OK you didn't "criticize", you compared or knocked his WS #'s. Don't do that. Do not compare him to Williams. Pick Josh Gibson or Bryce Harper. If you want to compare him to someone.
First, if Williams plays for the Red Sox those 3 years, he ABSOLUTELY wins the World Series at least 2 of those years. I think the Red Sox w/Williams (and in his prime) would take down those powerhouse St L Browns fairly easily.
2nd, back to Trout.
He's NEVER led the league in:
Hits
Home Runs
Triples
Doubles
Batting Average
RBIs (he led once in 11 years)
SBs (he led once in 11 years)
He's never been in a World Series
He's never won a Playoff game (0 for 3)
He's batted .083 in Post Season play.
I'm sorry those numbers don't crack the Top 30 players of All Time.
Trout does everything very good, but nothing Great. And to be Great you need to do something Great, lead in HR's, lead in Stolen Bases, lead in RBI's, lead in Batting Average, lead in something, take you team to the Playoffs consistently. He's done none of that. He's a mere poster boy for auction house hype, and looks the part, but unfortunately just doesn't have the numbers. The REAL numbers. And I don't care about WAR and who he's replacing.
The Angels need to worry more about who's replacing him, not who he is replacing, he's hurt so often lately they need to find a better replacement player. WAR-MT.
He played at a time where for the most part there were not a lot of great players until recently. Now there is an influx of young talent that has pushed Trout back to #14 on 2022 rankings, and are just as talented as he was. We just need a few years to let that young talent play out.
So all that lack of achieving doesn't get in the Top 30 All Time.
Williams was a true beast and probably the GREATEST pure hitter of all time, please don't compare the 2, even if it's just post season numbers because there too, Ted at least made it to a WS.......let's see if Trout can get out of the "Wild Card" round. Then we'll talk.
Or get back to me in 10 years................................and Williams will still win that battle.
Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 02-10-2022 at 03:24 PM.
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