2020 Dansby Swanson $6,268,768

via proxy, nocomm999 selects 1991 Tom Glavine - $7,713,251

2002 Chris Hammond $3,223,870
Cumulative $51,762,969

This isn't the type of player I usually draft, but...

In Braves franchise history, there are only two 2B with 600+ PA and an OPS+ of 130 or better. '28 Hornsby and this guy...

1973 Davey Johnson, $5,714,324

By proxy, eblankenstei takes
1955 Eddie Mathews

$6,696,120

Posted by schwarze on 11/18/2025 1:13:00 PM (view original):
This isn't the type of player I usually draft, but...

In Braves franchise history, there are only two 2B with 600+ PA and an OPS+ of 130 or better. '28 Hornsby and this guy...

1973 Davey Johnson, $5,714,324

1955 Hank Aaron would like to add his name... not exclusively 2b but has A+ range there, does have 700 pas, and an ops+ of 141...

'55 Aaron has an OPS+ of 123.

Posted by schwarze on 11/18/2025 1:45:00 PM (view original):
'55 Aaron has an OPS+ of 123.

not what baseball reference says.

eason	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1955	21	MLN	NL	6.2	153	665	602	105	189	37	9	27	106	3	1	49	61	.314	.366	.540	.906	141	.406	149	325	20	3	7	4	5	*974/H	AS,MVP-9

Let's see, '55 Aaron's OPS is .906
The 1955 NL average OPS is .735

906/735 * 100 = 123.2

Maybe baseball-reference removes pitcher's hitting stats in the league average for purposes of OPS+ ?

believe BREF adjusts for park as well, not sure if that accounts for the diff

from BREF:

OPS+ -- OPS+
100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]
Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

I found how BBR does their OPS+ calculation, and I'm not sure I agree with it. Instead of calculating the OPS for both the player and the league and then comparing the two, their calculation calculates OBP+ and SLG+ separately, adds the ratios together, subtracts 1, then multiples by 100.

'55 Aaron: .366 OBP, .540 SLG
NL Avgs: .328 OBP, .407 SLG

Using this example, I don't get 141 but it's closer to 141 than 123.

OBP+ = 111.5
SLG+ = 132.7
OPS+= 144.2

The difference is probably park factor.

But I completely disagree with this methodology. It's almost never right to divide first, then add the ratios. It's better to add the numbers and divide once to get one ratio.