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Old 02-09-2022, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by insidethewrapper View Post
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.
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