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Willie Mays vs Mike Trout Comparison

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Seasons

Check/Uncheck

Willie Mays

Check/Uncheck

Mike Trout

 

Info

Teams

Willie Mays New York/San Francisco Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972), New York Mets (1972-1973)
Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels (2011-Present)

Position

Willie Mays Outfielder
Mike Trout Outfielder

Height

Willie Mays 5'10"
Mike Trout 6'2"

Weight

Willie Mays 170
Mike Trout 235

Bats

Willie Mays Right
Mike Trout Right

Throws

Willie Mays Right
Mike Trout Right

Drafted/Signed

Willie Mays By the New York Giants as a free agent in 1950
Mike Trout By the Angels in the 1st Round (25th Overall) in the 2009 Draft

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Willie Mays 1 (1954)Star
Mike Trout 0

World Series Appearances

Willie Mays 4 (1951, 1954, 1962, 1973)StarStarStarStar
Mike Trout 0

Playoff Appearances

Willie Mays 5 (1951, 1954, 1962, 1971, 1973)StarStarStarStarStar
Mike Trout 1 (2014)Star

World Series MVP

Willie Mays 0
Mike Trout 0

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Willie Mays Yes 94.7% in 1979
Mike Trout No Still Playing

Number Retired

Willie Mays Yes Giants #24
Mike Trout No Still Playing

MVP

Willie Mays 2 (1954, 1965)StarStar
Mike Trout 2 (2014, 2016)StarStar

Gold Gloves

Willie Mays 12 (1957–1968)StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Mike Trout 0

Rookie of the Year

Willie Mays Yes (1951)
Mike Trout Yes 2012

All-Star Games

Willie Mays 24 (1954–1973)StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Mike Trout 8 (2012-2019)StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

League Batting Champion

Willie Mays 1 (1954)Star
Mike Trout 0

League Leader in Home Runs

Willie Mays 4 (1955, 1962, 1964-1965)StarStarStarStar
Mike Trout 0

League Leader in RBIs

Willie Mays 0
Mike Trout 1 (2014)Star

League Leader in Hits

Willie Mays 1 (1960)Star
Mike Trout 0

League Leader in Stolen Bases

Willie Mays 4 (1956–1959)StarStarStarStar
Mike Trout 1 (2012)Star

League Leader in Total Bases

Willie Mays 3 (1955, 1962, 1965)StarStarStar
Mike Trout 1 (2014)Star

League Leader in Doubles

Willie Mays 0
Mike Trout 0

League Leader in Triples

Willie Mays 3 (1954-1955, 1957)StarStarStar
Mike Trout 0

League Leader in Runs

Willie Mays 2 (1958, 1961)StarStar
Mike Trout 4 (2012-2014, 2016)StarStarStarStar

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

Willie Mays 2 (1965, 1971)StarStar
Mike Trout 3 (2016-2018)StarStarStar

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Willie Mays 5 (1954-1955, 1957, 1964-1965)StarStarStarStarStar
Mike Trout 2 (2015, 2017)StarStar

Hitting

Games (G)

Willie Mays 2,992
Mike Trout 1,182

Plate Appearances (PA)

Willie Mays 12,496
Mike Trout 5,198

At Bats (AB)

Willie Mays 10,881
Mike Trout 4,280

Batting Average (BA)

Willie Mays 0.302
Mike Trout 0.306

Hits (H)

Willie Mays 3,283
Mike Trout 1,309

Runs (R)

Willie Mays 2,062
Mike Trout 891

Home Runs (HR)

Willie Mays 660
Mike Trout 281

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Willie Mays 1,903
Mike Trout 742

Doubles (2B)

Willie Mays 523
Mike Trout 251

Triples (3B)

Willie Mays 140
Mike Trout 45

Walks (BB)

Willie Mays 1,464
Mike Trout 790

Strikeouts (SO)

Willie Mays 1,526
Mike Trout 1,100

Stolen Bases (SB)

Willie Mays 338
Mike Trout 199

Caught Stealing (CS)

Willie Mays 103
Mike Trout 36

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Willie Mays 0.384
Mike Trout 0.419

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Willie Mays 0.557
Mike Trout 0.582

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Willie Mays 0.941
Mike Trout 1.002

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Willie Mays 44
Mike Trout 79

Total Bases (TB)

Willie Mays 6,066
Mike Trout 2,493

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Willie Mays 1,323
Mike Trout 577

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Willie Mays 0.299
Mike Trout 0.349

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Willie Mays 0.256
Mike Trout 0.277

Secondary Average (SECA)

Willie Mays 0.412
Mike Trout 0.499

Total Average (TotA)

Willie Mays 0.982
Mike Trout 1.150

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Willie Mays 447.1
Mike Trout 233.0

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Willie Mays 11.7%
Mike Trout 15.2%

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Willie Mays 12.2%
Mike Trout 21.2%

