How to Calculate a Baseball Player's OPS

OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) is a stat commonly discussed in baseball, but no one ever seems to tell the fans exactly what it means. They just talk about it as if you already know. The player with the highest OPS is usually regarded as the game's best player, so it is a valuable statistic to understand. However, if you do not know how OPS is calculated you may just be lost, and this sort of technical baseball talk could fly right over your head.

Things You'll Need

• Baseball Player Stats

Instructions

How to Calculate a Baseball Player's OPS

1. Locate the year's statistics for the player whose OPS you would like to calculate.

2. Identify the player's current SLP, or slugging percentage.

3. Identify the player's current OBP, or on-base percentage.

4. Add the slugging percentage from Step 2 and the on-base percentage from Step 3 to find the player's OPS.