Is there a variant of OPS+ that accounts for the fact that pitchers were batting and more (bad) players were getting ABs in the steroid era pre-universal DH and dragging down the league average OBP and SLG?
For example in 2001 609 guys had ABs in the National League.
In 2025, that number was 351.
In 2025 the top five qualified hitters in the NL’s OPSes averaged together was .928, in 2001, not counting bonds it was around 1.100.
So obviously the low end is dragging down the league average and inflating the OPS+ of the guys from that era.
Is there anything that accounts for this to more accurately compare guys from different eras?
I hope this makes sense.