highest ops among al rookies with at least 50 pa

Shane Spencer has the best OPS by an AL rookie with 50+ plate appearances, with an OPS of 1.321 in 1998.

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highest ops among al rookies with at least 50 pa this regular season

	NAME	OPS	PA	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Shane Spencer S. Spencer	1.321	73	1998	NYY	27	67	18	25	6	0	10	27	5	0	12	0	1	61	16	0	1	0	0	.373	.411	.910	22	12.6	.538	230	12.3
2	Craig Wilson C. Wilson	1.256	53	1998	CWS	13	47	14	22	5	0	3	10	3	0	6	1	0	36	8	2	1	0	0	.468	.490	.766	15	8.8	.530	225	8.6
3	Taylor Teagarden T. Teagarden	1.205	53	2008	TEX	16	47	10	15	5	0	6	17	5	1	19	0	0	38	11	0	0	0	0	.319	.396	.809	14	7.4	.496	207	7
4	Michael Ryan M. Ryan	1.195	68	2003	MIN	27	61	13	24	7	0	5	13	6	0	12	2	1	46	12	0	1	0	4	.393	.441	.754	18	9.5	.495	209	9.3
5	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	1.188	51	1974	BOS	15	43	5	18	2	2	2	10	6	1	6	0	0	30	6	0	1	2	0	.419	.490	.698	13	7.4	.513	226	6.9
6	Cesar Puello C. Puello	1.183	50	2019	LAA	12	41	6	16	3	0	3	12	3	6	8	0	0	28	6	0	0	0	1	.390	.500	.683	14	7.4	.491	213	7.2
7	Merv Connors M. Connors	1.146	72	1938	CWS	24	62	14	22	4	0	6	13	9	0	17	0	0	44	10	1				.355	.437	.710	18	9.2	.500	172	7.6
8	Mark Quinn M. Quinn	1.118	65	1999	KCR	17	60	11	20	4	1	6	18	4	1	11	1	0	44	11	0	0	0	1	.333	.385	.733	15	6.9	.463	172	6.3
9	Dave Valle D. Valle	1.096	60	1986	SEA	22	53	10	18	3	0	5	15	7	0	7	0	0	36	8	0	0	0	2	.340	.417	.679	14	7.1	.471	191	6.6
10	Daric Barton D. Barton	1.067	84	2007	OAK	18	72	16	25	9	0	4	8	10	1	11	1	0	46	13	0	1	0	2	.347	.429	.639	19	8.5	.451	182	8.6
11	Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez	1.067	369	2019	HOU	87	313	58	98	26	0	27	78	52	2	94	0	0	205	53	0	2	4	9	.313	.412	.655	82	35.8	.432	176	36
12	Evan Carter E. Carter	1.058	75	2023	TEX	23	62	15	19	4	1	5	12	12	0	24	3	0	40	10	0	1	1	1	.306	.413	.645	16	7.2	.435	182	7.4
13	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	1.058	641	1911	CLE	147	571	126	233	45	19	7	83	56	8	43	41		337	71	6				.408	.468	.590	151	75.1	.494	184	68.6
14	Aaron Judge A. Judge	1.049	678	2017	NYY	155	542	128	154	24	3	52	114	127	5	208	9	4	340	79	0	4	11	15	.284	.422	.627	145	62.5	.430	174	61.5
15	Brian Giles B. Giles	1.045	143	1996	CLE	51	121	26	43	14	1	5	27	19	0	13	3	0	74	20	0	3	4	6	.355	.434	.612	31	12.2	.435	153	10.6
16	Ted Williams T. Williams	1.045	677	1939	BSA	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	107	2	64	2	1	344	86	3			10	.327	.436	.609	150	66.1	.464	156	53.1
17	Elmer Valo E. Valo	1.043	54	1941	PHA	15	50	13	21	0	1	2	6	4	0	2	0	0	29	3	0			1	.420	.463	.580	12	6	.478	171	5
18	Chris Parmelee C. Parmelee	1.035	88	2011	MIN	21	76	8	27	6	0	4	14	12	0	13	0	0	45	10	0	0	0	3	.355	.443	.592	19	9.2	.448	185	8.7
19	Phil Plantier P. Plantier	1.034	174	1991	BOS	53	148	27	49	7	1	11	35	23	1	38	1	0	91	19	0	2	2	2	.331	.420	.615	37	17.4	.448	175	15.5
20	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	1.032	86	1910	CLE	20	75	15	29	2	5	1	11	8	0	8	4		44	8	3				.387	.446	.587	19	9.9	.489	213	9.8
21	Gary Sánchez G. Sánchez	1.032	229	2016	NYY	53	201	34	60	12	0	20	42	24	2	57	1	0	132	32	0	2	2	5	.299	.376	.657	47	20.2	.425	170	19.4
22	Ben Paschal B. Paschal	1.028	275	1925	NYY	89	247	49	89	16	5	12	55	22	2	29	14	9	151	33	4				.360	.417	.611	60	23.5	.456	155	21.4
23	Rudy York R. York	1.026	417	1937	DET	104	375	72	115	18	3	35	101	41	0	52	3	2	244	56	1				.307	.375	.651	87	35.1	.447	144	26.7
24	Dwayne Hosey D. Hosey	1.026	77	1995	BOS	24	68	20	23	8	1	3	7	8	0	16	6	0	42	12	1	0	0	0	.338	.408	.618	16	6.8	.440	161	6.1
25	Randy Arozarena R. Arozarena	1.022	76	2020	TBR	23	64	15	18	2	0	7	11	6	5	22	4	0	41	9	0	1	0	2	.281	.382	.641	16	6.6	.422	177	7.2

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Shane Spencer has the best OPS by an AL rookie with 50+ plate appearances, with an OPS of 1.321 in 1998.

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