Ian Desmond had the best OPS by a shortstop in 2012, with an OPS of .845.

Interpreted as:

highest ops with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a shortstop 2012

	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	Ian Desmond I. Desmond	.845	2012	WSH	130	513	72	150	33	2	25	73	30	3	113	21	6	547	262	60	0	1	1	17	.292	.335	.511	83	20.8	.362	128	18
2	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.791	2012	NYY	159	683	99	216	32	0	15	58	45	5	90	9	4	740	293	47	6	1	1	24	.316	.362	.429	104	19.1	.347	117	14.4
3	Jose Reyes J. Reyes	.780	2012	MIA	160	642	86	184	37	12	11	57	63	0	56	40	11	716	278	60	5	6	9	10	.287	.347	.433	93	11.5	.335	111	9.5
4	Asdrubal Cabrera A. Cabrera	.762	2012	CLE	143	555	70	150	35	1	16	68	52	6	99	9	4	616	235	52	1	2	3	18	.270	.338	.423	79	8.5	.332	112	8.9
5	Starlin Castro S. Castro	.753	2012	CHC	162	646	78	183	29	12	14	78	36	4	100	25	13	691	278	55	0	5	5	15	.283	.323	.430	83	4.6	.323	99	-0.5
6	Jimmy Rollins J. Rollins	.743	2012	PHI	156	632	102	158	33	5	23	68	62	0	96	30	5	699	270	61	2	3	2	9	.250	.316	.427	84	4	.322	101	0.5
7	Erick Aybar E. Aybar	.740	2012	LAA	141	517	67	150	31	5	8	45	22	5	61	20	4	553	215	44	7	2	1	11	.290	.324	.416	66	2.8	.321	107	4.4
8	Elvis Andrus E. Andrus	.727	2012	TEX	158	629	85	180	31	9	3	62	57	5	96	21	10	711	238	43	17	3	0	15	.286	.349	.378	85	4	.322	97	-2.9
9	Alcides Escobar A. Escobar	.721	2012	KCR	155	605	68	177	30	7	5	52	27	8	100	35	5	648	236	42	8	0	2	14	.293	.331	.390	74	0.4	.316	97	-2.2
10	Jhonny Peralta J. Peralta	.689	2012	DET	150	531	58	127	32	3	13	63	49	2	105	1	2	585	204	48	1	2	3	20	.239	.305	.384	60	-6.7	.301	86	-9.7
11	Zack Cozart Z. Cozart	.687	2012	CIN	138	561	72	138	33	4	15	35	31	3	113	4	0	600	224	52	2	3	0	11	.246	.288	.399	60	-8.1	.298	83	-11.8
12	J.J. Hardy	.671	2012	BAL	158	663	85	158	30	2	22	68	38	3	106	0	0	713	258	54	7	2	4	21	.238	.282	.389	67	-14.2	.290	79	-17.8
13	Rafael Furcal R. Furcal	.671	2012	STL	121	477	69	126	18	3	5	49	44	1	57	12	4	531	165	26	5	4	1	7	.264	.325	.346	53	-7.2	.298	86	-8.7
14	Mike Aviles M. Aviles	.663	2012	BOS	136	512	57	128	28	0	13	60	23	2	77	14	6	546	195	41	3	6	0	6	.250	.282	.381	50	-12	.288	75	-16.1
15	Alexei Ramirez A. Ramirez	.651	2012	CWS	158	593	59	157	24	4	9	73	16	4	77	20	7	621	216	37	4	4	2	15	.265	.287	.364	55	-16.3	.282	71	-20.9
16	Yunel Escobar Y. Escobar	.644	2012	TOR	145	558	58	141	22	1	9	51	35	4	70	5	1	608	192	32	7	4	1	21	.253	.300	.344	54	-15.1	.284	73	-18.9