Rogers Hornsby+1.2449
1926Babe Ruth+1.1809 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1809 Babe Ruth+1.2530
1927Babe Ruth+1.1893 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1893 Babe Ruth+1.2582
1928Babe Ruth+1.1876 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1876 Babe Ruth+1.1720
1929Babe Ruth+1.1830 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1830 Rogers Hornsby+1.1388
1930Babe Ruth+1.1863 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1863 Babe Ruth+1.2248
1931Babe Ruth+1.1870 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1870 Babe Ruth+1.1951
1932Babe Ruth+1.1847 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1847 Jimmie Foxx+1.2180
1933Babe Ruth+1.1754 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1754 Jimmie Foxx+1.1526
1934Babe Ruth+1.1670 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1670 Lou Gehrig+1.1716
1935Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Babe Ruth+1.1638 Arky Vaughan+1.0981
1936Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Lou Gehrig+1.0918 Lou Gehrig+1.1737
1937Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Lou Gehrig+1.0938 Lou Gehrig+1.1161
1938Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Lou Gehrig+1.0821 Jimmie Foxx+1.1664
1939Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Lou Gehrig+1.0798 Jimmie Foxx+1.1580
1940Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Jimmie Foxx+1.0726 Hank Greenberg+1.1034
1941Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Jimmie Foxx+1.0626 Ted Williams+1.2875
1942Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Jimmie Foxx+1.0474 Ted Williams+1.1468
1943Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Jimmie Foxx+1.0474 Stan Musial+.9879
1944Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Jimmie Foxx+1.0454 Stan Musial+.9897
1945Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Jimmie Foxx+1.0376 Tommy Holmes.9968
1946Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1310 Ted Williams+1.1643
1947Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1314 Ted Williams+1.1330
1948Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1287 Stan Musial+1.1524
1949Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1303 Ted Williams+1.1406
1950Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1280 Stan Musial+1.0336
1951Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1166 Ralph Kiner+1.0794
1952Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1172 Stan Musial+.9700
1953Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1223 Duke Snider+1.0464
1954Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1242 Ted Williams+1.1480
1955Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1283 Willie Mays+1.0586
1956Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1255 Mickey Mantle+1.1693
1957Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1338 Ted Williams+1.2566
1958Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1285 Ted Williams+1.0424
1959Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1163 Hank Aaron+1.0371
1960Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Ted Williams+1.1155 Frank Robinson+1.0023
1961Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+1.0035 Norm Cash1.1482
1962Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+1.0095 Mickey Mantle+1.0908
1963Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+1.0110 Hank Aaron+.9771
1964Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+1.0113 Mickey Mantle+1.0147
1965Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+1.0018 Willie Mays+1.0430
1966Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+.9984 Frank Robinson+1.0474
1967Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+.9884 Carl Yastrzemski+1.0400
1968Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mickey Mantle+.9773 Willie McCovey+.9232
1969Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Willie Mays+.9548 Willie McCovey+1.1084
1970Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Willie Mays+.9521 Willie McCovey+1.0557
1971Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Willie Mays+.9505 Hank Aaron+1.0788
1972Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Willie Mays+.9471 Dick Allen1.0231
1973Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Hank Aaron+.9472 Willie Stargell+1.0380
1974Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Hank Aaron+.9439 Willie Stargell+.9440
1975Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Hank Aaron+.9340 Joe Morgan+.9744
1976Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Hank Aaron+.9285 Joe Morgan+1.0203
1977Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Dick Allen.9117 Rod Carew+1.0186
1978Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Willie McCovey+.9011 Dave Parker.9793
1979Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Jim Rice.9103 Fred Lynn1.0594
1980Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Fred Lynn.9024 George Brett+1.1181
1981Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mike Schmidt+.9144 Mike Schmidt+1.0796
1982Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mike Schmidt+.9179 Robin Yount+.9565
1983Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mike Schmidt+.9185 George Brett+.9473
1984Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mike Schmidt+.9185 Dwight Evans.9198
1985Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mike Schmidt+.9176 George Brett+1.0215
1986Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Mike Schmidt+.9191 Don Mattingly.9672
1987Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Wade Boggs+.9228 Jack Clark1.0554
1988Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Wade Boggs+.9294 Wade Boggs+.9654
1989Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Wade Boggs+.9225 Kevin Mitchell1.0229
1990Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Wade Boggs+.9084 Rickey Henderson1.0159
1991Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Wade Boggs+.9058 Frank Thomas1.0056
1992Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Fred McGriff.9194 Barry Bonds1.0796
1993Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Fred McGriff.9202 Barry Bonds1.1356
1994Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Barry Bonds.9302 Frank Thomas1.2168
1995Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Frank Thomas1.0436 Edgar Martinez1.1070
1996Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Frank Thomas1.0503 Mark McGwire1.1977
1997Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Frank Thomas1.0527 Larry Walker1.1719
1998Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Frank Thomas1.0274 Mark McGwire1.2224
1999Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Frank Thomas1.0133 Larry Walker1.1681
2000Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Frank Thomas1.0184 Todd Helton1.1617
2001Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Frank Thomas1.0153 Barry Bonds1.3785
2002Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Todd Helton1.0319 Barry Bonds1.3807
2003Babe Ruth+1.1638 Babe Ruth+1.3818 Todd Helton1.0414 Barry Bonds1.2778
2004Babe Ruth+1.1638 Barry Bonds1.4217 Barry Bonds1.0532 Barry Bonds1.4217
2005Babe Ruth+1.1638 Barry Bonds1.4217 Barry Bonds1.0533 Derrek Lee1.0798
2006Babe Ruth+1.1638 Barry Bonds1.4217 Barry Bonds1.0513 Albert Pujols1.1016
2007Babe Ruth+1.1638 Barry Bonds1.4217 Barry Bonds1.0512 Alex Rodriguez1.0673
2008Babe Ruth+1.1638 Barry Bonds1.4217 Albert Pujols1.0489 Albert Pujols1.1144
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