Compare Bryce Harper and Manny Machado to Mike Trout to see who's great.

What? No fair! Mike Trout is the best player on the planet.

Yeah, that's why Trout should be the standard. Neither Harper or Machado need to be as good as Trout, just reasonably close. Trout played 40 games in 2011, Harper and Machado started in 2012. Data from baseball-reference.com

Bryce Harper Born: October 16, 1992 (Age: 26-034d), Debut: April 28, 2012 (Age 19-195d)

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	*89/7	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	*79/8	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	79/8
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	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	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	*98/3D	AS
7 Yrs				927	3957	3306	610	922	183	18	184	521	75	31	585	834	.279	.388	.512	.900	139	1693	66	23	9	34	70

Manny Machado Born: July 6, 1992 (Age: 26-136d), Debut: August 9, 2012 (Age 20-034d)

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	BAL	AL	51	202	191	24	50	8	3	7	26	2	0	9	38	.262	.294	.445	.739	98	85	6	0	1	1	0	5
2013	20	BAL	AL	156	710	667	88	189	51	3	14	71	6	7	29	113	.283	.314	.432	.746	102	288	15	2	9	3	0	*5	AS,MVP-9,GG
2014	21	BAL	AL	82	354	327	38	91	14	0	12	32	2	0	20	68	.278	.324	.431	.755	110	141	13	3	2	2	2	5
2015	22	BAL	AL	162	713	633	102	181	30	1	35	86	20	8	70	111	.286	.359	.502	.861	132	318	17	4	2	4	2	*5/6	AS,MVP-4,GG
2016	23	BAL	AL	157	696	640	105	188	40	1	37	96	0	3	48	120	.294	.343	.533	.876	130	341	14	3	0	5	9	*56	AS,MVP-5
2017	24	BAL	AL	156	690	630	81	163	33	1	33	95	9	4	50	115	.259	.310	.471	.782	108	297	17	1	0	9	3	*5
2018	25	TOT	MLB	162	709	632	84	188	35	3	37	107	14	2	70	104	.297	.367	.538	.905	146	340	26	2	0	5	18	*65	AS
2018	25	BAL	AL	96	413	365	48	115	21	1	24	65	8	1	45	51	.315	.387	.575	.963	164	210	14	0	0	3	12	6
2018	25	LAD	NL	66	296	267	36	73	14	2	13	42	6	1	25	53	.273	.338	.487	.825	122	130	12	2	0	2	6	65
7 Yrs				926	4074	3720	522	1050	211	12	175	513	53	24	296	669	.282	.335	.487	.822	121	1810	108	15	14	29	34

Mike Trout Born: August 7, 1991 (Age: 27-104d), Debut: July 8, 2011 (Age 19-335d)

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/D
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	*87/9	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	168	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	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	199	296	5	10	0	4	25	*8D	AS,MVP-2,SS
8 Yrs				1065	4673	3870	793	1187	224	44	240	648	189	34	693	998	.307	.416	.573	.990	175	2219	52	65	0	44	86

                                                                                                                                                                                
Black ink, leading your "league", is no contest:
Harper BB, only in his 2015 MVP season: Runs, HR, OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+
Machado 2B in 2013
Trout:
Runs 4
RBI
SB
BB 3
SO
OBP 3  last 3 seasons
SLG 2
OPS 3 last 2 seasons
OPS+ 5 last 4 seasons

2012-2018 Sorted by OPS+ minimum 3,500 PA:

