Fred Lynn had the best OPS in 1979, with an OPS of 1.059.

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best ops with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in 1979

	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	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	1.059	1979	BOS	147	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	82	4	79	2	2	622	338	82	0	5	4	9	.333	.423	.637	138	65	.456	174	56.5
2	Sixto Lezcano S. Lezcano	.987	1979	MIL	138	473	84	152	29	3	28	101	77	3	74	4	3	566	271	60	6	7	5	11	.321	.414	.573	113	46.6	.428	165	44.9
3	Jim Rice J. Rice	.977	1979	BOS	158	619	117	201	39	6	39	130	57	4	97	9	4	688	369	84	0	8	4	16	.325	.381	.596	133	53	.421	152	43.7
4	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	.956	1979	CHC	145	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	45	4	131	4	2	589	326	72	0	8	7	7	.288	.343	.613	107	38.3	.406	144	30.7
5	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	.953	1979	SDP	159	597	97	184	27	10	34	118	85	2	71	15	9	686	333	71	0	2	24	9	.308	.395	.558	125	45.1	.407	160	49
6	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	.950	1979	PHI	160	541	109	137	25	4	45	114	120	3	115	9	5	675	305	74	2	9	12	13	.253	.386	.564	123	44.3	.407	151	41
7	George Foster G. Foster	.948	1979	CIN	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	59	3	105	0	2	505	247	51	0	3	7	11	.302	.386	.561	93	34.5	.410	157	33.8
8	Steve Kemp S. Kemp	.941	1979	DET	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	68	2	70	5	6	570	266	55	2	8	2	13	.318	.398	.543	106	39.3	.411	149	34.2
9	George Brett G. Brett	.939	1979	KCR	154	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	0	36	17	10	701	363	85	1	4	14	8	.329	.376	.563	125	43.6	.402	145	38.9
10	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	.938	1979	BAL	159	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	109	1	118	3	1	688	304	65	1	7	16	16	.295	.405	.533	125	44.6	.406	153	44.9
11	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	.930	1979	STL	161	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	80	1	78	11	6	698	313	70	0	7	5	9	.344	.417	.513	129	47.1	.409	156	46.2
12	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	.926	1979	NYY	131	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	65	2	107	9	8	537	253	55	0	5	3	17	.297	.382	.544	97	33.9	.404	150	32.9
13	Larry Parrish L. Parrish	.909	1979	MON	153	544	83	167	39	2	30	82	41	2	101	5	1	595	300	71	7	1	11	8	.307	.357	.551	101	31.9	.392	146	32.5
14	Dave Parker D. Parker	.906	1979	PIT	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	67	9	101	20	4	707	327	77	0	9	14	7	.310	.380	.526	120	37.6	.391	142	35
15	Darrell Porter D. Porter	.905	1979	KCR	157	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	121	8	65	3	4	679	258	53	4	13	8	11	.291	.421	.484	120	40.6	.399	143	36.1
16	Bobby Grich B. Grich	.903	1979	CAL	153	534	78	157	30	5	30	101	59	2	84	1	0	609	287	65	12	2	10	14	.294	.365	.537	103	32	.390	141	30.9
17	Don Baylor D. Baylor	.901	1979	CAL	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	71	11	51	22	12	722	333	72	0	12	6	10	.296	.371	.530	123	38.6	.392	142	37.2
18	Bob Horner B. Horner	.898	1979	ATL	121	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	22	3	74	0	2	515	269	49	0	3	6	9	.314	.346	.552	86	26.4	.389	134	20.9
19	Gorman Thomas G. Thomas	.895	1979	MIL	156	557	97	136	29	0	45	123	98	2	175	1	5	668	300	74	5	6	6	8	.244	.356	.539	111	33.5	.387	139	31.5
20	Ron Cey R. Cey	.888	1979	LAD	150	487	77	137	20	1	28	81	86	2	85	3	3	579	243	49	0	4	8	11	.281	.389	.499	98	30.2	.390	145	30.8
21	Chet Lemon C. Lemon	.887	1979	CWS	148	556	79	177	44	2	17	86	56	13	68	7	11	632	276	63	3	4	6	15	.318	.391	.496	108	33.8	.392	139	30.4
22	Brian Downing B. Downing	.880	1979	CAL	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	5	57	3	3	596	235	42	3	2	4	17	.326	.418	.462	103	33.6	.395	145	32.4
23	Bruce Bochte B. Bochte	.878	1979	SEA	150	554	81	175	38	6	16	100	67	2	64	2	2	636	273	60	3	10	8	27	.316	.385	.493	104	30	.384	132	25.1
24	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	.875	1979	STL	123	448	68	127	22	0	26	87	61	4	34	0	1	521	227	48	0	8	22	10	.283	.369	.507	80	19.3	.371	130	18.6
25	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.872	1979	MIL	150	590	83	182	44	1	24	106	56	0	77	15	3	660	300	69	6	8	10	14	.308	.364	.508	105	28.3	.378	133	26.3

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