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Trout, GOAT

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You french fry'd when you should have pizza'd
 

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12 years, $430M
 

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5/5, 11 total bases vs Yanks. Just another day for the GOAT
 

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WRC+ Year-end rankings by Trout

2012 1st
2013 2nd
2014 Tied 3rd - 1 point from 1st
2015 3rd
2016 1st
2017 1st
2018 1st
 

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It always cracks me up when outfielders make a catch very close to the top of the wall and then try to stretch their glove up over the fence to make it look like they robbed a home run. Trout is one of the worst offenders.
 

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WRC+ Year-end rankings by Trout

2012 1st
2013 2nd
2014 Tied 3rd - 1 point from 1st
2015 3rd
2016 1st
2017 1st
2018 1st

sporting a mere 180 wRC+ and 4th in the league. dfa him
 

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Is this a good place to mention that Mike Trout has never had a single season OPS higher than Ted Williams' career OPS?


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Trout career wRC+ 173
Tied for third all-time
 

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he's kinda good
 

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Earlier Tonight: 2HR, 7RBI
MIKE TROUT doing MIKE TROUT things.
Oh, and he’s 2nd in wRC+ currently for the year.
 

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Stan Musial
Ty Cobb
Jimmie Foxx
Babe Ruth
Roger Hornsby
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Willie Mays
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Roger Hornsby
Lou Gehrig
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Alex Rodriguez
Willie Mays
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the shame
 

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Data goes back to 1950 only. OPS with bases loaded. Guess who is best?

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Trout has as good or better wRC+ than everyone on this list except Teddy and Babe, and he’s doing it in an era TREMENDOUSLY tougher on hitters. He’s a better fielder than most everyone on this list.
 

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Trout has as good or better wRC+ than everyone on this list except Teddy and Babe, and he’s doing it in an era TREMENDOUSLY tougher on hitters. He’s a better fielder than most everyone on this list.
How is he doing it in an era TREMENDOUSLY tougher on hitters? Mays and Aaron played in an era where the pitcher's mound looked like a skyscraper. The rest of them had to face pitchers who could legally throw spitballs. Throwing faster does not automatically make a pitcher better once you've risen to professional level of competition.
 

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Hank Aaron
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How is he doing it in an era TREMENDOUSLY tougher on hitters? Mays and Aaron played in an era where the pitcher's mound looked like a skyscraper. The rest of them had to face pitchers who could legally throw spitballs. Throwing faster does not automatically make a pitcher better once you've risen to professional level of competition.
Pitchers have more rest. They routinely throw upper nineties or more. They have better data on you as a hitter. And you see more pitchers per game. Next.
 
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