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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Well, if he kept his St. Louis pace he'd be the greatest hitter ever, because he had the greatest 10-year start to his career of anyone in MLB history (which, ironically, will be surpassed by Mike Trout).
He had 77 WAR in his first ten years and his lowest wRC in any of those years was 150, which would have been 8th in baseball last year.
I watch the team now, and it's a decent team, but the excitement around his every at-bat when he was in his prime was truly special, and I really miss it.
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If you were to take his worst season in any of the 'major' stats over his first 10 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.