highest ops before turning 26, since 1950 (min 1000 pa)

Since 1950, Albert Pujols has the highest OPS by a player younger than 26 when making 1,000+ plate appearances, with an OPS of 1.037.

Interpreted as:
highest ops by a player before turning 26 years old, since 1950 (min 1000 pa)
NAME OPS PA G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1 Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
1.037
3,428
790
2,954
629
982
227
11
201
621
401
44
344
29
15
1,834
439
1
28
70
94
.332
.416
.621
2 Frank Thomas
F. Thomas
1.024
2,533
574
2,028
411
657
138
7
121
428
463
11
331
11
8
1,172
266
0
31
45
57
.324
.447
.578
3 Mickey Mantle
M. Mantle
1.001
4,114
952
3,418
762
1,080
164
49
207
669
668
5
655
58
21
1,963
420
9
14
35
26
.316
.427
.574
4 Lance Berkman
L. Berkman
.985
1,211
304
1,023
196
318
85
6
59
208
160
14
215
18
12
592
150
0
14
6
16
.311
.406
.579
5 Mike Trout
M. Trout
.978
3,856
878
3,236
651
999
191
39
190
548
529
52
841
156
29
1,838
420
0
39
58
43
.309
.410
.568
6 Yordan Alvarez
Y. Alvarez
.974
1,779
425
1,530
288
449
102
3
115
338
212
23
401
2
1
902
220
0
14
18
43
.293
.384
.590
7 Vladimir Guerrero
V. Guerrero
.971
2,373
572
2,156
357
695
124
25
136
404
174
29
273
37
30
1,277
285
0
14
52
60
.322
.378
.592
8 Willie Mays
W. Mays
.963
2,713
629
2,382
434
727
104
43
155
423
302
10
261
90
24
1,382
302
1
18
36
55
.305
.383
.580
9 Juan Soto
J. Soto
.953
4,087
936
3,280
655
934
179
15
201
592
769
16
696
57
23
1,746
395
2
20
67
84
.285
.421
.532
10 Frank Robinson
F. Robinson
.951
3,700
866
3,207
605
974
172
34
200
563
380
66
484
79
25
1,814
406
13
34
52
86
.304
.385
.566
11 Dick Allen
D. Allen
.945
2,579
596
2,262
425
703
127
48
112
365
284
6
546
48
17
1,262
287
13
14
50
41
.311
.387
.558
12 Eddie Mathews
E. Mathews
.943
3,807
880
3,206
606
902
147
33
222
586
560
7
524
29
16
1,781
402
15
19
42
41
.281
.387
.556
13 Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
.943
3,968
891
3,513
709
1,092
218
14
216
678
361
39
691
142
39
1,986
448
16
39
12
74
.311
.378
.565
14 Ryan Braun
R. Braun
.937
1,863
422
1,697
296
523
104
19
103
317
128
26
362
49
15
974
226
0
12
6
32
.308
.363
.574
15 Manny Ramirez
M. Ramirez
.934
2,467
598
2,119
363
643
146
4
118
406
303
17
453
21
16
1,151
268
2
26
24
67
.303
.391
.543
16 Jim Thome
J. Thome
.932
1,871
474
1,550
291
449
92
12
84
259
291
17
393
14
10
817
188
1
12
20
39
.290
.405
.527
17 Hank Aaron
H. Aaron
.931
3,866
886
3,524
613
1,137
205
46
179
617
281
13
315
20
9
1,971
430
18
30
59
108
.323
.372
.559
18 Miguel Cabrera
M. Cabrera
.927
3,799
890
3,349
541
1,042
221
12
179
662
382
28
722
19
11
1,824
412
5
35
77
103
.311
.383
.545
19 Prince Fielder
P. Fielder
.922
2,941
705
2,495
400
704
144
8
163
467
360
54
567
15
9
1,353
315
0
32
69
52
.282
.380
.542
20 David Wright
D. Wright
.921
3,047
703
2,650
464
819
183
10
130
489
340
25
499
92
22
1,412
323
0
32
26
67
.309
.389
.533
21 Bill Skowron
B. Skowron
.918
1,074
329
967
161
308
50
18
42
192
90
10
109
7
7
520
110
2
5
7
35
.319
.381
.538
22 Ronald Acuña Jr.
R. Acuña Jr.
.918
3,029
673
2,626
543
767
137
11
161
402
341
47
666
180
46
1,409
309
0
15
17
38
.292
.381
.537
23 Hanley Ramirez
H. Ramirez
.917
2,753
618
2,439
470
771
170
22
103
313
261
28
448
164
49
1,294
295
10
15
26
31
.316
.386
.531
24 Nomar Garciaparra
N. Garciaparra
.916
1,816
397
1,681
299
531
107
26
84
296
97
17
194
49
17
942
217
3
18
5
36
.316
.356
.560
25 Ken Griffey Jr.
K. Griffey Jr.
.915
3,920
917
3,440
570
1,039
201
19
189
585
426
18
530
92
43
1,845
409
5
31
106
68
.302
.379
.536
StatMuse has game-level data for OPS and player age going back to the 1908 season.
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