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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
If you were to take his worst season in any of the 'major' stats over his first 7 years and add them together to create a single composite line, it would've still been better than the best season of just about every single player in the game. There were like 3 guys that could compare with his 'worst of every category' stat line.
He really was incredible. Probably the best pure righthanded hitter I'll ever see. Trout will end up a little more dangerous, but Trout has periods where he can be pitched to and there are more holes in his swing than Pujols at his peak. Trout's defense and baserunning gives him a better WAR by a fair amount but as far as true, complete, 'professional hitters' go, I've never seen a better righty and doubt I ever will.
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When he was really locked in, in say, the 04 thru 0809 stretch, and hitting line drives to right center, there just wasn't really a way to get him out consistently. He was so so good.
In the end, what happened happened and I'm kind of glad from the perspective of not having to watch him wither in a STL uniform, but had he stayed and finished out in STL, he'd be bigger than Stan.