Frank Thomas had the highest OPS by a first baseman in 1997, with an OPS of 1.067.

Interpreted as:

highest ops with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1997 of first baseman

	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	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	1.067	1997	CWS	146	530	110	184	35	0	35	125	109	3	69	1	1	649	324	70	0	7	9	15	.347	.456	.611	146	66	.454	179	65.5
2	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	1.039	1997	TOT	156	540	86	148	27	0	58	123	101	9	159	3	0	657	349	85	0	7	16	9	.274	.393	.646	134	52.9	.429	161	51.4
3	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	1.017	1997	HOU	162	566	109	162	40	2	43	135	127	16	122	31	10	717	335	85	0	8	27	10	.286	.425	.592	143	54.9	.424	163	57.6
4	Jim Thome J. Thome	1.001	1997	CLE	147	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	120	3	146	1	1	627	287	65	0	8	9	9	.286	.423	.579	126	48.6	.425	156	44.9
5	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	.980	1997	BOS	141	527	91	166	24	0	35	96	86	12	154	2	2	628	295	59	0	3	17	10	.315	.420	.560	122	44.7	.418	150	40.3
6	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	.974	1997	COL	154	600	120	191	31	3	41	140	54	17	141	15	8	674	351	75	0	3	2	16	.318	.389	.585	131	47.8	.418	131	26.2
7	Tino Martinez T. Martinez	.948	1997	NYY	158	594	96	176	31	2	44	141	75	3	75	3	1	685	343	77	0	13	14	15	.296	.371	.577	121	36.3	.396	141	35.8
8	J.T. Snow	.898	1997	SFG	157	531	81	149	36	1	28	104	96	1	124	6	4	637	271	65	2	7	13	8	.281	.387	.510	106	27.5	.384	135	28.3
9	John Olerud J. Olerud	.889	1997	NYM	154	524	90	154	34	1	22	102	85	13	67	0	0	630	256	57	0	8	5	19	.294	.400	.489	107	29.5	.389	138	30.3
10	David Segui D. Segui	.886	1997	MON	125	459	75	141	22	3	21	68	57	1	66	1	0	523	232	46	0	6	12	9	.307	.380	.505	84	19.9	.378	127	18
11	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	.878	1997	TOR	153	519	79	136	42	3	30	91	64	8	133	0	3	595	274	75	0	4	9	6	.262	.350	.528	93	19.9	.372	123	17.1
12	Tony Clark T. Clark	.876	1997	DET	159	580	105	160	28	3	32	117	93	3	144	1	3	681	290	63	0	5	13	11	.276	.376	.500	109	24.8	.376	124	20.8
13	Wally Joyner W. Joyner	.876	1997	SDP	135	455	59	149	29	2	13	83	51	2	51	3	5	518	221	44	0	10	5	14	.327	.390	.486	84	20.4	.380	134	22.3
14	Mark Grace M. Grace	.874	1997	CHC	151	555	87	177	32	5	13	78	88	2	45	2	4	654	258	50	1	8	3	18	.319	.409	.465	110	29.3	.386	129	24.4
15	Paul Sorrento P. Sorrento	.859	1997	SEA	146	457	68	123	19	0	31	80	51	3	112	0	2	513	235	50	0	2	9	13	.269	.345	.514	77	14.2	.366	118	11.9
16	Darin Erstad D. Erstad	.826	1997	ANA	139	539	99	161	34	4	16	77	51	4	86	23	8	605	251	54	5	6	4	5	.299	.360	.466	88	13.7	.360	115	11.7
17	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	.815	1997	BAL	158	614	95	156	24	2	38	110	67	5	109	5	2	692	298	64	0	6	7	14	.254	.329	.485	95	9.8	.349	109	8.4
18	Dave Nilsson D. Nilsson	.798	1997	MIL	156	554	71	154	33	0	20	81	65	2	88	2	3	629	247	53	1	7	8	7	.278	.352	.446	85	7.5	.347	104	3.1
19	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	.797	1997	ATL	152	564	77	156	25	1	22	97	68	4	112	5	0	641	249	48	0	5	4	22	.277	.356	.441	89	9.7	.351	110	8.1
20	Jeff King J. King	.792	1997	KCR	155	543	84	129	30	1	28	112	89	2	96	16	5	647	245	59	1	12	4	9	.238	.341	.451	86	6.4	.344	103	2.6
21	Eric Karros E. Karros	.787	1997	LAD	162	628	86	167	28	0	31	104	61	2	116	15	7	700	288	59	0	9	2	10	.266	.329	.459	92	5.5	.342	110	8.9
22	Rico Brogna R. Brogna	.726	1997	PHI	148	543	68	137	36	1	20	81	33	0	116	12	3	580	235	57	0	4	4	12	.252	.293	.433	62	-9.6	.312	82	-13.2