After noting Yasiel Puig‘s ranking in batting average after 15 games, a reader asked if I would look at OPS. I thought I would wait until Puig reached 25 games into his career, which he did Saturday night. As before, the list consists of players who started their careers from 1969 on. That’s one of the inflection points in baseball history, with the mound lowered and division play starting in that season. The following table contains all players with at least 70 AB and an On-Base + Slugging (OPS) of at least .950 (.9495, to be exact).

Note that after 25 games, there’s no way of telling where a player’s career will go. There are great hitters like Lynn, Pujols, David Ortiz, and Frank Thomas. There are flash in the pans, like Kevin Maas and Sam Horn. Note that Matt Kemp is on the list, and Kemp sees himself in Puig. (Andre Ethier is also on the list, that’s a pretty good trio for the Dodgers in the outfield.)

So Puig is off to a very good start, but we don’t know if he’ll be Francoeur or Maas yet.