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Saturday, August 6, 2016

TROUT IN SELECT CO w/ BABE RUTH Re WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT (WAR)

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But baseball-reference now tells us he's the only position player in history to lead any league in WAR at least five years in a row. (Walter Johnson also did it as a pitcher, from 1912-16.) So think about this, ladies and gentlemen. If Mike Trout keeps on doing what he always does for another couple of months, the entire list of hitters who have achieved this feat will consist of A) him and B) the greatest player who ever lived. Try taking THAT for granted...."
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17223397/keeping-eye-mlb-history-august

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