mlb ops by position over the past fifty seasons

Pitchers have an OPS of .353 since 1977.

	POSITION	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	Pitcher	.353	297,871	205,096	11,710	28,788	4,400	336	925	11,189	8,040	601	78,377	256	186	237,265	36,635	5,661	22,919	609	2	2,624	.140	.175	.179	-2977	-30,983.6	.163	-10	-31,793.6
2	Catcher	.701	281,766	842,480	93,866	208,766	40,444	2,445	23,825	106,198	77,042	8,683	166,768	4,444	3,332	941,620	325,575	66,714	6,244	7,171	6,700	22,873	.248	.315	.386	101019	-10,140.9	.309	88	-13,357.7
3	First Baseman	.794	280,267	889,235	121,672	238,452	47,440	3,273	35,095	135,386	102,568	8,256	174,683	7,177	3,993	1,010,339	397,723	85,808	1,772	8,508	10,675	22,107	.268	.346	.447	138340	19,067.6	.345	113	15,554.4
4	Second Baseman	.712	279,696	897,855	120,994	236,270	43,745	6,034	17,900	95,278	80,540	8,605	148,295	22,456	9,004	1,003,148	345,783	67,679	9,096	7,052	4,339	18,479	.263	.327	.385	113121	-5,414.7	.315	93	-8,897.6
5	Third Baseman	.747	276,855	885,304	116,732	231,511	45,601	4,238	28,242	117,965	85,403	7,850	167,352	11,152	5,778	990,833	370,314	78,081	4,333	7,943	6,444	21,443	.262	.329	.418	121252	4,189.3	.327	101	765.5
6	Shortstop	.695	258,334	847,514	109,237	219,775	40,156	5,960	16,313	89,039	67,261	6,572	142,188	20,431	8,372	937,955	320,790	62,429	10,223	6,385	4,574	18,171	.259	.316	.379	99161	-11,689	.307	87	-14,971.6
7	Left Fielder	.762	312,465	937,357	133,226	248,255	47,480	6,213	30,492	123,778	95,610	8,679	187,574	24,352	9,238	1,053,481	399,637	84,185	4,106	7,729	7,096	19,435	.265	.336	.426	134418	10,070.3	.334	105	6,462.2
8	Center Fielder	.738	263,354	857,465	125,962	226,053	40,962	7,681	22,663	97,305	79,932	7,660	170,583	34,420	12,281	957,680	350,366	71,306	6,547	6,076	4,754	14,530	.264	.330	.409	115187	2,045.8	.325	99	-1,340.9
9	Right Fielder	.777	284,606	892,679	127,176	237,924	46,262	5,580	32,422	125,223	91,092	8,091	183,897	17,949	8,125	1,002,311	392,612	84,264	2,878	7,571	7,713	19,457	.267	.337	.440	131941	13,543.6	.339	108	10,048.1
10	Designated Hitter	.786	104,609	340,634	45,765	89,033	16,950	1,075	14,550	52,459	39,110	3,240	72,203	2,423	1,348	386,660	151,783	32,575	439	3,237	3,378	8,765	.261	.340	.446	52170	6,589.7	.342	111	5,210.4
11	Pinch Hitter	.497	851	736	52	138	20	0	6	60	64	7	209	3	5	818	176	26	7	4	6	13	.188	.258	.239	36	-59.2	.230	37	-61.1
12	Pinch Runner	.400	92	10	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	3	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	-1.1	.178	5	-1.1

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HR Leaders

34

Alvarez

33

Schwarber

31

Goodman

RBI Leaders

77

Alvarez

76

Walker

76

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.332

Lopez

.328

Alvarez

.320

Arraez

Hit Leaders

131

Lopez

122

Alvarez

122

Arraez

Run Leaders

94

Wood

71

Reynolds

69

Neto

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.405

Kurtz

.404

Soto

SLG Leaders

.656

Alvarez

.590

Rice

.572

Buxton

SB Leaders

37

Nuñez

30

Witt

27

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Burns

12

Sánchez

12

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

173

Misiorowski

155

Cease

151

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.57

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.20

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.77

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.96

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.54

Misiorowski

13.37

Cease

11.16

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.18

Misiorowski

6.04

Sánchez

5.80

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

18

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

21

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,812.2

Ohtani

1,541.3

Wood

1,441.3

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,248.6

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1,143

Wood

1,083

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

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59-42

58-43

56-45

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Worst Record ATS

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	59	42	.584
Phillies	56	47	.544	4.0
Marlins	52	51	.505	8.0
Nationals	52	51	.505	8.0
Mets	43	60	.417	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	64	38	.627
Cubs	57	45	.559	7.0
Cardinals	52	49	.515	11.5
Pirates	53	50	.515	11.5
Reds	47	54	.465	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	65	38	.631
Diamondbacks	53	49	.520	11.5
Padres	50	52	.490	14.5
Giants	42	60	.412	22.5
Rockies	41	63	.394	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	59	42	.584
Yankees	57	45	.559	2.5
Red Sox	52	49	.515	7.0
Orioles	50	53	.485	10.0
Blue Jays	46	56	.451	13.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	54	47	.535
Guardians	54	49	.524	1.0
Twins	50	53	.485	5.0
Tigers	48	54	.471	6.5
Royals	43	60	.417	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	51	51	.500
Mariners	51	52	.495	0.5
Astros	50	54	.481	2.0
Athletics	43	59	.422	8.0
Angels	41	62	.398	10.5