He also leads the majors in WAR since the start of 2009, and since the start of 2008.
Trout didn't debut until midseason but he still leads the big leagues in Wins Above Replacement since the start of 2011, and it's no surprise that he also leads the league in WAR since the start of 2010. He debuted leads the majors in WAR since the start of 2011 season… and since the start of 2010… and since the start of… Most Wins Above Replacement Per 162 Games – All-Timeĥ. Only 38 other players have ever had a season with 9.5 Wins Above Replacement - Trout averages that for every 162 games he plays. But if you look at WAR per 162 games, he's 3rd all-time behind only Babe Ruth and Josh Gibson. Trout has always been an analytics darling, but since WAR is a counting stat he's nowhere near the top of the all-time list. 308/.420/.584 - neither Derek Jeter (who was just elected to the Hall of Fame on 99.7% of ballots) nor Hank Aaron (the all-time leader in total bases) ever had a single season with those numbers.Ĥ. His *average* slash line when he's not the MVP is. Trout is already one of 11 players to win three MVP awards, but his numbers are even better in the years he does not win the award. He's better in years he *doesn't* win the MVP award than in years he *wins* it Most Top-5 MVP Finishes – In BBWAA Votingģ. But it was the ninth straight season he finished in the top five - that's the longest streak of its kind since the BBWAA started voting for the award in 1931.Īnd it's tied for the third-most top-five finishes since 1931. Last season, Trout finished fifth in the AL MVP voting, the *worst* finish of his career. He has the longest streak of consecutive top-five MVP finishes in MLB history 306 batting average at that point in his career, but he fell short in stolen bases (195) and OBP (.381).Ģ.
They have the ability to stretch those into triples, which we've seen from both players already this season.īut as they both continue to add bulk to their frames, Trout's speed will remain, while Harper's will begin to fade.Thursday, July 8 is the 10th anniversary of Mike Trout's MLB debut. Those balls-shots hit to the outfield gaps-give both players a leg up (no pun intended) on the competition. Stolen bases aren't the only way we can see how Trout's speed makes him the better player: Trout has superior range in the outfield, as he can get to balls Harper (or most players) only watch fall in for base hits, or worse, watch it roll to the wall. Harper, on the other hand, is fourth on the Nationals with four steals in seven attempts. While he trails the Cleveland Indians' Jason Kipnis for the AL lead (Kipnis has 17), keep in mind that Kipnis has played in 20 more games than Trout has. Trout has elite speed-evidenced by his 16 stolen bases in 19 attempts. This isn't to say that Bryce Harper is slow, but compared to Mike Trout, most people would be considered slow. So the edge in attitude goes to Trout, who as I said, we've never heard or seen act as anything but respectful towards anyone associated with the game. But we've never seen anything even close to this from Mike Trout, who is only a year older than Harper.īut there's always the chance that Harper could have a momentary lapse of sanity and show up an opposing pitcher in the show, and he's likely to receive far more than some choice words from the mound if that happens against the wrong guy.
To his credit, Harper seems to have matured. Now yes, this incident was grossly overblown-Harper was a teenager who got caught up in the moment-but that doesn't change the fact that it happened. As he gets to home plate, the slugger looks at Neal and blows him a kiss. Neal, who took offense to Harper's admiration of his home run, is yelling at Harper from the mound. Last year, while playing for the Nationals' Single-A affiliate, the Hagerstown Suns, Harper went deep off of Zachary Neal, a pitcher for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, the Single-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins.Īs you can see in the video, Harper admires his blast for a few seconds, then begins to trot around the bases.
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