best career ops by a player up until 1989 minimum 1000 at bats

Before 1990, Babe Ruth had the best OPS with 1,000+ at-bats, with an OPS of 1.164.

	NAME	OPS	AB	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	1.164	8,399	2,503	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,214	2,062	43	1,330	123		10,617	5,793	1,356	113				.342	.474	.690	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
2	Ted Williams T. Williams	1.116	7,706	2,292	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.344	.482	.634	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
3	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	1.080	8,001	2,164	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,995	1,508	45	790	102		9,660	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.447	.632	2265	1,046.8	.477	173	980
4	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1.038	8,134	2,317	1,751	2,646	458	125	534	1,922	1,452	13	1,311	87		9,670	4,956	1,117	71			69	.325	.428	.609	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8
5	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	1.017	5,193	1,394	1,046	1,628	379	71	331	1,274	852	16	844	58		6,096	3,142	781	35			66	.313	.412	.605	1287	556.1	.453	154	446.7
6	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	1.010	8,173	2,259	1,579	2,930	541	169	301	1,584	1,038	48	679	135		9,475	4,712	1,011	216				.358	.434	.577	2018	899	.459	173	863.2
7	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	.977	8,102	2,401	1,676	2,415	344	72	536	1,509	1,733	13	1,710	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.557	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
8	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.977	6,821	1,736	1,390	2,214	389	131	361	1,537	790	46	369	30	0	7,671	3,948	881	14			130	.325	.398	.579	1517	604.1	.439	152	528.8
9	Stan Musial S. Musial	.976	10,972	3,026	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.559	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
10	Johnny Mize J. Mize	.959	6,443	1,884	1,118	2,011	367	83	359	1,337	856	52	524	28	0	7,371	3,621	809	20			76	.312	.397	.562	1421	546.3	.433	157	508.1
11	Mel Ott M. Ott	.947	9,456	2,730	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,860	1,708	64	896	89		11,337	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.414	.533	2204	826.4	.430	156	794.2
12	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	.946	5,205	1,472	971	1,451	216	39	369	1,015	1,011	24	749	22	2	6,256	2,852	624	9	7	1	126	.279	.398	.548	1167	442.7	.427	147	364.2
13	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.945	3,264	970	624	1,140	175	41	113	542	333	23	122	36		3,659	1,736	329	39				.349	.413	.532	717	250.6	.426	142	211.5
14	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.945	11,434	3,034	2,244	4,189	724	295	117	1,933	1,249	94	681	897		13,068	5,854	1,136	291				.366	.433	.512	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
15	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.942	6,711	1,673	1,523	2,296	460	205	106	994	840	105	83	256		7,676	3,484	771	20				.342	.423	.519	1874	728.6	.436	155	655.7
16	Willie Mays W. Mays	.941	10,881	2,992	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	1,903	1,464	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
17	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	.940	4,981	1,332	873	1,772	307	168	54	785	519	59	234	202		5,690	2,577	529	131				.356	.423	.517	1090	480.3	.443	165	429.2
18	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	.940	4,760	1,348	884	1,461	266	67	244	1,063	674	20	713	52		5,556	2,593	577	102				.307	.395	.545	1050	349.3	.421	143	321.6
19	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.930	7,787	2,147	1,291	2,660	542	151	183	1,540	856	40	550	113		8,960	4,053	876	277				.342	.410	.520	1682	619.2	.427	144	524
20	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	.928	12,364	3,298	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	1,402	32	1,383	240	73	13,940	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	328	.305	.374	.555	2453	936.4	.403	153	858.5
21	Earl Averill E. Averill	.928	6,353	1,669	1,224	2,019	401	128	238	1,164	774	33	518	70		7,215	3,390	767	55			7	.318	.395	.534	1348	434.1	.417	131	313
22	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.928	10,195	2,789	1,882	3,514	792	222	117	1,531	1,381	103	394	436		11,988	5,101	1,131	309				.345	.428	.500	2264	921	.436	157	812.3
23	Charlie Keller C. Keller	.928	3,790	1,170	725	1,085	166	72	189	760	784	10	499	45	0	4,604	1,962	427	20			50	.286	.410	.518	849	331.2	.428	152	291.5
24	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	.926	10,006	2,808	1,829	2,943	528	72	586	1,812	1,420	198	1,532	204	77	11,743	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	270	.294	.389	.537	2083	807.2	.404	153	717.1
25	Ken Williams K. Williams	.924	4,862	1,397	860	1,552	285	77	196	916	566	28	287	154		5,616	2,579	558	160				.319	.393	.530	1025	343.9	.420	134	259.4