There will be many ways to determine if this year is a success for Tommy Joseph as the Phillies first baseman spends his first full season in the major leagues: home runs, games started, and playing every day while handling right- and lefthanded pitching.
Joseph, too, will be evaluating his performance. And a simple way for him to measure himself, Joseph said, is to look at his OPS, a stat that combines a player's on-base and slugging percentages. Joseph's on-base percentage (.308) and slugging percentage (.505) total last season was .813 OPS, ranking him 10th among all first baseman who played at least 100 games.