Babe Ruth has the highest career OPS by a player younger than 38 with 500+ at-bats, with an OPS of 1.184.
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best ops by a player in MLB by age below 38 with 500 or more at bats| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Ruth | 1.184 | 7,504 | 2,214 | 1,985 | 2,617 | 468 | 129 | 652 | 2,013 | 1,823 | 40 | 1,154 | 118 | 9,483 | 5,299 | 1,249 | 116 | .349 | .478 | .706 | ||||
| 2 |  | T. Williams | 1.125 | 6,200 | 1,787 | 1,515 | 2,156 | 437 | 67 | 411 | 1,527 | 1,652 | 25 | 537 | 22 | 3 | 7,889 | 3,960 | 915 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 147 | .348 | .486 | .639 |
| 3 |  | L. Gehrig | 1.080 | 8,001 | 2,164 | 1,888 | 2,721 | 534 | 163 | 493 | 1,998 | 1,511 | 46 | 789 | 102 | 9,664 | 5,060 | 1,190 | 106 | 2 | .340 | .448 | .632 | |||
| 4 |  | J. Foxx | 1.038 | 8,134 | 2,317 | 1,751 | 2,645 | 458 | 125 | 534 | 1,924 | 1,457 | 13 | 1,311 | 87 | 9,676 | 4,955 | 1,117 | 72 | 70 | .325 | .428 | .609 | |||
| 5 |  | A. Judge | 1.024 | 4,301 | 1,199 | 914 | 1,254 | 212 | 7 | 385 | 862 | 855 | 42 | 1,437 | 70 | 24 | 5,231 | 2,635 | 604 | 0 | 33 | 109 | 122 | .292 | .411 | .613 |
| 6 | | H. Greenberg | 1.017 | 5,194 | 1,394 | 1,047 | 1,628 | 379 | 71 | 331 | 1,273 | 853 | 16 | 844 | 58 | 6,098 | 3,142 | 781 | 35 | 66 | .313 | .412 | .605 | |||
| 7 |  | B. Bonds | 1.014 | 8,186 | 2,386 | 1,785 | 2,400 | 502 | 73 | 595 | 1,604 | 1,841 | 71 | 1,314 | 489 | 139 | 10,182 | 4,833 | 1,170 | 4 | 80 | 396 | 129 | .293 | .424 | .590 |
| 8 |  | R. Hornsby | 1.013 | 8,068 | 2,204 | 1,568 | 2,899 | 533 | 169 | 299 | 1,023 | 47 | 662 | 135 | 9,354 | 4,667 | 1,001 | 216 | .359 | .434 | .578 | |||||
| 9 |  | S. Musial | 1.004 | 9,157 | 2,413 | 1,726 | 3,116 | 646 | 167 | 398 | 1,633 | 1,355 | 45 | 513 | 72 | 28 | 10,623 | 5,290 | 1,211 | 36 | 30 | 79 | 208 | .340 | .427 | .578 |
| 10 |  | M. Ramirez | 1.000 | 8,058 | 2,238 | 1,520 | 2,522 | 537 | 20 | 549 | 1,812 | 1,301 | 104 | 1,763 | 37 | 33 | 9,555 | 4,746 | 1,106 | 2 | 90 | 214 | 238 | .313 | .411 | .589 |
| 11 |  | F. Thomas | .991 | 7,090 | 1,998 | 1,345 | 2,164 | 450 | 11 | 457 | 1,489 | 1,491 | 73 | 1,185 | 32 | 23 | 8,764 | 4,007 | 918 | 0 | 110 | 162 | 193 | .305 | .425 | .565 |
| 12 |  | M. McGwire | .983 | 6,171 | 1,869 | 1,166 | 1,623 | 252 | 6 | 582 | 1,409 | 1,316 | 74 | 1,589 | 12 | 8 | 7,642 | 3,633 | 840 | 3 | 78 | 150 | 147 | .263 | .394 | .589 |
