highest ops for a third baseman since 1973

Since 1973, Albert Pujols has the best OPS by a third baseman, with an OPS of 1.013.

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	NAME	OPS	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	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	1.013	161	590	112	194	47	4	37	130	69	9	93	1	3	676	360	88	1	7	6	21	.329	.403	.610	139	54.7	.423	159	51.9
2	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	1.009	624	2,341	415	781	154	5	148	509	321	23	427	18	8	2,705	1,389	307	1	19	86	82	.334	.416	.593	539	219	.422	163	206.8
3	Ryan Braun R. Braun	1.004	113	451	91	146	26	6	34	97	29	7	112	15	5	492	286	66	0	5	1	13	.324	.370	.634	98	37.2	.421	154	34.8
4	Jim Thome J. Thome	.934	500	1,647	315	475	95	12	93	284	310	18	424	14	10	1,989	873	200	1	13	20	42	.288	.404	.530	369	122.2	.404	139	106.7
5	Chipper Jones C. Jones	.928	2,180	7,878	1,424	2,376	480	35	415	1,417	1,310	15	1,236	140	42	9,292	4,171	930	3	86	141	225	.302	.398	.529	1660	515	.396	141	486.2
6	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	.920	1,293	4,829	910	1,404	234	8	309	979	681	97	1,080	145	30	5,657	2,581	551	0	50	55	130	.291	.386	.534	995	318	.393	142	295.1
7	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	.909	2,233	7,769	1,415	2,075	377	54	514	1,499	1,415	75	1,751	173	89	9,377	4,102	945	16	102	193	146	.267	.381	.528	1602	553.2	.396	147	504.8
8	Phil Nevin P. Nevin	.891	565	1,994	304	584	113	1	116	394	227	11	476	12	4	2,250	1,047	230	1	17	21	50	.293	.365	.525	371	86.2	.378	131	91.9
9	George Brett G. Brett	.882	1,741	6,675	1,072	2,095	428	112	209	1,051	695	17	489	141	74	7,479	3,374	749	25	67	147	119	.314	.377	.505	1217	382.5	.385	140	344.8
10	Kris Bryant K. Bryant	.880	884	3,287	592	914	204	19	167	487	443	87	908	44	20	3,838	1,657	390	0	21	21	43	.278	.376	.504	643	183.9	.375	134	164.3
11	Bob Bailey B. Bailey	.868	151	513	77	140	25	4	26	86	88	1	99	5	8	607	251	55	3	2	10	23	.273	.379	.489	98	31	.386	137	25.5
12	David Wright D. Wright	.867	1,585	5,998	949	1,777	390	26	242	970	762	45	1,292	196	65	6,870	2,945	658	0	65	73	152	.296	.376	.491	1092	285.4	.373	133	280.8
13	Rich Aurilia R. Aurilia	.867	122	440	61	132	25	1	23	70	34	1	51	3	0	481	228	49	2	4	1	10	.300	.349	.518	75	14.9	.368	118	11.2
14	José Ramírez J. Ramírez	.864	1,547	5,850	984	1,636	400	37	289	956	676	46	793	301	60	6,632	2,977	726	1	59	118	83	.280	.356	.509	1047	254.5	.362	132	251
15	Bill Robinson B. Robinson	.864	122	393	55	119	22	3	21	64	16	1	73	2	4	416	210	46	3	3	1	14	.303	.329	.534	67	22.8	.390	143	20.1
16	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.858	2,335	8,842	1,462	2,892	564	60	113	970	1,377	23	724	23	35	10,359	3,915	737	25	92	176	227	.327	.415	.443	1685	476.3	.381	132	397.9
17	Bob Horner B. Horner	.858	689	2,571	414	724	113	4	161	476	235	12	360	12	13	2,845	1,328	278	1	26	21	68	.282	.341	.517	444	125.6	.376	131	101.3
18	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.857	610	2,131	342	654	145	9	58	255	288	24	275	23	14	2,471	991	212	9	19	18	52	.307	.392	.465	400	119.8	.383	137	105.5
19	Justin Turner J. Turner	.856	1,173	3,899	582	1,147	248	8	158	593	413	97	684	33	7	4,456	1,885	414	3	44	14	99	.294	.372	.483	715	189.4	.367	134	187
20	Rafael Devers R. Devers	.856	980	3,802	616	1,062	255	12	200	638	358	34	894	32	18	4,215	1,941	467	1	20	58	85	.279	.345	.511	659	152.3	.359	125	126.1
21	Scott Rolen S. Rolen	.855	2,038	7,398	1,211	2,077	517	43	316	1,287	899	127	1,410	118	49	8,518	3,628	876	1	93	57	150	.281	.364	.490	1321	276.8	.368	122	242.1
22	Bobby Bonilla B. Bonilla	.853	965	3,518	513	1,022	213	33	139	570	423	14	572	22	34	3,996	1,718	385	0	41	74	88	.291	.365	.488	614	138.9	.368	130	141.7
23	Troy Glaus T. Glaus	.853	1,351	4,791	790	1,224	264	9	286	837	760	39	1,225	54	26	5,630	2,364	559	0	40	35	116	.255	.359	.493	869	168.9	.367	120	146.8
24	Josh Donaldson J. Donaldson	.849	1,369	4,990	815	1,305	286	12	278	812	723	58	1,209	40	10	5,822	2,449	576	5	46	22	135	.262	.359	.491	910	233.2	.364	132	224.6
25	Miguel Andujar M. Andujar	.849	248	901	119	276	66	3	37	140	43	5	146	4	1	955	459	106	0	6	3	17	.306	.339	.509	148	36.1	.361	128	32.1

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Cubs	85	69	.552	11.0
Pirates	77	77	.500	19.0
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Sun 9/20	WSH	@	STL	2:15 PM
Tue 9/22	STL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 9/23	STL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
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Phillies	85	69	.552	5.0
Marlins	76	78	.494	14.0
Nationals	72	82	.468	18.0
Mets	70	84	.455	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	96	58	.623
Cubs	85	69	.552	11.0
Pirates	77	77	.500	19.0
Cardinals	75	79	.487	21.0
Reds	72	82	.468	24.0
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Astros	77	77	.500
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