New Poll: Which Active Players are 'Shoe-in' HOFers?

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Jose Altuve?

He's a great player, don't get me wrong. But he's played a little over six seasons. Way, way too premature to mention him in a discussion about shoe ins.

...and then there's Mike Trout!


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[packs]

Mike Trout is doing things only Bonds has done. He has no peer and I don't see a clear connection between what people see in Mike Trout and what people see in Jose Altuve.

[the 'stache]

Trout has won two MVPs, has been runner up three times, and finished fourth this year. Had he not missed nearly fifty games, he would have won the MVP, not Altuve. Trout hit .306, scored 92 runs in 114 games, had 25 doubles, 33 home runs, 79 RBI, walked 94 times, stole 22 bases in 26 tries, and slashed .442 OBP/.629 SLG/1.071, all of which led the AL. His OPS was 114 points higher than Altuve's. Altuve had a great year. He had an 8.3 WAR and a 164 OPS +. Trout had a 6.7 WAR and a 187 OPS +. He'd have had about a 10.0 WAR...as a center fielder.

As great as Altuve is, there's no comparison. In 982 career games, Altuve has 29.6 WAR. In 925 games, Trout has 55.2 WAR.

Trout is an all-time great. Put it this way. After seven seasons, Mickey Mantle had a 174 OPS +. Trout's at the same point is 172. Mantle's WAR was 52.2. Trout bests him.

That should tell you how brilliant Trout is.

Originally Posted by clydepepper

...and then there's Mike Trout!


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