Alex Rodriguez had the best OPS by a shortstop in 1996, with an OPS of 1.045.

Interpreted as:

highest ops with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a shortstop in 1996

	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	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	1.045	1996	SEA	146	601	141	215	54	1	36	123	59	4	104	15	4	677	379	91	6	7	1	15	.358	.414	.631	149	62.1	.443	159	55.4
2	Barry Larkin B. Larkin	.977	1996	CIN	152	517	117	154	32	4	33	89	96	7	52	36	10	627	293	69	0	7	3	20	.298	.410	.567	124	43.7	.417	157	45.1
3	Jose Valentin J. Valentin	.811	1996	MIL	154	552	90	143	33	7	24	95	66	0	145	17	4	628	262	64	6	4	9	4	.259	.336	.475	86	5.4	.346	96	-3.2
4	John Valentin J. Valentin	.811	1996	BOS	131	527	84	156	29	3	13	59	63	7	59	9	10	606	230	45	2	7	0	15	.296	.374	.436	91	12.5	.360	106	5
5	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	.807	1996	BAL	163	640	94	178	40	1	26	102	59	4	78	1	2	707	298	67	0	4	3	28	.278	.341	.466	100	8.7	.350	103	2.6
6	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.800	1996	NYY	157	582	104	183	25	6	10	78	48	9	102	14	7	654	250	41	6	9	1	13	.314	.370	.430	94	10.2	.354	106	5.5
7	Kevin Elster K. Elster	.779	1996	TEX	157	515	79	130	32	2	24	99	52	2	138	4	1	596	238	58	16	11	1	8	.252	.317	.462	76	-0.5	.334	89	-8.7
8	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	.779	1996	CLE	151	542	98	161	36	1	9	64	56	4	42	35	9	623	226	46	12	9	0	10	.297	.362	.417	86	5.5	.346	98	-1.5
9	Walt Weiss W. Weiss	.756	1996	COL	155	517	89	146	20	2	8	48	80	6	78	10	2	623	194	30	14	6	5	9	.282	.381	.375	84	3.8	.342	83	-13.2
10	Mark Grudzielanek M. Grudzielanek	.737	1996	MON	153	657	99	201	34	4	6	49	26	9	83	33	7	696	261	44	1	3	3	10	.306	.340	.397	84	-5.8	.326	95	-4.2
11	Jay Bell J. Bell	.714	1996	PIT	151	527	65	132	29	3	13	71	54	5	108	6	4	598	206	45	6	6	5	10	.250	.323	.391	66	-11.2	.313	85	-11.3
12	Royce Clayton R. Clayton	.692	1996	STL	129	491	64	136	20	4	6	35	33	1	89	33	15	531	182	30	2	4	4	13	.277	.321	.371	55	-13.7	.305	82	-11.8
13	Alex Gonzalez A. Gonzalez	.691	1996	TOR	147	527	64	124	30	5	14	64	45	5	127	16	6	587	206	49	7	3	0	12	.235	.300	.391	60	-15.4	.305	75	-20.5
14	Pat Meares P. Meares	.689	1996	MIN	152	517	66	138	26	7	8	67	17	9	90	9	4	554	202	41	4	7	1	19	.267	.298	.391	55	-16.6	.300	70	-22.7
15	Chris Gomez C. Gomez	.680	1996	TOT	137	456	53	117	21	1	4	45	57	7	84	3	3	528	152	26	6	2	1	16	.257	.347	.333	58	-10	.313	89	-7.9
16	Ozzie Guillen O. Guillen	.640	1996	CWS	150	499	62	131	24	8	4	45	10	0	27	6	5	528	183	36	12	7	0	10	.263	.273	.367	42	-26.1	.278	60	-29.2
17	Gary Disarcina G. Disarcina	.633	1996	CAL	150	536	62	137	26	4	5	48	21	2	36	2	1	576	186	35	16	1	0	16	.256	.286	.347	47	-26.9	.281	59	-32.6
18	Mike Bordick M. Bordick	.625	1996	OAK	155	525	46	126	18	4	5	54	52	1	59	5	6	587	167	27	4	5	0	8	.240	.307	.318	50	-25.4	.285	64	-28.9
19	Rey Ordonez R. Ordonez	.592	1996	NYM	151	502	51	129	12	4	1	30	22	1	53	1	3	530	152	17	4	1	12	12	.257	.289	.303	33	-35.5	.257	52	-32.2