Garry Templeton had the best OPS by a shortstop in 1977, with an OPS of .786.

Interpreted as:

best ops with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a shortstop 1977

	NAME	OPS	SEASON	TM	G	AB	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	Garry Templeton G. Templeton	.786	1977	STL	153	621	94	200	19	18	8	79	15	1	70	28	24	644	279	45	2	5	3	9	.322	.336	.449	85	9.9	.343	108	5.9
2	Bob Bailor B. Bailor	.738	1977	TOR	122	496	62	154	21	5	5	32	17	2	26	15	6	523	200	31	6	2	1	7	.310	.335	.403	63	1.7	.328	97	-1.7
3	Rick Burleson R. Burleson	.720	1977	BOS	154	663	80	194	36	7	3	52	47	2	69	13	12	721	253	46	3	6	1	15	.293	.338	.382	83	-0.7	.322	89	-9.6
4	Robin Yount R. Yount	.710	1977	MIL	154	605	66	174	34	4	4	49	41	2	80	16	7	663	228	42	11	4	1	11	.288	.333	.377	74	-2.9	.318	95	-4.1
5	Dave Concepcion D. Concepcion	.691	1977	CIN	156	572	59	155	26	3	8	64	46	0	77	29	7	630	211	37	6	6	6	15	.271	.322	.369	65	-8.5	.307	84	-12.4
6	Freddie Patek F. Patek	.688	1977	KCR	154	497	72	130	26	6	5	60	41	5	84	53	13	563	183	37	13	7	2	6	.262	.320	.368	58	-7.2	.308	87	-8.9
7	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	.681	1977	CHC	155	624	91	166	31	7	3	40	56	4	90	24	12	695	220	41	7	4	4	8	.266	.328	.353	72	-9.4	.307	75	-21
8	Alan Bannister A. Bannister	.672	1977	CWS	139	560	87	154	20	3	3	57	54	2	49	4	3	630	189	26	3	11	1	11	.275	.335	.338	64	-9.2	.305	85	-11.1
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	.664	1977	LAD	153	634	84	176	28	6	4	51	24	2	43	16	7	673	228	38	9	4	1	23	.278	.304	.360	63	-14.9	.296	80	-16.7
10	Chris Speier C. Speier	.657	1977	TOT	145	548	59	128	31	6	5	38	67	1	81	1	2	621	186	42	3	2	3	14	.234	.317	.339	60	-12.6	.298	81	-14.3
11	Bert Campaneris B. Campaneris	.655	1977	TEX	150	552	77	140	19	7	5	46	47	4	86	27	20	648	188	31	40	5	1	7	.254	.314	.341	61	-14.1	.296	80	-15.3
12	Bucky Dent B. Dent	.653	1977	NYY	158	477	54	118	18	4	8	49	39	1	28	1	1	540	168	30	14	9	0	9	.247	.300	.352	49	-13.4	.293	80	-12.5
13	Larry Bowa L. Bowa	.652	1977	PHI	154	624	93	175	19	3	4	41	32	0	32	32	3	675	212	26	13	6	2	11	.280	.313	.340	62	-16.7	.293	75	-20.8
14	Bill Almon B. Almon	.639	1977	SDP	155	613	75	160	18	11	2	43	37	0	114	20	9	670	206	31	20	0	1	14	.261	.303	.336	59	-19.1	.288	78	-17.8
15	Frank Taveras F. Taveras	.637	1977	PIT	147	544	72	137	20	10	1	29	38	6	71	70	18	600	180	31	9	3	2	7	.252	.306	.331	53	-17.2	.288	71	-20.9
16	Roy Smalley R. Smalley	.631	1977	MIN	150	584	93	135	21	5	6	56	74	1	89	5	5	680	184	32	15	6	1	12	.231	.316	.315	61	-18	.290	74	-20.9