IN WITH A BANG
TOM VERDUCCI
August 27, 2012
Mike Trout isn't just having one of the best rookie seasons ever: By at least one gauge—OPS+, a measure of on-base and slugging percentages that takes into account the effects of a player's home ballpark—his 2012 performance is the greatest in history by a player age 21 or younger.
|
PLAYER |
AGE* |
OPS+ |
|
TROUT, 2012 |
20 |
182 |
|
JIMMIE FOXX, 1929 |
21 |
173 |
|
EDDIE MATHEWS, 1953 |
21 |
171 |
|
ROGERS HORNSBY, 1917 |
21 |
169 |
|
TY COBB, 1908 |
21 |
169 |
Mike Trout isn't just having one of the best rookie seasons ever: By at least one gauge—OPS+, a measure of on-base and slugging percentages that takes into account the effects of a player's home ballpark—his 2012 performance is the greatest in history by a player age 21 or younger.
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*AGE AS OF JUNE 30 THAT YEAR