Interesting or odd

Recondite Baseball had a post up the other day about lowest OPS in all of the minor leagues. OPS is On-base percentage plus Slugging percentage.

This wouldn't be a post here if there wasn't a Rattler tie-in.

• Pacific Coast League - 144 G, minimum 389 PA (Average OPS/Age: .783/27.0)
  

1. Oswaldo Navarro, SS, Tacoma (SEA) - .632 (22)
   
2. Lou Merloni, 3B, Sacramento (OAK) - .665 (36)
   
3. Josh Anderson, LF, Round Rock (HOU) - .666 (24)
   
4. Nick Stavinoha, OF, Memphis (STL) - .682 (25)
   
5. Kevin Mahar, OF, Oklahoma (TEX) - .692 (26)
   

• Southern League - 139 G, minimum 375 PA (Average OPS/Age: .726/24.4)
  

1. Christopher Kelly, 3B, Birmingham (CHW) - .567 (25)
   
2. Christopher Minaker, SS, West Tenn (SEA) - .570 (23)
   
3. Gary Cates, SS, Tennessee (CHC) - .616 (25)
   
4. Van Pope, 3B, Mississippi (ATL) - .637 (23)
   
5. Josh Asanovich, 2B, Montgomery (TBD) - .650 (24)
   

• California League - 140 G, minimum 378 PA (Average OPS/Age: .770/23.2)
  

1. Anthony Contreras, OF, San Jose (SFG) - .523 (23)
   
2. Matt Smith, SS, Bakersfield (TEX) - .582 (24)
   
3. Pedro Ciriaco, SS, Visalia (ARI) - .608 (21)
   
4. Brian Bocock, SS, San Jose (SFG) - .621 (22)
   
5. Jeffery Dominguez, SS, High Desert (SEA) - .675 (20)

No Rattlers on the Midwest League list:

• Midwest League - 139 G, minimum 375 PA (Average OPS/Age: .696/21.8)
  

1. Preston Mattingly, 2B, Great Lakes (LAD) - .548 (19)
   
2. Audy Ciriaco, SS, West Michigan (DET) - .565 (20)
   
3. Garrett Olson, OF, Beloit (MIN) - .591 (22)
   
4. Derrick Robinson, CF, Burlington (KCR) - .599 (19)
   
5. Daryl Jones, OF, Quad Cities (STL) - .600 (20)

Rattler on the Northwest League list though:

• Northwest League - 76 G, minimum 205 PA (Average OPS/Age: .730/21.1)
  

1. Andres James, SS, Spokane (TEX) - .430 (19)
2. Marc Sawyer, 1B, Boise (CHC) - .548 (21)
3. Ogui Diaz, 2B, Everett (SEA) - .572 (21)
4. Shane Keough, OF, Vancouver (OAK) - .598 (20)
5. Walter Correa, IF, Vancouver (OAK) - .604 (20)