best career ops by a player up until 1999 minimum 1000 at bats

Before 2000, 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	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	1.013	4,892	1,371	968	1,564	317	10	301	1,040	1,076	41	741	28	18	6,091	2,804	628	0	82	133	152	.320	.440	.573	1257	518.8	.433	166	505.9
7	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
8	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	.981	5,652	1,688	1,059	1,498	240	6	522	1,277	1,185	65	1,400	11	8	6,975	3,316	768	3	70	135	135	.265	.394	.587	1346	518.5	.415	158	514.4
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.975	3,031	849	573	932	203	9	198	682	455	34	663	27	23	3,563	1,747	410	2	41	38	89	.307	.399	.576	690	240.3	.414	145	213.3
13	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	.968	6,976	2,000	1,455	2,010	423	65	445	1,299	1,430	53	1,112	460	132	8,534	3,898	933	4	71	298	116	.288	.409	.559	1604	590.4	.410	158	600
14	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.966	3,653	981	611	1,200	173	4	240	768	381	13	563	13	13	4,075	2,101	417	0	28	83	114	.328	.391	.575	770	261.1	.409	154	281.7
15	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	.961	4,759	1,317	921	1,447	314	21	263	961	885	82	906	158	58	5,800	2,592	598	3	71	121	127	.304	.416	.545	1104	396.6	.412	158	421.2
16	Jim Thome J. Thome	.959	3,077	916	609	883	181	16	196	579	646	29	882	16	11	3,782	1,684	393	1	29	50	64	.287	.412	.547	724	251.1	.412	145	223.6
17	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
18	Larry Walker L. Walker	.956	4,592	1,298	886	1,431	314	36	262	855	532	80	807	190	56	5,257	2,603	612	7	46	81	98	.312	.389	.567	983	349.8	.408	140	264
19	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.949	4,876	1,387	880	1,558	372	14	198	780	877	60	746	40	27	5,867	2,552	584	10	44	71	128	.320	.426	.523	1124	417.3	.415	152	386.3
20	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	.948	5,832	1,535	1,063	1,742	320	30	398	1,152	747	47	984	167	60	6,688	3,316	748	6	56	170	109	.299	.380	.569	1206	404.4	.401	144	369.5
21	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
22	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
23	Albert Belle A. Belle	.946	5,294	1,398	903	1,569	352	20	358	1,136	631	51	893	88	36	6,051	3,035	730	4	71	80	176	.296	.372	.573	1100	363.6	.402	143	335.2
24	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
25	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