Mashers

It is extremely rare to have two hitters post a 1.000 OPS in the same season. It hasn't happened since 2006, when the Red Sox (Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz) and the White Sox (Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome) did it. 

It goes on a while longer, about 40 of them in all.

But many of those occurred during eras of major offensive explosions — the 1930s and late 1990s/early 2000s — when getting to 1.000 was much easier. So how about those who posted a 165 OPS+ or better? 

Nineteen pairs until this year and just four in the past 45. Let's look at those four and compare them to the fifth pair aspiring to join them:

1989 Giants

• Kevin Mitchell, 1.023 OPS, 192 OPS+, 9.4 rWAR // .428 wOBA, 7.1 fWAR
• Will Clark, .953, 175, 7.4 // .416, 8.3

1992 Padres

• Gary Sheffield, .965, 170, 6.1 // .421, 6.8
• Fred McGriff, .950, 166, 5.2 // .409, 5.8

1997 Mariners

• Ken Griffey, 1.028, 165, 9.4 // .424., 9.4
• Edgar Martinez, 1.009, 165, 6.2 // .434, 6.4

2004 Cardinals

• Albert Pujols, 1.072, 172, 9.4 // .439, 8.4
• Jim Edmonds, 1.061, 170, 8.4 // .436, 8.2

2011 Red Sox

• Adrian Gonzalez, 1.010, 172, 9.8 (proj) // .432, 9.4 (proj)
• David Ortiz, 1.000, 169, 5.5 (proj) // .430, 6.2 (proj)

Can Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz keep it up? If they can, they may be fighting Pujols and Edmonds for the title of most fearsome teammates at the plate in more than 45 years.