Yasiel Puig's 197 OPS+ Is Historically Very High For Players 23 And Younger

Here are all the players who had 200+ PAs and an OPS+ of at least 180 at age 23 or younger since 1900. Not many make the cut and Wakefield was in a war year (his next best OPS+ is 130).

Player	OPS+	PA	Year	Age
Ted Williams	235	606	1941	22
Ted Williams	216	671	1942	23
Ty Cobb	206	590	1910	23
Yasiel Puig	197	213	2014	23
Shoeless Joe Jackson	193	641	1911	23
Ty Cobb	193	651	1909	22
Babe Ruth	192	382	1918	23
Dick Wakefield	190	332	1944	23
Arky Vaughan	190	609	1935	23
Reggie Jackson	189	678	1969	23
Willie McCovey	188	219	1959	21
Albert Pujols	187	685	2003	23
Frank Thomas	180	701	1991	23

It is still early in the season and Puig has been hot in May (OPS of 1.268, it was just .835 in April). And he was inconsistent last year. Here are his OPS figures for each month last year:

June 1.180
July .789
Aug. .920
Sept. .786

But he is in very impressive company even if we lower the threshold to an OPS+ of 170, as the table below shows.

Player	OPS+	PA	Year	Age
Ted Williams	235	606	1941	22
Ted Williams	216	671	1942	23
Ty Cobb	206	590	1910	23
Yasiel Puig	197	213	2014	23
Shoeless Joe Jackson	193	641	1911	23
Ty Cobb	193	651	1909	22
Babe Ruth	192	382	1918	23
Dick Wakefield	190	332	1944	23
Arky Vaughan	190	609	1935	23
Reggie Jackson	189	678	1969	23
Willie McCovey	188	219	1959	21
Albert Pujols	187	685	2003	23
Frank Thomas	180	701	1991	23
Mickey Mantle	180	638	1955	23
Mike Trout	178	716	2013	21
Frank Thomas	177	240	1990	22
Stan Musial	177	700	1943	22
Boog Powell	176	506	1964	22
Willie Mays	175	641	1954	23
Stan Musial	174	668	1944	23
Mel Ott	174	673	1932	23
Jimmie Foxx	173	638	1929	21
Eddie Mathews	172	600	1954	22
Ken Griffey	171	691	1993	23
Eddie Mathews	171	681	1953	21
Eddie Collins	171	660	1909	22
Eddie Mathews	170	616	1955	23