Editing On-base plus slugging (section)

{{short description|Hitting statistic in baseball}}

'''On-base plus slugging (OPS)''' is a [[Sabermetrics|sabermetric]] [[baseball statistics|baseball statistic]] calculated as the sum of a player's [[on-base percentage]] and [[slugging percentage]].<ref>See [http://www.baseballprospectus.com/glossary/index.php?mode=viewstat&stat=118 www.baseballprospectus.com] or [http://www.baseball1.com/faqs/glossary.html#O rec.sport.baseball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810235654/http://www.baseball1.com/faqs/glossary.html#O |date=2010-08-10 }}.</ref> The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, are represented. An OPS of .800 or higher in [[Major League Baseball]] puts the player in the upper echelon of hitters. Typically, the league leader in OPS will score near, and sometimes above, the 1.000 mark.