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Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

No way?

Both have played exactly 11 years so let's compare

Altuve career BA - .308
Trout career BA - .305

Altuve SBs - 261
Trout SBs - 203

Altuve Hits - 1777
Trout Hits - 1419

Altuve HRs - 164
Trout HRs - 310 - but lets not forget Jose is 5' 5" a buck 60 Trout 6' 2" 235

Altuve Walks - 443
Trout Walks - 865 (I like to call this, swing the fucking bat Mike!)

Altuve K's - 753
Trout K's - 1215 (whoops, maybe take the walk Mike)


So again, "no way?" Way. It's a lot closer than you think. And if you bring in the postseason, then I agree with you, "No way", No way I'd take Trout.

Playoff Games
Altuve - 79
Trout - 3

World Series
Altuve - 3
Trout - 0

Comparing numbers of playoff games and World Series is dumb. Sorry, there's no other way to put it. Trout hasn't had Justin Verlander, Gerritt Cole, and a lineup of MVP candidates around him.

He also hasn't, you know, HAD AN ELECTRONIC CHEATING SYSTEM IN PLACE to boost his playoff performances.

Ignoring that, let's look at other stats:

Runs:
Altuve - 883
Trout - 967

Triples:
Altuve - 29
Trout - 49

OBP:
Altuve - .360
Trout - .419

SLG:
Altuve - .462
Trout - .583

OPS:
Altuve - .821
Trout - 1.002

OPS+:
Altuve - 125
Trout - 176

And one that surprised me a bit:

GiDP (ground into double plays):
Altuve - 158
Trout - 58



I'll take the guy that gets on base A LOT more often with A LOT more power all day, every day. Altuve's small lead in batting average is more than offset by the 100(!) extra outs he created through double plays.

Jose is a great player, albeit one tarnished significantly by the cheating. He's a HOFer, without a doubt. But...he's not close to Trout.