On Base Plus Slugging Single Season National League Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for On Base Plus Slugging in the National League

The on base percentage statistic was originally created by Branch Rickey and Allan Roth in the 1950's as a means to measure the percentage of times a player reaches any base. It did not originally include the sacrifice fly denomination but when it was officially adapted in 1984 it appeared using the formula written above. Slugging Average was developed later and the two were combined to create On Base Plus Slugging.

Note: One-hundred single season games played are needed to make this list of the one-hundred (100) greatest on base plus slugging National League leaders, raw averages are presented in parenthesis to further distinguish the top one-hundred, and a bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"People talk a lot about all my personal records and the fact that I've never won that World Series ring. I want both. I wouldn't trade anything I've done for anything else. You do what you need to do as a ballplayer when you go out on the field all year." - Barry Bonds in Barry's Journal (Barry Bonds, 10/03/2004)

On Base Plus Slugging Single Season National League Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	OPS	Year	Team	League	Rank
Barry Bonds	1.422 (1.42173)	2004	San Francisco Giants	NL	1
Barry Bonds	1.381 (1.38071)	2002	San Francisco Giants	NL	2
Barry Bonds	1.379 (1.37851)	2001	San Francisco Giants	NL	3
Barry Bonds	1.278 (1.27781)	2003	San Francisco Giants	NL	4
Rogers Hornsby	1.245 (1.24492)	1925	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	5
Mark McGwire	1.222 (1.22235)	1998	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	6
Rogers Hornsby	1.203 (1.20307)	1924	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	7
Jeff Bagwell	1.201 (1.20094)	1994	Houston Astros	NL	8
Hugh Duffy	1.196 (1.19553)	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	9
Rogers Hornsby	1.181 (1.18095)	1922	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	10
Hack Wilson	1.177 (1.17749)	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	11
Sammy Sosa	1.174 (1.17398)	2001	Chicago Cubs	NL	12
Larry Walker	1.172 (1.17188)	1997	Colorado Rockies	NL	13
Larry Walker	1.168 (1.16814)	1999	Colorado Rockies	NL	14
Todd Helton	1.162 (1.16169)	2000	Colorado Rockies	NL	15
Stan Musial	1.152 (1.15234)	1948	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	16
Rogers Hornsby	1.139 (1.13882)	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL	17
Barry Bonds	1.136 (1.13564)	1993	San Francisco Giants	NL	18
Babe Herman	1.132 (1.13220)	1930	Brooklyn Robins	NL	19
Rogers Hornsby	1.130 (1.13000)	1928	Boston Braves	NL	20
Barry Bonds	1.127 (1.12737)	2000	San Francisco Giants	NL	21
Chuck Klein	1.123 (1.12299)	1930	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	22
Mark McGwire	1.120 (1.12034)	1999	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	23
Ed Delahanty	1.117 (1.11667)	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	24
Luis Gonzalez	1.117 (1.11658)	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	25
Todd Helton	1.116 (1.11649)	2001	Colorado Rockies	NL	26
Albert Pujols	1.114 (1.11445)	2008	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	27
Larry Walker	1.111 (1.11122)	2001	Colorado Rockies	NL	28
Willie McCovey	1.108 (1.10845)	1969	San Francisco Giants	NL	29
Albert Pujols	1.106 (1.10608)	2003	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	30
Joe Kelley	1.104 (1.10400)	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL	31
Ed Delahanty	1.103 (1.10319)	1896	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	32
Albert Pujols	1.102 (1.10163)	2006	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	33
Albert Pujols	1.101 (1.10131)	2009	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	34
Arky Vaughan	1.098 (1.09809)	1935	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	35
Rogers Hornsby	1.097 (1.09678)	1921	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	36
Gary Sheffield	1.090 (1.08957)	1996	Florida Marlins	NL	37
Ralph Kiner	1.089 (1.08934)	1949	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	38
Todd Helton	1.088 (1.08827)	2004	Colorado Rockies	NL	39
Todd Helton	1.088 (1.08754)	2003	Colorado Rockies	NL	40
Lefty O'Doul	1.087 (1.08744)	1929	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	41
Rogers Hornsby	1.086 (1.08586)	1923	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	42
Sam Thompson	1.085 (1.08459)	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	43
Ryan Howard	1.084 (1.08392)	2006	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	44
Mel Ott	1.084 (1.08366)	1929	New York Giants	NL	45
