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As more writers come to understand OPS as a stat in general currency, it ought to help Edgar a lot.
Taking out active players (since who knows where they'll end up), here is the list of RH all-time career leaders in OPS, per baseball-reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_career.shtml
1. Jimmie Foxx
2. Hank Greenberg
3, Rogers Hornsby
4. Mark McGwire (tainted, obviously)
5. Joe DiMaggio
6. Frank Thomas
7. Jeff Bagwell
8. Ralph Kiner
9. Willie Mays
10. Hack Wilson
11 (tie). Albert Belle
(tie). Edgar Martinez
Lower than that: Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Mike Schmidt, Harmon Killebrew, etc.
For the record, the active RH hitters likely to finish ahead of Edgar: Pujols, Manny, ARod and possibly Vlad.
Except for Belle, everybody is either in the HOF or going.