highest career ops before 1900 by a batter with at least 1000 plate appearances

Before 1900, Dan Brouthers had the best OPS when making 1,000+ plate appearances, with an OPS of .943.

	NAME	OPS	PA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.943	7,671	1,671	6,706	1,523	2,296	460	205	106	994	840	105	83	256	3,484	771	20	.342	.424	.520	1875	729.6	.436	155	656.7
2	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	.925	4,519	992	3,836	909	1,304	210	120	46	777	571	49	229	329	1,892	376	63	.340	.432	.493	1027	332.8	.435	140	297
3	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	.915	6,468	1,402	5,801	1,287	2,001	398	145	80	1,135	561	77	245	391	2,929	623	29	.345	.410	.505	1439	466.4	.427	141	424.8
4	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	.912	3,928	826	3,551	917	1,363	125	86	17	455	229	60	46	293	1,711	228	88	.384	.430	.482	862	258.9	.431	137	229.4
5	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	.902	5,779	1,219	5,050	1,170	1,798	213	113	44	643	640	45	257	265	2,369	370	44	.356	.433	.469	1283	408.9	.430	139	355.9
6	Bill Joyce B. Joyce	.902	4,163	906	3,310	822	971	153	106	70	609	721	108	303	266	1,546	329	24	.293	.435	.467	933	302.4	.430	139	267.6
7	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.900	1,733	390	1,640	326	569	114	50	25	366	49	29	66	65	858	189	15	.347	.377	.523	345	100.6	.416	136	93.9
8	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	.900	6,548	1,356	5,415	1,523	1,891	211	88	36	657	1,018	82	218	862	2,386	335	33	.349	.459	.441	1519	523.9	.438	144	462.8
9	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	.891	6,493	1,402	5,967	1,258	1,981	343	160	126	1,302	450	63	96	232	3,022	629	13	.332	.385	.506	1411	415.9	.411	136	376.5
10	Jake Stenzel J. Stenzel	.887	3,425	768	3,031	664	1,024	190	71	32	533	300	58	110	292	1,452	293	36	.338	.408	.479	718	185.3	.415	129	170.1
11	Roger Connor R. Connor	.883	8,847	1,998	7,797	1,620	2,467	441	233	138	1,071	1,002	39	151	244	3,788	812	9	.316	.397	.486	1952	630.3	.409	142	569.9
12	Chick Stahl C. Stahl	.873	1,705	387	1,512	306	512	74	40	14	201	156	11	53	57	708	128	26	.339	.404	.468	334	96.6	.414	129	72.6
13	John McGraw J. McGraw	.871	3,929	848	3,163	840	1,063	94	55	10	392	642	88	123	369	1,297	159	36	.336	.461	.410	864	265.9	.431	138	232.3
14	Pete Browning P. Browning	.869	5,315	1,183	4,820	954	1,646	295	85	46	612	466	20	102	258	2,249	426	0	.341	.403	.467	1191	407.6	.407	147	381.3
15	Dave Orr D. Orr	.867	3,411	791	3,289	536	1,125	198	108	37	504	98	15		66	1,650	343		.342	.366	.502	743	238.6	.397	143	226
16	Elmer Flick E. Flick	.865	1,111	261	938	182	303	38	24	10	179	128	26	67	54	419	72	19	.323	.418	.447	218	68.5	.418	141	64.4
17	Bill Lange B. Lange	.858	3,620	813	3,202	691	1,056	134	80	39	579	350	25	123	400	1,467	253	43	.330	.400	.458	718	157.6	.405	121	120.6
18	Mike Tiernan M. Tiernan	.855	6,732	1,478	5,915	1,316	1,838	257	162	106	853	748	41	218	428	2,737	525	28	.311	.392	.463	1365	343.1	.402	131	326.1
19	Tip O'Neill T. O'Neill	.851	4,712	1,052	4,248	879	1,385	222	92	52	698	420	31	58	161	1,947	366		.326	.392	.458	1011	319.3	.400	134	253.6
20	Denny Lyons D. Lyons	.850	5,029	1,123	4,300	933	1,334	244	69	62	756	623	78	174	224	1,902	375	24	.310	.407	.442	1062	293.8	.406	133	266.2
21	Elmer Smith E. Smith	.849	4,874	1,103	4,209	847	1,334	182	124	34	610	589	38	182	212	1,866	340	38	.317	.406	.443	980	238.2	.404	128	215.9
22	Kip Selbach K. Selbach	.846	3,387	751	2,904	591	894	141	90	29	432	412	21	155	210	1,302	260	50	.308	.398	.448	650	136.3	.400	121	109.9
23	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	.845	3,470	767	3,112	607	1,040	123	64	34	393	245	84	150	248	1,393	221	29	.334	.398	.448	663	141.7	.401	125	129.9
24	Cap Anson C. Anson	.844	10,123	2,277	9,104	1,722	3,012	529	124	97	1,306	953	32	146	247	4,080	750	34	.331	.396	.448	2154	654.1	.397	134	525.3
25	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	.842	7,224	1,569	6,491	1,470	2,127	302	104	102	1,218	618	28	173	548	2,943	508	87	.328	.389	.453	1430	343.3	.398	119	232.2