Gary Sheffield	1.081 (1.08062)	2000	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	46
Derrek Lee	1.080 (1.07985)	2005	Chicago Cubs	NL	47
Barry Bonds	1.080 (1.07956)	1992	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	48
Mike Schmidt	1.080 (1.07955)	1981	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	49
Ralph Kiner	1.079 (1.07936)	1951	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	50
Hank Aaron	1.079 (1.07881)	1971	Atlanta Braves	NL	51
Willie Mays	1.078 (1.07819)	1954	New York Giants	NL	52
Barry Bonds	1.076 (1.07583)	1996	San Francisco Giants	NL	53
Larry Walker	1.075 (1.07461)	1998	Colorado Rockies	NL	54
Vladimir Guerrero	1.074 (1.07404)	2000	Montreal Expos	NL	55
Chipper Jones	1.074 (1.07396)	1999	Atlanta Braves	NL	56
Barry Bonds	1.073 (1.07322)	1994	San Francisco Giants	NL	57
Brian Giles	1.072 (1.07204)	2002	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	58
Albert Pujols	1.072 (1.07183)	2004	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	59
Bill Terry	1.071 (1.07079)	1930	New York Giants	NL	60
Duke Snider	1.071 (1.07056)	1954	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	61
Johnny Mize	1.070 (1.06983)	1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	62
Mike Piazza	1.070 (1.06977)	1997	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	63
Chuck Klein	1.065 (1.06493)	1929	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	64
Javy Lopez	1.065 (1.06487)	2003	Atlanta Braves	NL	65
Ed Delahanty	1.063 (1.06328)	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	66
Stan Musial	1.063 (1.06323)	1951	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	67
Stan Musial	1.062 (1.06246)	1949	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	68
Jim Edmonds	1.061 (1.06087)	2004	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	69
Chick Hafey	1.059 (1.05928)	1930	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	70
Willie Mays	1.059 (1.05862)	1955	New York Giants	NL	71
Lefty O'Doul	1.057 (1.05719)	1930	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	72
Willie McCovey	1.056 (1.05569)	1970	San Francisco Giants	NL	73
Joe Medwick	1.056 (1.05559)	1937	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	74
Ralph Kiner	1.055 (1.05548)	1947	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	75
Jack Clark	1.055 (1.05544)	1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	76
Lance Berkman	1.051 (1.05068)	2001	Houston Astros	NL	77
Billy Hamilton	1.050 (1.05040)	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	78
Chuck Klein	1.050 (1.04981)	1932	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	79
Ted Kluszewski	1.049 (1.04891)	1954	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	80
Babe Herman	1.048 (1.04750)	1929	Brooklyn Robins	NL	81
Ellis Burks	1.047 (1.04710)	1996	Colorado Rockies	NL	82
Barry Bonds	1.047 (1.04691)	1998	San Francisco Giants	NL	83
Duke Snider	1.046 (1.04638)	1953	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	84
Ed Delahanty	1.046 (1.04582)	1899	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	85
Duke Snider	1.046 (1.04582)	1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL
Kal Daniels	1.046 (1.04575)	1987	Cincinnati Reds	NL	87
Stan Musial	1.046 (1.04573)	1953	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	88
Hank Aaron	1.045 (1.04501)	1973	Atlanta Braves	NL	89
Frank Robinson	1.045 (1.04480)	1962	Cincinnati Reds	NL	90
Jeff Bagwell	1.045 (1.04479)	1999	Houston Astros	NL	91
Barry Bonds	1.045 (1.04479)	2007	San Francisco Giants	NL
Chipper Jones	1.044 (1.04407)	2008	Atlanta Braves	NL	93
Hack Wilson	1.044 (1.04354)	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL	94
Willie Mays	1.043 (1.04296)	1965	San Francisco Giants	NL	95
Lance Berkman	1.041 (1.04077)	2006	Houston Astros	NL	96
Sammy Sosa	1.040 (1.03978)	2000	Chicago Cubs	NL	97
Johnny Mize	1.039 (1.03948)	1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	98
Jeff Bagwell	1.039 (1.03945)	2000	Houston Astros	NL	99
Moises Alou	1.039 (1.03921)	2000	Houston Astros	NL	100
Name	OPS	Year	Team	League	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

Did you know that in the single season leaders for on base plus slugging in the American League there are three players who have appeared three times in the top twenty (20) and they are Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Manny Ramirez?

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The American League single season record for on base plus slugging was set in 1957 by Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. The National League single season record for on base plus slugging is on this page. Is either the Career Leader for On Base Plus Slugging?

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