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Willie Mays 70%
Mike Trout 57%

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Willie Mays 16.5
Mike Trout 15.2

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Willie Mays 155.9
Mike Trout 72.4

Runs Created (RC)

Willie Mays 2,368
Mike Trout 1,136

Fielding

Games (G)

Willie Mays 2,929
Mike Trout 1,116

Games Started (GS)

Willie Mays 2,818
Mike Trout 1,107

Innings (Inn)

Willie Mays 25,073.1
Mike Trout 9,715

Fielding Percentage (FLD%)

Willie Mays 0.981%
Mike Trout 0.993%

Errors (E)

Willie Mays 156
Mike Trout 19

Chances (CH)

Willie Mays 8,141
Mike Trout 2,790

Putouts (PO)

Willie Mays 7,752
Mike Trout 2,733

Assists (A)

Willie Mays 233
Mike Trout 38

Double Play (DP)

Willie Mays 121
Mike Trout 10

Range Factor per Game (RF/G)

Willie Mays 2.73
Mike Trout 2.48

Range Factor per Inning (RF/9)

Willie Mays 2.87
Mike Trout 2.57

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Willie Mays 25
Mike Trout 3

Plate Appearances (PA)

Willie Mays 99
Mike Trout 15

At Bats (AB)

Willie Mays 89
Mike Trout 12

Batting Average (BA)

Willie Mays .247
Mike Trout .083

Hits (H)

Willie Mays 22
Mike Trout 1

Runs (R)

Willie Mays 12
Mike Trout 1

Home Runs (HR)

Willie Mays 1
Mike Trout 1

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Willie Mays 10
Mike Trout 1

Doubles (2B)

Willie Mays 5
Mike Trout 0

Triples (3B)

Willie Mays 0
Mike Trout 0

Walks (BB)

Willie Mays 10
Mike Trout 3

Strikeouts (SO)

Willie Mays 12
Mike Trout 2

Stolen Bases (SB)

Willie Mays 3
Mike Trout 0

Caught Stealing (CS)

Willie Mays 0
Mike Trout 1

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Willie Mays 0
Mike Trout 0

Total Bases (TB)

Willie Mays 30
Mike Trout 4

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Willie Mays .323
Mike Trout .267

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Willie Mays .337
Mike Trout .333

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Willie Mays 0.660
Mike Trout 0.600

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Willie Mays .276
Mike Trout 0

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Willie Mays 12.1%
Mike Trout 13.3%

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Willie Mays 10.1%
Mike Trout 20%

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Willie Mays .090
Mike Trout .250

Secondary Average (SECA)

Willie Mays .236
Mike Trout .417

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Willie Mays 6
Mike Trout 1

Best Hitting

Games (G)

Willie Mays 162 (1962)
Mike Trout 159 (2016)

At Bats (AB)

Willie Mays 621 (1962)
Mike Trout 602 (2014)

Plate Appearances (PA)

Willie Mays 706 (1962)
Mike Trout 716 (2013)

Batting Average (BA)

Willie Mays 0.347 (1958)
Mike Trout 0.326 (2012)

Hits (H)

Willie Mays 208 (1958)
Mike Trout 190 (2013)

Runs (R)

Willie Mays 130 (1962)
Mike Trout 129 (2012)

Home Runs (HR)

Willie Mays 52 (1965)
Mike Trout 41 (2015)

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Willie Mays 141 (1962)
Mike Trout 111 (2014)

Doubles (2B)

Willie Mays 43 (1959)
Mike Trout 39 (2014)

Triples (3B)

Willie Mays 20 (1957)
Mike Trout 9 (2014)

Walks (BB)

Willie Mays 112 (1971)
Mike Trout 122 (2018)

Strikeouts (SO)

Willie Mays 17 (1952)
Mike Trout 30 (2011)

Stolen Bases (SB)

Willie Mays 40 (1956)
Mike Trout 49 (2012)

Caught Stealing (CS)

Willie Mays 0 (1973)
Mike Trout 0 (2011)

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Willie Mays 4 (1962)
Mike Trout 11 (2016)

Total Bases (TB)

Willie Mays 382 (1962)
Mike Trout 339 (2015)

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Willie Mays 0.425 (1971)
Mike Trout 0.460 (2018)

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Willie Mays 0.667 (1954)
Mike Trout 0.646 (2019)

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Willie Mays 1.078 (1954)
Mike Trout 1.098 (2019)

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Willie Mays 11.2 (1965)
Mike Trout 10.5 (2016)

Runs Created (RC)

Willie Mays 157 (1955)
Mike Trout 155 (2013)

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Willie Mays 0.344 (1958)
Mike Trout 0.383 (2012)

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Willie Mays 0.340 (1955)
Mike Trout 0.344 (2019)

Secondary Average (SECA)

Willie Mays 0.528 (1971)
Mike Trout 0.622 (2018)

Strikeouts Percentage (KP)

