Monday, August 13, 2018

It Is Rare For Teammates To Both Have At Least A 170 OPS+ And Betts And JD Martinez Might Do It

The table below shows all the teammates since 1900 who each had at least a 170 OPS+ in the same season and qualified for the batting title. Ruth & Gehrig did it 6 times, more than the rest combined. Gehrig had 165 in 1929. Ruth had 193. Aaron (182) and Mathews (168) came close in 1959. Cobb & Heilmann each had 169 in 1922. Data from Baseball Reference.


Player OPS+ Year Tm
Babe Ruth 225 1927 NYY
Lou Gehrig 220 1927 NYY
Babe Ruth 206 1928 NYY
Lou Gehrig 193 1928 NYY
Babe Ruth 211 1930 NYY
Lou Gehrig 203 1930 NYY
Babe Ruth 218 1931 NYY
Lou Gehrig 194 1931 NYY
Babe Ruth 201 1932 NYY
Lou Gehrig 181 1932 NYY
Babe Ruth 176 1933 NYY
Lou Gehrig 177 1933 NYY
Joe Medwick 182 1937 STL
Johnny Mize 173 1937 STL
Kevin Mitchell 192 1989 SFG
Will Clark 175 1989 SFG
Albert Pujols 173 2004 STL
Jim Edmonds 171 2004 STL
J.D. Martinez 182 2018 BOS
Mookie Betts 193 2018 BOS