By all rights, 2019 should be the Year of Mike Trout in Major League Baseball.
They're all Years of Mike Trout to some extent. According to Baseball Reference, he's led at least the American League in wins above replacement five times since his rookie season with the Los Angeles Angels in 2012. His 72.0 total WAR in this span is 28.9 points better than the next-best player (Josh Donaldson).
Yet Trout is outdoing himself this season. The 28-year-old center fielder is working on career highs with a 1.