Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Trout Now One Of 13 Players With A WAR Of 4.8 Or Higher At Both Ages 20 & 21

With about one-third of the season left, he could get to a WAR of 7.0. No one has had 7+ WAR at both ages 20 & 21. He would be the first.

Here are the 13 players. The table also shows their career WAR and rank among position players. 10 of the previous 12 are in the top 50. The worst is 149th. He already has more WAR at both ages combined than all of these guys. And in only 236 games played.


Player
WAR
Year
Age
Career WAR
Rank
Al Kaline
8.3
1955
20
92.7
28
Al Kaline
6.6
1956
21
 
 
Alex Rodriguez
9.3
1996
20
115.5
12
Alex Rodriguez
5.6
1997
21
 
 
Frank Robinson
6.5
1956
20
107.1
18
Frank Robinson
6.9
1957
21
 
 
Johnny Bench
5
1968
20
75.2
46
Johnny Bench
6.1
1969
21
 
 
Ken Griffey
5.2
1990
20
83.7
34
Ken Griffey
7.1
1991
21
 
 
Mel Ott
7.4
1929
20
107.9
16
Mel Ott
6.4
1930
21
 
 
Mickey Mantle
6.4
1952
20
109.7
15
Mickey Mantle
5.3
1953
21
 
 
Mike Trout
10.9
2012
20
 
 
Mike Trout
4.8
2013
21
 
 
Rogers Hornsby
4.8
1916
20
127
9
Rogers Hornsby
9.9
1917
21
 
 
Sherry Magee
5.1
1905
20
59.1
122
Sherry Magee
5.6
1906
21
 
 
Ted Williams
6.7
1939
20
123.2
11
Ted Williams
6.3
1940
21
 
 
Ty Cobb
6.8
1907
20
151.1
4
Ty Cobb
6.2
1908
21
 
 
Vada Pinson
6.5
1959
20
54.2
149
Vada Pinson
5.7
1960
21
 
 

Here is the top 10 in WAR for ages 20 & 21 combined


Player
WAR
From
To
Age
G
Mike Trout
15.7
2012
2013
20-21
236
Alex Rodriguez
14.9
1996
1997
20-21
287
Al Kaline
14.9
1955
1956
20-21
305
Rogers Hornsby
14.7
1916
1917
20-21
284
Mel Ott
13.8
1929
1930
20-21
298
Frank Robinson
13.4
1956
1957
20-21
302
Ted Williams
13
1939
1940
20-21
293
Ty Cobb
13
1907
1908
20-21
300
Jimmie Foxx
12.6
1928
1929
20-21
267
Ken Griffey
12.3
1990
1991
20-21
309


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