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[John1941]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

What are Mike Trout's best stats ? I see he has never lead the league in hits, home runs or batting ave. Once in SB and once in RBI's. Good On Base Pct ( so he must be good at walking ). Watching Centerfielders his defense seems to be about the same ( they are all good ).

Mike Trout's value is best shown by OPS+. OPS+ is on base percentage and slugging percentage together, and adjusted for era and park effects. For example, 100 is average and 150 is 50% better than average.

Mike Trout has led the AL in OPS+ six times, and for his career is 76% better than the average hitter. That's historic. As with all rate stats, he won't be able to keep it up, but it's still amazing.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by John1941

Mike Trout's value is best shown by OPS+. OPS+ is on base percentage and slugging percentage together, and adjusted for era and park effects. For example, 100 is average and 150 is 50% better than average.

Mike Trout has led the AL in OPS+ six times, and for his career is 76% better than the average hitter. That's historic. As with all rate stats, he won't be able to keep it up, but it's still amazing.

I also like his MVP stats -- 3 awards and 4 second place finishes and IMO he easily could have won two or three of those.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I also like his MVP stats -- 3 awards and 4 second place finishes and IMO he easily could have won two or three of those.

Put another way:

Mike Trout has played in 120+ games in a season 7 times. He finished 1st or 2nd in the MVP voting in all 7 of them. If he didn't get hurt in 2017, he absolutely would have won the MVP that year as well.