Interesting comparison Puckett vs Trout.

[Gil Dobie]

Jolten Joe is always comparing Kirby Puckett to Don Mattingly for a HOF push. Mike Trout has now played 12 years, same as Puckett. If you campare their stats, they are similar, Trout only has a huge advantage in BB and HR. Puckett has a higher average, more doubles, hits, total bases, gold gloves, (Trout none), and was more durable by playing more games.

All that said, Trouts WAR is much higher, I assume because the BB bumps OBP.

In other words WAR is questionable when rating a player, and Puckett is much better than Jolten Joe gives him credit for.

[GannonFan]

Jolten Joe is always comparing Kirby Puckett to Don Mattingly for a HOF push. Mike Trout has now played 12 years, same as Puckett. If you campare their stats, they are similar, Trout only has a huge advantage in BB and HR. Puckett has a higher average, more doubles, hits, total bases, gold gloves, (Trout none), and was more durable by playing more games.

All that said, Trouts WAR is much higher, I assume because the BB bumps OBP.

In other words WAR is questionable when rating a player, and Puckett is much better than Jolten Joe gives him credit for.

Doesn't matter. Scott Rolen is in. Anyone can be in the HOF now. Mattingly should be a slam dunk HOF'er now.

[Gil Dobie]

Jolten Joe is always comparing Kirby Puckett to Don Mattingly for a HOF push. Mike Trout has now played 12 years, same as Puckett. If you campare their stats, they are similar, Trout only has a huge advantage in BB and HR. Puckett has a higher average, more doubles, hits, total bases, gold gloves, (Trout none), and was more durable by playing more games.

All that said, Trouts WAR is much higher, I assume because the BB bumps OBP.

In other words WAR is questionable when rating a player, and Puckett is much better than Jolten Joe gives him credit for.

Doesn't matter. Scott Rolen is in. Anyone can be in the HOF now. Mattingly should be a slam dunk HOF'er now.

That's my point about WAR, Rolen has a WAR around 70, Mattingly is 42. WAR is more important than anything else, to the modern voters. Mattingly didn't get enough walks to raise is WAR comps.