OPS Over 1000

A member of SABR mentioned this week that the Cardinals 2 through 5 hitters (Rolen, Edmonds, Pujols, and Walker) all have an OPS over 1000. He was wondering if any team had duplicated such a performance for a full season. I quick query shows that the 1930 Cardinals, 1996 Mariners, and 2000 Astros all finished the season with four hitters with over 1000 OPS. Here they are...

1930 Cardinals

                 AB OPS

Ray Blades      101 1118

Showboat Fisher 254 1019

Chick Hafey     446 1059

George Watkins  391 1037




1996 Mariners

Ken Griffey Jr. 545 1020

Edgar Martinez  499 1059

Alex Rodriguez  601 1045

Mark Whiten     140 1006




2000 Astros

Moises Alou     454 1039

Jeff Bagwell    590 1039

Ken Caminiti    208 1001

Richard Hidalgo 558 1028

You'll notice that each team has one player with relatively few at bats and of course the Cardinals will have Walker for less than half a season.