OPS > 2
Posted by Raphy on September 8, 2008
Most plate appearances while maintaining on OPS > 2.000
Cnt Player **PA** OPS Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG Positions +----+-----------------+-------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Cody Ransom 10 2.550 2008 32 NYY AL 16 8 4 6 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .800 1.750 *3/65 2 Armando Rios 10 2.129 1998 26 SFG NL 12 7 3 4 0 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .700 1.429 /798 3 Keith McDonald 9 2.270 2000 27 STL NL 6 7 3 3 0 0 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .556 1.714 /*2 4 Jeff Manto 7 2.657 2000 35 COL NL 7 5 2 4 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .857 1.800 /35 5 Bob Natal 7 2.071 1997 31 FLA NL 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .571 1.500 /*2 6 Alan Knicely 7 2.000 1981 26 HOU NL 3 7 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 1.429 /*27
While we're at it:
Most AB for a player batting .750 or higher:
Cnt Player **AB** BA Year Age Tm Lg G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Cody Ransom 8 .750 2008 32 NYY AL 16 10 4 6 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .800 1.750 2.550 *3/65 2 Jeff Manto 5 .800 2000 35 COL NL 7 7 2 4 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857 1.800 2.657 /35 3 Brian Lesher 5 .800 2000 29 SEA AL 5 6 1 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .833 1.400 2.233 /*3 4 Henry Mercedes 5 .800 1992 22 OAK AL 9 5 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 1.200 2.000 /*2 5 Darrin Jackson 5 .800 1987 24 CHC NL 7 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 1.000 1.800 /87 6 Ray Jansen 5 .800 1910 21 SLB AL 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 1.600 /*5
While it may be difficult for Ransom to maintain that percentage, here's another goal for him to shoot for.
Cnt Player **OPS** PA Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG Positions ----+-----------------+---------+---+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+--------- 1 George Puccinelli 1.751 16 1930 23 STL NL 11 16 5 9 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .563 .563 1.188 /79 2 Nyls Nyman 1.596 15 1974 20 CHW AL 5 14 5 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .643 .667 .929 /*7D 3 Greg Walker 1.474 19 1982 22 CHW AL 11 17 3 7 2 1 2 7 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .412 .474 1.000 /D 4 Charlie Reilly 1.451 26 1889 22 COL AA 6 23 5 11 1 0 3 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 0 .478 .538 .913 /*5 5 J.D. Drew 1.435 41 1998 22 STL NL 14 36 9 15 3 1 5 13 4 0 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 .417 .463 .972 /798 6 Rich Aurilia 1.423 22 1995 23 SFG NL 9 19 4 9 3 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .474 .476 .947 /*6 7 Barry Bonds 1.421 617 2004 39 SFG NL 147 373 129 135 27 3 45 101 232 120 41 9 0 3 5 6 1 .362 .609 .812 *7/D 8 Charley Lau 1.421 17 1966 33 BAL AL 18 12 1 6 2 1 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .588 .833 9 Ted Williams 1.410 110 1953 34 BOS AL 37 91 17 37 6 0 13 34 19 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 .407 .509 .901 *7 10 Rick Short 1.404 17 2005 32 WSN NL 11 15 4 6 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .471 .933 /*43 11 John Gibbons 1.387 22 1986 24 NYM NL 8 19 4 9 4 0 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .474 .545 .842 /*2 12 Babe Ruth 1.382 615 1920 25 NYY AL 142 457 158 172 36 9 54 137 150 0 80 3 5 0 0 14 14 .376 .533 .849 *978/31 13 Barry Bonds 1.381 612 2002 37 SFG NL 143 403 117 149 31 2 46 110 198 68 47 9 0 2 4 9 2 .370 .582 .799 *7/D 14 Barry Bonds 1.378 664 2001 36 SFG NL 153 476 129 156 32 2 73 137 177 35 93 9 0 2 5 13 3 .328 .515 .863 *7/D 15 Joe Lis 1.367 18 1975 28 CLE AL 9 13 4 4 2 0 2 8 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .444 .923 /*3D Its amazing to see Bonds's and Ruth's names among those seasons of 20 or 30 PAs. Also of note is that the top 6 guys were 23 or younger.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Even if (perish the thought) Ransom goes 0-for-5, he'll still have 8 times on base in 15 plate appearances, which is .533, and 14 total bases in 13 at-bats, which is 1.077, for a 1.610 OPS, second only to Puccinelli.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
The top 2 lists are populated with guys that never made it, not even Fatty McDonald that homered in his first 2 at bats. When you get to the 20 AB list, you see a few guys who impressed in September and went on to better things (Greg Walker, Rich Aurelia and J.D. Drew) and some guys who never really panned out, like the incredible JOE FREAKING LIS!!