Editing On-base plus slugging (section)

==Leaders==
{{Further|List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders}}
The top ten [[Major League Baseball]] players in lifetime OPS, with at least 3,000 plate appearances {{As of|2024|06|08||df=US|lc=y}}, were:

#[[Babe Ruth]], 1.1636
#[[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]], 1.0276
#[[Hank Greenberg]], 1.0169
#[[Rogers Hornsby]], 1.0103

The top five were all left-handed batters. Jimmie Foxx has the highest career OPS for a right-handed batter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_career.shtml|title=Career Leaders & Records for OPS|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=July 26, 2019}}</ref>

The top ten single-season performances in MLB are:

#[[Josh Gibson]], 1.4744 ({{mlby|1937}})
#Josh Gibson, 1.4271 ({{mlby|1943}})
#[[Barry Bonds]], 1.4217 ({{mlby|2004}})
#[[Chino Smith|Charlie Smith]], 1.4214 ({{mlby|1929}})
#Barry Bonds, 1.3807 ({{mlby|2002}})
#[[Babe Ruth]], 1.3791 ({{mlby|1920}})
#Barry Bonds, 1.3785 ({{mlby|2001}})
#Babe Ruth, 1.3586 ({{mlby|1921}})
#[[Mule Suttles]], 1.3489 ({{mlby|1926}})
#Mule Suttles, 1.3247 ({{mlby|1930}})

Gibson holds the highest single-season OPS for a right-hander, while Barry Bonds holds the record for a left-hander. Since 1944, the highest single-season OPS for a right-hander is 1.2224 by [[Mark McGwire]] in {{mlby|1998}}, which was 28th all-time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Single-Season Records for OPS |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_season.shtml |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>