| 13 | | J. Mize | .981 | 5,869 | 1,611 | 1,066 | 1,863 | 341 | 82 | 341 | 1,232 | 797 | 44 | 469 | 27 | 6,729 | 3,391 | 764 | 19 | 62 | .317 | .403 | .578 | |||
| 14 |  | N. Kurtz | .980 | 609 | 170 | 125 | 176 | 37 | 3 | 44 | 123 | 115 | 4 | 221 | 8 | 2 | 731 | 351 | 84 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | .289 | .404 | .576 |
| 15 |  | M. Mantle | .977 | 8,101 | 2,401 | 1,675 | 2,415 | 344 | 72 | 536 | 1,509 | 1,733 | 12 | 1,718 | 152 | 42 | 9,907 | 4,511 | 952 | 14 | 47 | 126 | 113 | .298 | .420 | .557 |
| 16 |  | J. DiMaggio | .977 | 6,821 | 1,736 | 1,390 | 2,214 | 389 | 131 | 361 | 1,537 | 791 | 46 | 369 | 30 | 0 | 7,672 | 3,948 | 881 | 14 | 129 | .325 | .398 | .579 | ||
| 17 |  | M. Trout | .974 | 6,154 | 1,701 | 1,235 | 1,799 | 333 | 55 | 417 | 1,046 | 1,114 | 109 | 1,718 | 219 | 38 | 7,438 | 3,493 | 805 | 0 | 61 | 135 | 79 | .292 | .406 | .568 |
| 18 | | T. Helton | .973 | 7,278 | 2,040 | 1,324 | 2,352 | 552 | 35 | 346 | 1,302 | 1,250 | 56 | 1,031 | 36 | 28 | 8,671 | 4,012 | 933 | 3 | 84 | 182 | 176 | .323 | .422 | .551 |
| 19 |  | J. Thome | .970 | 7,241 | 2,130 | 1,413 | 2,026 | 394 | 24 | 535 | 1,474 | 1,535 | 66 | 2,161 | 19 | 20 | 8,909 | 4,073 | 953 | 1 | 66 | 159 | 132 | .280 | .407 | .562 |
| 20 | | L. Walker | .969 | 6,592 | 1,888 | 1,289 | 2,069 | 451 | 61 | 368 | 1,259 | 872 | 129 | 1,167 | 228 | 75 | 7,663 | 3,746 | 880 | 7 | 63 | 114 | 144 | .314 | .401 | .568 |
| 21 |  | T. Cobb | .967 | 8,838 | 2,317 | 1,779 | 3,303 | 567 | 248 | 88 | 1,022 | 71 | 770 | 10,168 | 4,630 | 903 | 237 | .374 | .443 | .524 | ||||||
| 22 |  | Y. Alvarez | .966 | 2,648 | 731 | 461 | 786 | 167 | 6 | 186 | 526 | 381 | 44 | 604 | 10 | 2 | 3,101 | 1,523 | 359 | 0 | 28 | 49 | 62 | .297 | .391 | .575 |
| 23 |  | W. Mays | .961 | 9,220 | 2,469 | 1,775 | 2,844 | 450 | 129 | 590 | 1,662 | 1,149 | 33 | 1,159 | 301 | 94 | 10,485 | 5,322 | 1,169 | 7 | 76 | 169 | 214 | .308 | .384 | .577 |
| 24 | | E. Martinez | .955 | 5,432 | 1,540 | 980 | 1,738 | 403 | 14 | 235 | 925 | 973 | 65 | 841 | 43 | 27 | 6,532 | 2,874 | 652 | 10 | 52 | 79 | 141 | .320 | .426 | .529 |
| 25 |  | S. Ohtani | .953 | 3,917 | 1,067 | 742 | 1,101 | 204 | 46 | 288 | 698 | 580 | 29 | 1,156 | 171 | 45 | 4,549 | 2,261 | 538 | 0 | 23 | 94 | 52 | .281 | .376 | .577 |
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