FACTS/FLUKES: Trout, Sale, Jackson, Saunders, Smoak

Trout has tough act to follow…Nice season, Mike Trout (OF, LAA)—so, what do you have planned for an encore? Trout will definitely be one of the first players picked in 2013 drafts; the question is what are the odds that he can deliver a repeat performance?

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HR   PX  hr/f  SB  Spd  SBO%
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ==  ===  ====  ==  ===  ====
2011*  476  .284  .254   9    77  34  39/21/40  15  120   14%  33  164   32%
2012   523  .323  .281  10    76  38  44/22/33  28  147   22%  46  143   29%
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12 1H  232  .336  .276   8    78  40  44/24/32   8  123   14%  22  131   34%
12 2H  291  .313  .284 ...

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