A 5 WAR guy may be equal to a 7 WAR guy, but clearly better than the 1 WAR guy. WAR gives you an idea, but isn't definitive.
A lot of this is due to the adjustments, which remind me of the Consumer Price Index adjustments that show health care costs rise less than 2% year over year and frequently show much smaller overall CPI than almost every component in the CPI. The adjustments for Trout are undoubtedly favorable.
Season pitcher WAR leaders are similar to overall WAR leaders, as Verlander dominates almost every meaningful category on the MLB leaderboard, yet Sale is the WAR leader. So, I think Trout is getting a major park adjustment that hurts Betts, and Sale is getting major help with the same park adjustment.
I LOVE Mike Trout but this is totally insane. Bonds from 2001-04 is ridiculously better. Most of the 20s for Ruth were massively better. Ted Williams had a six year period surrounding his service in WWII that were incredibly better than how Trout has started this year.
I'm sure there are dozens of other seasons better than this one. Making this statement should end the use of WAR as a viable "stat".
June reminder that Trout is still on pace for 14+ WAR. Bonds never cracked 12.
Which shows how stupid the concept is.
Look at offensive slash :
Trout .447/.671/1.119
Bonds .609/.812/1.422
Bonds .582/.799/1.381
Bonds .515/.863/1.379
I love Trout. He's off to a great start, but no rational person could compare those years.
Do you also realize that baserunning and defense are part of baseball?
MHBDemon - I know you are in part trolling rj, and that's cool, but is it your position that WAR settles the argument, and if Trout has a higher WAR than Bonds' best year, Trout's year is definitely better, period end?
268>>206
Pitcher K/9
2001 - 6.74
2002 - 6.53
2003 - 6.40
2004 - 6.60
2015 - 7.76
2016 - 8.10
2017 - 8.34
2018 - 8.56
“If statistics don’t prove what i believe to already be true, then they are bunk”
I don't have a specific analytic for defense, but any that says Trout isn't an excellent outfielder is ludicrous.
What that shows is the idiocy of Ks being more acceptable.