Best Offensive Months by a Player

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In deference to Giancarlo Stanton's massive offensive production this month and inspired by this comment chain, I decided to run a quick Baseball-Reference Play Index check to see where he ranked. The results are hilarious, if a bit obvious in hindsight:

All players with a month in which they had an OPS of 1.400 , and 75 PAs

Rk	Player	Split	Year	G	OPS	PA	AB	H	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	BAbip	tOPS	sOPS
1	Barry Bonds	April/March	2004	23	1.828	92	53	25	10	.472	.696	1.132	.405	154	369
2	Barry Bonds	Sept/Oct	2001	27	1.685	117	77	31	16	.403	.607	1.078	.300	143	341
3	Barry Bonds	August	2004	27	1.615	109	70	29	11	.414	.615	1.000	.340	124	306
4	Todd Helton	May	2000	23	1.588	102	82	42	11	.512	.588	1.000	.484	170	291
5	Barry Bonds	May	2001	27	1.583	117	84	31	17	.369	.547	1.036	.326	126	310
6	Barry Bonds	August	2002	27	1.581	116	76	34	11	.447	.621	.961	.383	127	318
7	Frank Thomas	May	1994	25	1.581	118	84	38	12	.452	.593	.988	.413	157	308
8	Babe Ruth	July	1920	34	1.581	147	100	44	13	.440	.611	.970	.456	129	336
9	Barry Bonds	July	2003	23	1.581	93	65	27	11	.415	.581	1.000	.356	143	310
10	Babe Ruth	May	1928	29	1.547	129	99	41	15	.414	.547	1.000	.406	159	312
11	Babe Ruth	June	1920	29	1.540	131	100	45	12	.450	.580	.960	.465	122	314
12	Babe Ruth	June	1921	29	1.537	129	95	38	13	.400	.558	.979	.391	125	286
13	Babe Ruth	August	1921	28	1.507	129	98	44	10	.449	.578	.929	.453	123	302
14	Hank Greenberg	Sept/Oct	1940	27	1.504	122	96	38	15	.396	.525	.979	.338	167	323
15	Lou Gehrig	June	1930	28	1.501	137	111	55	10	.495	.582	.919	.495	150	268
16	Jason Giambi	July	2005	26	1.498	103	76	27	14	.355	.524	.974	.310	201	287
17	Ted Williams	Sept/Oct	1942	20	1.497	90	65	28	9	.431	.589	.908	.373	158	348
18	Joe DiMaggio	July	1937	29	1.487	139	121	52	15	.430	.504	.983	.381	168	277
19	Richard Hidalgo	Sept/Oct	2000	29	1.486	124	107	51	11	.477	.532	.953	.455	186	283
20	Babe Ruth	June	1930	28	1.477	137	97	38	15	.392	.560	.918	.329	139	262
21	Ted Williams	July	1957	28	1.472	114	84	37	9	.440	.579	.893	.418	132	312
22	Chipper Jones	July	1999	26	1.470	113	80	33	11	.413	.558	.913	.338	171	266
23	Lou Gehrig	June	1936	26	1.470	125	106	48	12	.453	.536	.934	.400	146	277
24	Rogers Hornsby	August	1924	29	1.466	127	106	54	8	.509	.570	.896	.505	141	296
25	Rogers Hornsby	June	1925	28	1.464	126	100	48	9	.480	.584	.880	.459	136	266
26	Rogers Hornsby	Sept/Oct	1925	21	1.460	91	74	36	5	.486	.568	.892	.508	134	294
27	Jim Gentile	July	1961	21	1.453	86	71	30	10	.423	.523	.930	.435	168	277
28	Ted Williams	June	1955	18	1.451	81	63	25	8	.397	.531	.921	.340	138	300
29	Larry Walker	April/March	1997	23	1.449	106	90	41	11	.456	.538	.911	.476	146	280
30	Barry Bonds	April/March	1993	23	1.442	94	72	31	7	.431	.553	.889	.444	152	297
31	Babe Ruth	July	1924	37	1.441	164	131	59	14	.450	.556	.885	.446	128	279
32	Giancarlo Stanton	August	2017	26	1.438	113	97	37	17	.381	.469	.969	.385	167	269
33	Babe Ruth	July	1923	31	1.436	140	111	51	10	.459	.571	.865	.494	117	276
34	Babe Ruth	August	1923	25	1.435	117	86	38	8	.442	.586	.849	.455	118	287
35	Babe Ruth	June	1926	26	1.435	112	83	35	10	.422	.568	.867	.403	128	278
36	Ron Cey	April/March	1977	20	1.433	94	73	31	9	.425	.543	.890	.423	254	289
37	Chick Hafey	July	1928	27	1.429	116	106	49	9	.462	.504	.925	.460	184	267
38	Barry Bonds	April/March	2002	24	1.428	100	64	24	8	.375	.600	.828	.314	107	283
39	Tony Perez	April/March	1970	22	1.428	95	77	35	10	.455	.558	.870	.472	187	298
40	Mark McGwire	June	1996	26	1.428	113	82	27	14	.329	.513	.915	.310	135	258
41	Jim Edmonds	July	2004	24	1.427	99	84	32	13	.381	.475	.952	.422	162	263
42	Albert Pujols	April/March	2006	25	1.423	110	81	28	14	.346	.509	.914	.230	154	264
43	Barry Bonds	August	2001	26	1.423	112	80	28	12	.350	.536	.888	.314	107	268
44	Mark McGwire	May	1998	26	1.420	119	86	28	16	.326	.513	.907	.279	130	267
45	Norm Cash	June	1961	30	1.413	122	101	42	14	.416	.512	.901	.373	141	273
46	Babe Ruth	May	1930	28	1.412	128	94	36	13	.383	.540	.872	.343	129	252
47	Alex Rodriguez	May	1999	16	1.411	75	63	26	8	.413	.507	.905	.391	196	251
48	Lance Berkman	May	2008	28	1.409	123	104	49	9	.471	.553	.856	.519	183	278
49	Jason Giambi	April/March	2006	22	1.407	92	61	21	9	.344	.554	.852	.293	187	262
50	Phil Weintraub	June	1944	20	1.406	81	62	23	8	.371	.519	.887	.319	195	316
51	Jimmie Foxx	May	1932	27	1.405	116	98	42	13	.429	.517	.888	.403	129	284
52	Sammy Sosa	August	2001	29	1.405	130	109	42	17	.385	.469	.936	.357	134	259
53	Roy Sievers	July	1960	28	1.403	129	103	46	12	.447	.558	.845	.410	199	291
54	Harry Heilmann	August	1927	28	1.401	119	97	49	5	.505	.586	.814	.484	156	296

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 8/29/2017.

And a version of this table for players with 50 PAs

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