The Official TROUTstanding Thread

[Lou]

5 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

I agree

[Angelsjunky]

LOL, for whatever reason the chart wasn't showing up. I'll try again.

[Taylor]

[ScottT]

Ross Barnes weighed 145 pounds.

[Chuck]

 

[tdawg87]

bUt nO pLAyOfFs

[Angelsjunky]

As my chart above shows, Trout led the decade with 73.4 over the next position player,  Buster Posey at 53.0, by a  sizeable margin: 20.4 WAR. 

Here's a fun stat: the last position player to lead a decade with 20 or more is....Honus Wagner in the 1900s (90.4 over Nap Lajoie at 67.2). As great as Babe Ruth was in the 1920s (108 fWAR!), Rogers Hornsby was almost as good, with the second best decade in MLB history, according to fWAR (97.0).

Also, only five position players have been among the top five best players according to fWAR within two decades:

Barry Bonds: 3rd in 2000s, 1st in 1990s

Mike Schmidt: 3rd in 1980s, 5th in 1970s

Willie Mays: 1st in 1960s, 3rd in 1950s

Stan Musial: 2nd in 1950s, 3rd in 1940s

Tris Speaker: 5th in 1920s, 2nd in 1910s

I think Trout has a real chance of becoming the sixth, if he simply manages to average close to 5 WAR per year.

[Tank]

7 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

hey, here's a crazy idea, MLB Stats - how about putting stats from the same categories for each of these years so we can compare like areas? 

[Taylor]

20 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

bUt nO pLAyOfFs

Not sure who "Duck banana" is, but he's doing society a great service.

 

[tdawg87]

Man, we really need to get him a ring. Just completely shut up everyone. 

[ScottT]

 

[Taylor]

Mookie Soler

[Angelsjunky]

The Trout Decade (2010-19):

1st in WAR, wRC+, SLG, wOBA, Runs scored.

Top 5 in BA, OBP, HR, ISO.

He's 15th in SB and 21st in RBI, so I guess is overrated.

[Chuck]

 

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

Where did he finish in 2012?  Had to be top 2 or 3.  

[Stradling]

Just looked it up and he was 1st in 2012.  

[tdawg87]

[Taylor]

10 hours ago, Stradling said:

Just looked it up and he was 1st in 2012.  

They couldn't have used a smaller font or split the years into two columns? F'ing MLB Network

[Chuck]

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[Chuck]

 

[Chuck]

 

[Angelsjunky]

Come on, @Chuckster70, we don't want @tdawg87 to go down with an elbow injury too.

[tdawg87]

bUt No pLaYoFfS

[Angelsjunky]

For gits and shiggles, here's the Fangraphs  version:

1. Trout 73.4

2. Cobb 68.8

3. Mantle 67.9

4. Hornsby  64.6

5. Foxx 64.6

And here's age 28, what Trout vies for in 2020:

1. Cobb 78.6

2. Hornsby 77.0

3. Mantle 74.8

4. Trout 73.4 (-5.2)

5. Foxx 71.3

If healthy, Trout should be the age 28 leader before the All-Star break and shortly after be the 39th position player with 80+ career fWAR.

Sorry,  tdawg.

[Docwaukee]

Mike Trout was born in 1991.  He's 7th in total WAR since then.