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It seems like we are at a nice point in time with regard to the emergence of quite a bit of young talent. With nothing more than this thought in mind, I decided to have a look at it. In 2007, four position players 24 or younger managed an OPS+ of 150 or better. In case there is little context around that number for some readers, it’s Jim Thome’s career mark and a figure that Jim Rice only eclipsed twice.

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Here are the four players (min 200 PA’s):

ops+ p. fielder 156 r. braun 153 d. wright 150 m. cabrera 150

Since 1957, it was just the fifth season in which four or more players 24 or younger bested the 150 mark. From 2000 to 2006, there were only nine such seasons, and Albert Pujols lays claim to four of them. Here are the remaining seasons (again, min 200 PA’s).

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1964

ops+ b. powell 176 r. santo 164 d. allen 162 r. carty 161

1972

ops+ j. mayberry 168 j. bench 166 c. cedeno 162 c. fisk 162 r. blomberg 153 r. hebner 152

1988

ops+ j. canseco 170 w. clark 160 m. greenwell 159 f. mcgriff 157

1993

ops+ j. olerud 186 k. griffey 177 j. gonzalez 169 m. piazza 152

The five best seasons of the last fifty years according to OPS+ for players 24 or younger?

yr age ops+ r. jackson ‘69 23 189 a. pujols ‘03 23 187 w. mccovey ‘59 21 187 (just 219 pa’s) j. olerud ‘93 24 186 d. allen ‘66 24 181

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