highest ops by a rookie ever min 398 pa since 1950

Since 1950, Aaron Judge has the highest OPS by a rookie with 398+ plate appearances, with an OPS of 1.049 in 2017.

	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	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
2	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	1.013	676	2001	STL	161	590	112	194	47	4	37	130	69	9	93	1	3	360	88	1	7	6	21	.329	.403	.610	139	54.7	.423	159	51.9
3	Bernie Carbo B. Carbo	1.004	467	1970	CIN	125	365	54	113	19	3	21	63	94	4	77	10	4	201	43	2	2	9	6	.310	.454	.551	97	44	.441	170	40.8
4	Ryan Braun R. Braun	1.004	492	2007	MIL	113	451	91	146	26	6	34	97	29	7	112	15	5	286	66	0	5	1	13	.324	.370	.634	98	37.2	.421	154	34.8
5	Nick Kurtz N. Kurtz	1.002	488	2025	ATH	117	420	90	122	26	2	36	86	63	2	151	2	1	260	64	0	3	3	4	.290	.383	.619	100	41.9	.419	170	40.4
6	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	.987	641	1987	OAK	151	557	97	161	28	4	49	118	71	5	131	1	1	344	81	0	8	8	6	.289	.370	.618	124	45.2	.411	157	46.2
7	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	.967	605	1975	BOS	145	528	103	175	47	7	21	105	62	3	90	10	5	299	75	6	6	10	11	.331	.401	.566	114	48.1	.427	161	41.5
8	José Abreu J. Abreu	.964	622	2014	CWS	145	556	80	176	35	2	36	107	51	11	131	3	1	323	73	0	4	15	14	.317	.383	.581	115	48.3	.411	167	46.1
9	Mike Trout M. Trout	.963	639	2012	LAA	139	559	129	182	27	8	30	83	67	6	139	49	5	315	65	0	7	4	7	.326	.399	.564	121	48.2	.409	167	50
10	Walt Dropo W. Dropo	.961	609	1950	BSA	136	559	101	180	28	8	34	144	45	5	75	0	0	326	70	0			16	.322	.378	.583	115	39.3	.425	132	26.7
11	Mike Greenwell M. Greenwell	.956	456	1987	BOS	125	412	71	135	31	6	19	89	35	6	40	5	4	235	56	0	3	1	7	.328	.386	.570	87	31.2	.408	148	28.1
12	Lance Berkman L. Berkman	.949	417	2000	HOU	114	353	76	105	28	1	21	67	56	1	73	6	2	198	50	0	7	1	6	.297	.388	.561	77	22.3	.402	132	18.1
13	Al Rosen A. Rosen	.948	668	1950	CLE	155	554	100	159	23	4	37	116	100	10	72	5	7	301	64	4			27	.287	.405	.543	127	43.5	.426	143	39.6
14	Rico Carty R. Carty	.942	505	1964	MIL	133	455	72	150	28	4	22	88	43	3	78	1	2	252	54	0	4	4	16	.330	.388	.554	93	39.3	.410	166	37.3
15	Pete Alonso P. Alonso	.941	693	2019	NYM	161	597	103	155	30	2	53	120	72	21	183	1	0	348	85	0	3	6	13	.260	.358	.583	126	38.4	.384	144	40.3
16	Dick Allen D. Allen	.939	708	1964	PHI	162	632	125	201	38	13	29	91	67	0	138	3	4	352	80	6	3	13	8	.318	.382	.557	128	52.3	.405	162	49.5
17	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	.936	668	1956	CIN	152	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	64	20	95	8	4	319	71	8	4	7	14	.290	.379	.558	120	42.9	.407	145	36.4
18	Cody Bellinger C. Bellinger	.933	548	2017	LAD	132	480	87	128	26	4	39	97	64	1	146	10	3	279	69	0	3	13	5	.267	.352	.581	94	27.3	.380	137	26.3
19	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.932	602	1993	LAD	149	547	81	174	24	2	35	112	46	3	86	3	4	307	61	0	6	6	10	.318	.370	.561	108	36.3	.401	150	37.5
20	Nolan Jones N. Jones	.931	424	2023	COL	106	367	60	109	22	4	20	62	53	3	126	20	4	199	46	0	1	3	1	.297	.389	.542	79	27	.395	137	19.4
21	Mitchell Page M. Page	.926	592	1977	OAK	145	501	85	154	28	8	21	75	78	6	95	42	5	261	57	4	3	6	7	.307	.405	.521	107	38.1	.404	157	39.7
22	Yasiel Puig Y. Puig	.925	432	2013	LAD	104	382	66	122	21	2	19	42	36	11	97	11	8	204	42	0	3	6	6	.319	.391	.534	76	28.5	.398	160	29.1
23	Juan Soto J. Soto	.923	494	2018	WSH	116	414	77	121	25	1	22	70	79	0	99	5	2	214	48	1	0	10	9	.292	.406	.517	89	31.1	.392	145	27.3
24	Minnie Minoso M. Minoso	.922	622	1951	TOT	146	530	112	173	34	14	10	76	72	16	42	31	10	265	58	4			12	.326	.422	.500	115	41.8	.423	150	38.9
25	Brian Daubach B. Daubach	.921	420	1999	BOS	110	381	61	112	33	3	21	73	36	3	92	0	1	214	57	0	0	0	5	.294	.360	.562	74	18.9	.393	130	16.9

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