Monday, July 14, 2014

Trout Now Leader In Career WAR Through Age 22; Also Big Edge In WAR Per 700 Plate Appearances

Here is the top 10 from Baseball Reference (minimum PAs is 1000)

Rk
Player
WAR
PA
From
To
Age
1
Mike Trout
25.8
1898
2011
2014
19-22
2
Ty Cobb
25.5
2486
1905
1909
18-22
3
Ted Williams
23.6
1942
1939
1941
20-22
4
Mel Ott
23.5
2644
1926
1931
17-22
5
Alex Rodriguez
22.9
2271
1994
1998
18-22
6
Ken Griffey
21.3
2422
1989
1992
19-22
7
Al Kaline
21
2575
1953
1957
18-22
8
Jimmie Foxx
20.9
1976
1925
1930
17-22
9
Mickey Mantle
20.1
2201
1951
1954
19-22
10
Vada Pinson
19.9
2183
1958
1961
19-22

At Fangraphs, Trout is also first, beating Cobb 26.8-25.9.

Now per 700 PAs

Rk
Player
PA
Per 700 PA
1
Mike Trout
1898
9.52
2
Ted Williams
1942
8.51
3
Rogers Hornsby
1665
8.32
4
Stan Musial
1285
8.28
5
Jimmie Foxx
1976
7.40
6
Eddie Collins
1066
7.29
7
Ty Cobb
2486
7.18
8
Tris Speaker
1359
7.16
9
Alex Rodriguez
2271
7.06
10
Eddie Mathews
1874
6.87


At Fangraphs, Trout is also first, beating Joe Jackson 9.88-9.51. Fangraphs has Joe Jackson being born in 1889 while Baseball Reference has 1887. Ted Williams is next with 8.93.

Here is the top 10 in OPS+

Ted Williams 182
Mike Trout 169
Stan Musial 166
Ty Cobb 163
Sam Crawford 160
Jimmie Foxx 159
Albert Pujols 154
Eddie Mathews 153
Rogers Hornsby 150
Tris Speaker 150
Eddie Collins 150

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