Rk	Player	OPS+	HR	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Mike Trout	178	235	4538	2012	2018	20-26	1025	3747	773	1160	218	44	632	684	86	968	63	0	43	50	185	34	.310	.420	.579	1.000	*87/DH9	LAA
2	Joey Votto	158	150	4175	2012	2018	28-34	958	3338	561	1033	219	10	496	769	95	711	39	0	29	86	38	12	.309	.441	.516	.957	*3/HD	CIN
3	Miguel Cabrera	153	188	3910	2012	2018	29-35	913	3415	536	1079	210	4	651	444	86	644	21	0	30	134	9	4	.316	.395	.545	.940	*35/DH	DET
4	Paul Goldschmidt	146	201	4531	2012	2018	24-30	1044	3819	681	1143	258	18	684	635	103	1006	32	0	36	95	120	32	.299	.400	.534	.934	*3/HD	ARI
5	Giancarlo Stanton	146	249	3828	2012	2018	22-28	894	3319	554	896	185	5	626	453	67	1062	33	0	22	72	31	7	.270	.361	.554	.915	*9/D7H	MIA-NYY
6	Freddie Freeman	141	167	4352	2012	2018	22-28	1011	3761	615	1110	252	20	607	506	66	891	53	0	32	76	33	14	.295	.384	.506	.889	*3/5HD	ATL
7	Edwin Encarnacion	139	263	4381	2012	2018	29-35	1021	3732	621	994	181	5	764	559	40	739	44	0	43	112	32	6	.266	.365	.529	.894	*D3/5H7	TOR-CLE
8	Bryce Harper	139	184	3957	2012	2018	19-25	927	3306	610	922	183	18	521	585	70	834	23	9	34	66	75	31	.279	.388	.512	.900	*978/HD3	WSN
9	J.D. Martinez	139	189	3541	2012	2018	24-30	869	3189	473	936	192	15	571	304	33	884	16	0	30	100	22	10	.294	.355	.541	.896	*97D/H	HOU-DET-ARI-BOS
10	Josh Donaldson	138	181	3783	2012	2018	26-32	869	3260	555	901	192	12	547	455	16	718	36	5	27	77	34	6	.276	.368	.509	.878	*5/DH632	OAK-TOR-CLE
11	Andrew McCutchen	138	172	4687	2012	2018	25-31	1081	4027	642	1173	227	28	591	567	58	885	56	0	37	77	107	51	.291	.383	.490	.873	*89/H7D	PIT-NYY-SFG
12	Nelson Cruz	136	254	4334	2012	2018	31-37	1033	3865	569	1068	190	5	688	384	38	974	54	0	31	89	24	13	.276	.347	.525	.873	*D9/7H	TEX-BAL-SEA
13	Robinson Cano	134	167	4428	2012	2018	29-35	1025	4008	575	1207	248	6	612	358	69	588	38	0	24	130	23	13	.301	.362	.491	.853	*4/D3H56	NYY-SEA
14	Buster Posey	134	111	4063	2012	2018	25-31	984	3585	476	1104	218	7	547	402	53	474	30	0	46	114	20	7	.308	.378	.466	.844	*23/HD	SFG
15	Matt Carpenter	131	133	4296	2012	2018	26-32	1013	3625	653	997	263	25	485	574	37	814	46	10	40	31	19	16	.275	.377	.471	.849	*534/H97D	STL
16	Anthony Rizzo	131	190	4407	2012	2018	22-28	1012	3774	565	1036	225	14	626	489	58	688	114	0	30	81	50	30	.275	.372	.493	.864	*3/4H175	CHC
17	Jose Altuve	129	95	4676	2012	2018	22-28	1062	4264	619	1358	262	24	452	314	38	512	44	19	35	120	241	66	.318	.368	.458	.826	*4/DH6	HOU
18	Ryan Braun	129	161	3514	2012	2018	28-34	854	3155	490	904	183	20	522	303	46	671	30	0	22	100	108	35	.287	.352	.510	.863	*79/H3D8	MIL
19	Adrian Beltre	128	167	4087	2012	2018	33-39	974	3707	530	1133	206	10	594	305	47	513	34	0	41	88	7	2	.306	.360	.502	.862	*5D/H	TEX
20	Jose Bautista	125	188	3868	2012	2018	31-37	913	3215	567	775	163	4	537	580	23	733	38	1	34	100	38	16	.241	.360	.470	.830	*9/DH53784	TOR-PHI-ATL-NYM
21	Nolan Arenado	121	186	3695	2013	2018	22-27	876	3348	524	975	222	25	616	285	44	571	18	5	38	100	13	13	.291	.346	.539	.886	*5/HD	COL
22	Michael Brantley	121	77	3541	2012	2018	25-31	837	3195	432	967	211	12	449	287	29	346	21	4	33	72	91	19	.303	.361	.449	.809	*78/DH	CLE
23	Manny Machado	121	175	4074	2012	2018	19-25	926	3720	522	1050	211	12	513	296	34	669	15	14	29	108	53	24	.282	.335	.487	.822	*56	BAL-LAD
24	Justin Upton	121	195	4406	2012	2018	24-30	1053	3880	624	1020	201	14	601	454	22	1147	37	1	32	75	84	29	.263	.343	.473	.816	*79/HD8	ARI-ATL-SDP-DET-LAA
25	Matt Kemp	120	152	3631	2012	2018	27-33	900	3326	464	928	193	9	548	252	27	841	12	0	40	115	39	13	.279	.328	.480	.808	978/HD	LAD-SDP-ATL
Rk	Player	OPS+	HR	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm

