Data from Baseball Reference Play Index. For all guys with 20+ WAR since the beginning of the 2012 season. Through games of May 23 this year. If I only did 2013-2017 and look at guys with 15+ WAR, Trout edges Donaldson 9.72-8.02. Trout had 12.59 WAR per 162 games in 2012.
| Player |
WAR |
Age |
G |
Per 162 |
| Mike Trout |
51.3 |
20-25 |
813 |
10.22 |
| Josh Donaldson |
33.1 |
26-31 |
713 |
7.52 |
| Adrian Beltre |
32.1 |
33-37 |
761 |
6.83 |
| Robinson Cano |
34.5 |
29-34 |
830 |
6.73 |
| Joey Votto |
28 |
28-33 |
696 |
6.52 |
| Paul Goldschmidt |
31.2 |
24-29 |
778 |
6.50 |
| Manny Machado |
25.5 |
19-24 |
651 |
6.35 |
| Buster Posey |
30.1 |
25-30 |
776 |
6.28 |
| Miguel Cabrera |
29.9 |
29-34 |
777 |
6.23 |
| Nolan Arenado |
22.7 |
22-26 |
607 |
6.06 |
| Lorenzo Cain |
21.9 |
26-31 |
595 |
5.96 |
| Starling Marte |
21.5 |
23-28 |
612 |
5.69 |
| Giancarlo Stanton |
21.6 |
22-27 |
621 |
5.63 |
| Andrelton Simmons |
22.8 |
22-27 |
670 |
5.51 |
| Dustin Pedroia |
24.6 |
28-33 |
723 |
5.51 |
| Bryce Harper |
23.7 |
19-24 |
698 |
5.50 |
| Jason Heyward |
24.9 |
22-27 |
738 |
5.47 |
| Ian Kinsler |
26.4 |
30-35 |
799 |
5.35 |
| Anthony Rizzo |
22.9 |
22-27 |
745 |
4.98 |
| Andrew McCutchen |
25 |
25-30 |
815 |
4.97 |
| Freddie Freeman |
23.1 |
22-27 |
769 |
4.87 |
| Jose Bautista |
20.2 |
31-36 |
680 |
4.81 |
| Kyle Seager |
23.9 |
24-29 |
836 |
4.63 |
| Ben Zobrist |
22 |
31-36 |
772 |
4.62 |
| Alex Gordon |
20.6 |
28-33 |
744 |
4.49 |
| Edwin Encarnacion |
21.1 |
29-34 |
771 |
4.43 |
| Jose Altuve |
22.3 |
22-27 |
817 |
4.42 |
| Evan Longoria |
20.5 |
26-31 |
762 |
4.36 |
Is there an updated version of this. Thanks, James
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading. Maybe I should do an update
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