Willie Mays 8.2% (1958)
Mike Trout 17.6% (2019)

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Willie Mays 20.9% (1971)
Mike Trout 20.1% (2018)

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Willie Mays 10.7 (1965)
Mike Trout 10.8 (2019)

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Willie Mays 90 (1962)
Mike Trout 84 (2014)

Sacrifice Flies (SF)

Willie Mays 9 (1960)
Mike Trout 10 (2014)

Best Fielding

Games (G)

Willie Mays 161 (1962)
Mike Trout 156 (2015)

Games Started (GS)

Willie Mays 158 (1962)
Mike Trout 155 (2015)

Innings (Inn)

Willie Mays 1393.2 (1962)
Mike Trout 1362.2 (2015)

Fielding Percentage (FLDP)

Willie Mays 0.991% (1962)
Mike Trout 1.000% (2018)

Errors (E)

Willie Mays 1 (1952)
Mike Trout 0 (2018)

Chances (CH)

Willie Mays 622 (1971)
Mike Trout 435 (2015)

Putouts (PO)

Willie Mays 576 (1971)
Mike Trout 428 (2015)

Assists (A)

Willie Mays 29 (1971)
Mike Trout 7 (2018)

Double Play (DP)

Willie Mays 44 (1971)
Mike Trout 4 (2018)

Range Factor per Game (RF/G)

Willie Mays 4.58 (1971)
Mike Trout 2.79 (2015)

Range Factor per Inning (RF/9)

Willie Mays 5.31 (1971)
Mike Trout 2.87 (2015)

Seasons

Check/Uncheck

Willie Mays

Check/Uncheck

Mike Trout

 

Info

Teams

Willie Mays New York/San Francisco Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972), New York Mets (1972-1973)
Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels (2011-Present)

Position

Willie Mays Outfielder
Mike Trout Outfielder

Height

Willie Mays 5'10"
Mike Trout 6'2"

Weight

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Bats

Willie Mays Right
Mike Trout Right

Throws

Willie Mays Right
Mike Trout Right

Drafted/Signed

Willie Mays By the New York Giants as a free agent in 1950
Mike Trout By the Angels in the 1st Round (25th Overall) in the 2009 Draft

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Willie Mays Mike Trout

World Series Appearances

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Playoff Appearances

Willie Mays 5 (1951, 1954, 1962, 1971, 1973)
Mike Trout 1 (2014)

World Series MVP

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Willie Mays Yes 94.7% in 1979
Mike Trout No Still Playing

Number Retired

Willie Mays Yes Giants #24
Mike Trout No Still Playing

MVP

Willie Mays 2 (1954, 1965)
Mike Trout 2 (2014, 2016)

Gold Gloves

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Rookie of the Year

Willie Mays Yes (1951)
Mike Trout Yes 2012

All-Star Games

Willie Mays 24 (1954–1973)
Mike Trout 8 (2012-2019)

League Batting Champion

Willie Mays Mike Trout

League Leader in Home Runs

Willie Mays Mike Trout

League Leader in RBIs

Willie Mays Mike Trout

League Leader in Hits

Willie Mays Mike Trout

League Leader in Stolen Bases

Willie Mays 4 (1956–1959)
Mike Trout 1 (2012)

League Leader in Total Bases

Willie Mays 3 (1955, 1962, 1965)
Mike Trout 1 (2014)

League Leader in Doubles

Willie Mays Mike Trout

League Leader in Triples

Willie Mays Mike Trout

League Leader in Runs

Willie Mays 2 (1958, 1961)
Mike Trout 4 (2012-2014, 2016)

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

Willie Mays 2 (1965, 1971)
Mike Trout 3 (2016-2018)

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Willie Mays 5 (1954-1955, 1957, 1964-1965)
Mike Trout 2 (2015, 2017)

Hitting

Games (G)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Plate Appearances (PA)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

At Bats (AB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Batting Average (BA)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Hits (H)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Runs (R)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Home Runs (HR)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Doubles (2B)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Triples (3B)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Walks (BB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Strikeouts (SO)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Stolen Bases (SB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Caught Stealing (CS)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Total Bases (TB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Secondary Average (SECA)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Total Average (TotA)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Runs Created (RC)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Fielding

Games (G)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Games Started (GS)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Innings (Inn)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Fielding Percentage (FLD%)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Errors (E)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Chances (CH)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Putouts (PO)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Assists (A)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Double Play (DP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Range Factor per Game (RF/G)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Range Factor per Inning (RF/9)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Plate Appearances (PA)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

At Bats (AB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Batting Average (BA)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Hits (H)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Runs (R)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Home Runs (HR)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Doubles (2B)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Triples (3B)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Walks (BB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Strikeouts (SO)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Stolen Bases (SB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Caught Stealing (CS)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Total Bases (TB)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Secondary Average (SECA)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Willie Mays Mike Trout

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