OPS

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abbreviation or noun

ˌō-ˌpē-ˈes 

baseball

: a statistic that combines a hitter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage

Trout is on track for a third season with an OPS greater than .950. Only two players had three such years through their age-22 season: Ted Williams (1939-41) and Jimmie Fox (1928-30), neither of whom played defense or ran like Trout.

—Tom Verducci

During that span he averaged 29 home runs and hit .301 with a .922 OPS, numbers rarely witnessed at his position …

—Ben Reiter

One formula used more and more for comparing the greatest hitters ever is adding the on-base and slugging percentages, which produces a statistic called OPS. Agreed upon by baseball analysts and statisticians alike, OPS … paints the most complete picture of how a hitter dominates his era.

—Kenneth Shouler

Ops

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noun

ˈäps 

: the Roman goddess of abundance and the wife of Saturn

Examples of OPS in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Abbreviation or noun

The trade sparked outrage in Cleveland, where the Indians had finished second in the AL standings in 1959 thanks, in large part, to their fan-favorite slugger, who helped the team rank first in homers and slugging and second in OPS. —Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024

Rather than just being a defensive wizard, Walker can threaten to hit 30-plus home runs with elite OPS numbers. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024

Noun

Honorable mentions: Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Stellar Blade. —Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024

What that looks like at the end of 2024 is Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, both free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Abbreviation or noun

on-base percentage + slugging average

Noun

Latin Opis, personified and deified abstraction from the common noun op-, *ops "power, ability, wealth, resources" — more at opus

Note: Nominative Ops is a post-classical restoration, as such a form in unattested in classical Latin.

First Known Use

Abbreviation Or Noun

1999, in the meaning defined above

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above