Happy 22nd Birthday, Mike Trout

This post is analysis free. It’s just a list followed by amazement. Here are the best hitters (by wRC+) through their age-21 season, all time.

Name	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	WAR
Mike Trout	1,286	0.316	0.397	0.548	0.403	162	18.0
Jimmie Foxx	1,301	0.342	0.436	0.579	0.454	161	14.2
Ted Williams	1,338	0.336	0.439	0.601	0.463	158	13.8
Rogers Hornsby	1,200	0.316	0.372	0.455	0.397	150	14.3
Ty Cobb	1,839	0.324	0.362	0.440	0.388	148	16.0
Mel Ott	2,060	0.331	0.428	0.558	0.440	146	19.3
Mickey Mantle	1,552	0.295	0.384	0.497	0.401	143	12.9
Eddie Mathews	1,274	0.274	0.366	0.541	0.405	142	11.2
Frank Robinson	1,345	0.307	0.378	0.543	0.401	141	12.4
Arky Vaughan	1,210	0.316	0.382	0.448	0.381	131	10.2

That list is Mike Trout and nine players in the Hall of Fame. Through this point in his career, Trout has been better than all of them. This is only considering what a player does at the plate, and ignores Trout’s contributions in the field and on the basepaths.

To this point in his career, Mike Trout has been Ted Williams if Ted Williams was fast.