Ruth-Gehrig 1927 is easily the best 1-2 punch in the AL & NL since 1900

Using Stathead, I looked up all the seasons of at least a 170 OPS+ in the AL & NL since 1900 with 400+ PAs. Click here to see the search results.

Then I found all the pairs of teammates who had at least a 170 OPS+ in the same year. Then I found each player's rank in OPS+. Those are all shown in the table below.

In 1927, Ruth had an OPS+ of 225, 11th best since 1900. Gehrig had 220, 15th best. Their average rank is 13. That is the lowest. Amazing that two guys in the top 15 were on the same team in the same year.

No pair comes close to this. The next one is again Ruth-Gehrig but in 1930. Their average rank that year is 31.5, Ruth is 12 slots lower than in 1927 and Gehrig is 25 slots lower.

Six of the eleven cases are Ruth and Gehrig (although, as you can see, Gehrig had a higher OPS+ than Ruth in one year, 1933).

It might be a big surprise, that the best pair outside of Ruth-Gehrig is Kevin Mitchell-Will Clark in 1989. But Ruth-Gehrig have five years that have much better average ranks.

Year	Team	Player	OPS+	Rank	Player	OPS+	Rank	Avg Rank
1927	NYY	Ruth	225	11	Gehrig	220	15	13
1930	NYY	Ruth	211	23	Gehrig	203	40	31.5
1931	NYY	Ruth	218	16	Gehrig	194	66	41
1928	NYY	Ruth	206	32	Gehrig	193	73	52.5
1932	NYY	Ruth	201	43	Gehrig	181	141	92
1989	SFG	KMitchell	192	75	WClark	175	220	147.5
2018	BOS	Betts	186	105	JDMartinez	173	249	177
1969	WSA	FHoward	178	164	Epstein	176	203	183.5
1937	STL	Medwick	182	137	Mize	174	233	185
1933	NYY	Gehrig	177	183	Ruth	176	196	189.5
2004	STL	Pujols	173	242	Edmonds	171	291	266.5

Update July 19: I found three additional pairs of teammates whose average rank would make this leader board, although one of the players had an OPS+ less than 170. They are below, with their ranks in parentheses followed by their average rank in red:

1961 Yankees) Mantle 206 (33) Maris 167 (376) 204.5

1959 Braves) Aaron 183 (127) Mathews 168 (342) 234.5

1929 Yankees) Ruth 193 (72) Gehrig 166 (404)  238

This means that Ruth & Gehrig have 7 of the top 14