Editing On-base plus slugging (section)

==Adjusted OPS (OPS+)==
OPS+, adjusted OPS, is a closely related statistic. OPS+ is OPS adjusted for the park and the league in which the player played. An OPS+ of 100 is defined to be the league average. An OPS+ of 150 or more is excellent and 125 very good, while an OPS+ of 75 or below is poor.

The basic equation for OPS+ is

<math>OPS+ = 100 * (\frac{OBP} {*lgOBP} + \frac{SLG} {*lgSLG} - 1)</math>

where *lgOBP is the park-adjusted OBP of the league and *lgSLG is the park-adjusted SLG of the league.

A common misconception is that OPS+ closely matches the ratio of a player's OPS to that of their league. In fact, due to the additive nature of the two components in OPS+, a player with an OBP and SLG both 50% better than the league average in those metrics will have an OPS+ of 200 (twice the league average OPS+) while still having an OPS that is only 50% better than the average OPS of the league. It would be a better (although not exact) approximation to say that a player with an OPS+ of 150 produces 50% more ''runs'', in a given set of plate appearances than a player with an OPS+ of 100 (though see clarification above, under "History").

===Leaders in OPS+===
Through the end of the 2024 season, the career top twenty leaders in OPS+ (minimum 3,000 plate appearances) were:<ref>{{cite web |title=Career Leaders & Records for Adjusted OPS+ |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_plus_career.shtml |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

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#[[Babe Ruth]], 206
#[[Ted Williams]], 191
#[[Oscar Charleston]], 184
#[[Barry Bonds]], 182
#[[Lou Gehrig]], 179
#[[Turkey Stearnes]], 177
#[[Rogers Hornsby]], 175
#<li value="8">[[Aaron Judge]], 173
#<li value="8">[[Mike Trout]], 173
#<li value="10">[[Mickey Mantle]], 172
#<li value="10">[[Mule Suttles]], 172
#<li value="12">[[Dan Brouthers]], 171
#<li value="13">[[Shoeless Joe Jackson|Joe Jackson]], 170
#<li value="14">[[Ty Cobb]], 168
#<li value="15">[[Pete Browning]], 163
#<li value="15">[[Jimmie Foxx]], 163
#<li value="15">[[Mark McGwire]], 163
#<li value="18">[[Dave Orr]], 162
#<li value="19">[[Juan Soto]], 160
#<li value="20">[[Hank Greenberg]], 159
#<li value="20">[[Stan Musial]], 159
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The only purely right-handed batters to appear on this list are Hornsby, Judge, Trout, Suttles, Browning, Foxx, McGwire, Orr, and Greenberg. Mantle is the only switch-hitter in the group.

The top ten single-season performances were:<ref>{{cite web |title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Adjusted OPS+ |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_plus_season.shtml |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

#[[Josh Gibson]], 281 ({{mlby|1943}})
#Josh Gibson, 273 ({{mlby|1937}})
#[[Barry Bonds]], 268 ({{mlby|2002}})
#Barry Bonds, 263 ({{mlby|2004}})
#Barry Bonds, 259 ({{mlby|2001}})
#[[Fred Dunlap]], 256 ({{mlby|1884}}) *
#[[Babe Ruth]], 255 ({{mlby|1920}})
#[[Mule Suttles]], 253 ({{mlby|1930}})
#[[Oscar Charleston]], 251 ({{mlby|1924}})
#<li value="9">Josh Gibson, 251 ({{mlby|1939}})

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Fred Dunlap's historic 1884 season came in the [[Union Association]], which some baseball experts consider not to be a true major league. If Dunlap's seasons was to be eliminated from the list, Charleston's 1921 season would be on the list.