Sunday, July 7, 2019

Fernando Tatis's 159 OPS+ At Age 20 Puts Him In Great Company

Yes, there is still lots of the season to go, but only 8 guys since 1900 had at least a 150 OPS+ age 20 or less with 200+ PAs. 7 are in the top 40 of career offensive WAR. The other is Trout (at 66).


Player
OPS+
PA
Year
Age
Mike Trout
168
639
2012
20
Ty Cobb
167
642
1907
20
Mel Ott
165
675
1929
20
Al Kaline
162
681
1955
20
Mickey Mantle
162
626
1952
20
Alex Rodriguez
161
677
1996
20
Ted Williams
160
675
1939
20
Fernando Tatis Jr.
159
230
2019
20
Rogers Hornsby
151
550
1916
20


Lowering it to 140 OPS+ gives us


Player
OPS+
PA
Year
Age
Mike Trout
168
639
2012
20
Ty Cobb
167
642
1907
20
Mel Ott
165
675
1929
20
Al Kaline
162
681
1955
20
Mickey Mantle
162
626
1952
20
Alex Rodriguez
161
677
1996
20
Ted Williams
160
675
1939
20
Fernando Tatis Jr.
159
230
2019
20
Rogers Hornsby
151
550
1916
20
Jimmie Foxx
148
473
1928
20
Ronald Acuna Jr.
144
487
2018
20
Juan Soto
143
338
2019
20
Juan Soto
143
494
2018
19
Frank Robinson
143
667
1956
20
Dick Hoblitzell
143
590
1909
20

Here all the guys with a .900 or higher OPS (not adjusted in any way) at age 20 or less with 200+ PAs in the first half since 1908 (from Baseball Reference Play Index)


Player
Year
OPS
PA
Mel Ott
1929
1.139
376
Al Kaline
1955
1.067
378
Fernando Tatis Jr.
2019
1.013
234
Alex Rodriguez
1996
0.996
322
Frank Robinson
1956
0.991
310
Ted Williams
1939
0.987
301
Mike Trout
2012
0.959
290
Juan Soto
2019
0.943
342
Mickey Mantle
1952
0.934
275
Juan Soto
2018
0.929
209
Ken Griffey Jr.
1990
0.907
361
 

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