Trout versus Harper -- Mike is well ahead, but...

They came into the majors together; Mike Trout has always, for the most part, had better numbers. But he has been injured more than his slightly younger counterpart.

Could the DH in the National League help Harper's numbers better? That might be a slight factor.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2012	19	WSN	NL	139	597	533	98	144	26	9	22	59	18	6	56	120	.270	.340	.477	.817	118	254	8	2	3	3	0	*89/7H	AS,MVP-30,RoY-1
2013	20	WSN	NL	118	497	424	71	116	24	3	20	58	11	4	61	94	.274	.368	.486	.854	133	206	4	5	3	4	4	*79/8H	AS
2014	21	WSN	NL	100	395	352	41	96	10	2	13	32	2	2	38	104	.273	.344	.423	.768	111	149	6	1	3	1	4	79/8H
2015	22	WSN	NL	153	654	521	118	172	38	1	42	99	6	4	124	131	.330	.460	.649	1.109	198	338	15	5	0	4	15	*98/D	AS,MVP-1,SS
2016	23	WSN	NL	147	627	506	84	123	24	2	24	86	21	10	108	117	.243	.373	.441	.814	114	223	11	3	0	10	20	*9/H	AS
2017	24	WSN	NL	111	492	420	95	134	27	1	29	87	4	2	68	99	.319	.413	.595	1.008	156	250	15	1	0	3	11	*9/H	AS,MVP-12
2018	25	WSN	NL	159	695	550	103	137	34	0	34	100	13	3	130	169	.249	.393	.496	.889	133	273	7	6	0	9	16	*98/H3D	AS
2019	26	PHI	NL	157	682	573	98	149	36	1	35	114	15	3	99	178	.260	.372	.510	.882	126	292	10	6	0	4	11	*9/HD
2020	27	PHI	NL	58	244	190	41	51	9	2	13	33	8	2	49	43	.268	.420	.542	.962	158	103	5	2	1	2	8	*9D/8
2021	28	PHI	NL	141	599	488	101	151	42	1	35	84	13	3	100	134	.309	.429	.615	1.044	180	300	12	5	2	4	14	*9/D3	MVP-1,SS
2022	29	PHI	NL	30	128	116	23	31	10	1	6	19	5	1	8	32	.267	.320	.526	.846	143	61	5	2	0	2	0	*D/9
11 Yrs				1313	5610	4673	873	1304	280	23	273	771	116	40	841	1221	.279	.390	.524	.914	142	2449	98	38	12	46	103

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2011	19	LAA	AL	40	135	123	20	27	6	0	5	16	4	0	9	30	.220	.281	.390	.672	89	48	2	2	0	1	0	897/HD
2012	20	LAA	AL	139	639	559	129	182	27	8	30	83	49	5	67	139	.326	.399	.564	.963	168	315	7	6	0	7	4	*87/9H	AS,MVP-2,RoY-1,SS
2013	21	LAA	AL	157	716	589	109	190	39	9	27	97	33	7	110	136	.323	.432	.557	.988	179	328	8	9	0	8	10	*87/D	AS,MVP-2,SS
2014	22	LAA	AL	157	705	602	115	173	39	9	36	111	16	2	83	184	.287	.377	.561	.939	169	338	6	10	0	10	6	*8/D	AS,MVP-1,SS
2015	23	LAA	AL	159	682	575	104	172	32	6	41	90	11	7	92	158	.299	.402	.590	.991	176	339	11	10	0	5	14	*8/D	AS,MVP-2,SS
2016	24	LAA	AL	159	681	549	123	173	32	5	29	100	30	7	116	137	.315	.441	.550	.991	173	302	5	11	0	5	12	*8D/H	AS,MVP-1,SS
2017	25	LAA	AL	114	507	402	92	123	25	3	33	72	22	4	94	90	.306	.442	.629	1.071	186	253	8	7	0	4	15	8/D	AS,MVP-4
2018	26	LAA	AL	140	608	471	101	147	24	4	39	79	24	2	122	124	.312	.460	.628	1.088	198	296	5	10	0	4	25	*8D/H	AS,MVP-2,SS
2019	27	LAA	AL	134	600	470	110	137	27	2	45	104	11	2	110	120	.291	.438	.645	1.083	182	303	5	16	0	4	14	*8D/H	AS,MVP-1,SS
2020	28	LAA	AL	53	241	199	41	56	9	2	17	46	1	1	35	56	.281	.390	.603	.993	167	120	1	3	0	4	4	*8/D	MVP-5,SS
2021	29	LAA	AL	36	146	117	23	39	8	1	8	18	2	0	27	41	.333	.466	.624	1.090	195	73	0	2	0	0	5	8	AS
2022	30	LAA	AL	27	116	95	25	32	8	1	9	19	0	0	19	27	.337	.457	.726	1.183	248	69	1	2	0	0	1	*8/D
12 Yrs				1315	5776	4751	992	1451	276	50	319	835	203	37	884	1242	.305	.420	.586	1.006	177	2784	59	88	0	52	110

Trout has better hits and batting average, but the number of walks is almost even, so Harper still has a good On Base Percentage at .390, to Trout's .420, which is more or less the difference in Batting Average.

The injured seasons and pandemic-shortened season the last few years hit Trout harder, and they are now within two games played of each other.

If Trout cannot stay healthy, Harper may eventually catch up in production.

This season will be interesting to see how they both do.

So far Mike Trout is having much better hits and OBP, a handful more of home runs 30 games into 2022. Trout is well above is career average, and Harper is a little below his norm. .337 to .267, respectively.