1. Trout 178
2. Votto 158
8. Harper 139 maybe tied for 7
23. Machado 121 maybe tied for 21

2012-2018 Sorted by WAR minimum 3,500 PA:

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	OPS+	HR	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Mike Trout	63.8	178	235	4538	2012	2018	20-26	1025	3747	773	1160	218	44	632	684	86	968	63	0	43	50	185	34	.310	.420	.579	1.000	*87/DH9	LAA
2	Robinson Cano	39.8	134	167	4428	2012	2018	29-35	1025	4008	575	1207	248	6	612	358	69	588	38	0	24	130	23	13	.301	.362	.491	.853	*4/D3H56	NYY-SEA
3	Paul Goldschmidt	39.8	146	201	4531	2012	2018	24-30	1044	3819	681	1143	258	18	684	635	103	1006	32	0	36	95	120	32	.299	.400	.534	.934	*3/HD	ARI
4	Josh Donaldson	38.7	138	181	3783	2012	2018	26-32	869	3260	555	901	192	12	547	455	16	718	36	5	27	77	34	6	.276	.368	.509	.878	*5/DH632	OAK-TOR-CLE
5	Adrian Beltre	37.7	128	167	4087	2012	2018	33-39	974	3707	530	1133	206	10	594	305	47	513	34	0	41	88	7	2	.306	.360	.502	.862	*5D/H	TEX
6	Joey Votto	37.0	158	150	4175	2012	2018	28-34	958	3338	561	1033	219	10	496	769	95	711	39	0	29	86	38	12	.309	.441	.516	.957	*3/HD	CIN
7	Buster Posey	36.2	134	111	4063	2012	2018	25-31	984	3585	476	1104	218	7	547	402	53	474	30	0	46	114	20	7	.308	.378	.466	.844	*23/HD	SFG
8	Andrelton Simmons	34.9	93	60	3729	2012	2018	22-28	927	3438	390	924	162	23	356	233	14	333	20	10	28	118	55	22	.269	.316	.382	.698	*6/HD	ATL-LAA
9	Jose Altuve	34.5	129	95	4676	2012	2018	22-28	1062	4264	619	1358	262	24	452	314	38	512	44	19	35	120	241	66	.318	.368	.458	.826	*4/DH6	HOU
10	Manny Machado	33.8	121	175	4074	2012	2018	19-25	926	3720	522	1050	211	12	513	296	34	669	15	14	29	108	53	24	.282	.335	.487	.822	*56	BAL-LAD
11	Nolan Arenado	33.1	121	186	3695	2013	2018	22-27	876	3348	524	975	222	25	616	285	44	571	18	5	38	100	13	13	.291	.346	.539	.886	*5/HD	COL
12	Giancarlo Stanton	32.3	146	249	3828	2012	2018	22-28	894	3319	554	896	185	5	626	453	67	1062	33	0	22	72	31	7	.270	.361	.554	.915	*9/D7H	MIA-NYY
13	Freddie Freeman	31.7	141	167	4352	2012	2018	22-28	1011	3761	615	1110	252	20	607	506	66	891	53	0	32	76	33	14	.295	.384	.506	.889	*3/5HD	ATL
14	Andrew McCutchen	30.4	138	172	4687	2012	2018	25-31	1081	4027	642	1173	227	28	591	567	58	885	56	0	37	77	107	51	.291	.383	.490	.873	*89/H7D	PIT-NYY-SFG
15	Ian Kinsler	29.7	103	124	4572	2012	2018	30-36	1028	4164	657	1117	228	25	492	323	3	573	50	7	28	81	105	48	.268	.326	.424	.751	*4/DH5	TEX-DET-BOS-LAA
16	Miguel Cabrera	29.3	153	188	3910	2012	2018	29-35	913	3415	536	1079	210	4	651	444	86	644	21	0	30	134	9	4	.316	.395	.545	.940	*35/DH	DET
17	Anthony Rizzo	29.2	131	190	4407	2012	2018	22-28	1012	3774	565	1036	225	14	626	489	58	688	114	0	30	81	50	30	.275	.372	.493	.864	*3/4H175	CHC
18	Bryce Harper	27.4	139	184	3957	2012	2018	19-25	927	3306	610	922	183	18	521	585	70	834	23	9	34	66	75	31	.279	.388	.512	.900	*978/HD3	WSN
19	Kyle Seager	27.0	114	172	4642	2012	2018	24-30	1102	4180	520	1077	236	12	590	385	30	804	46	3	28	80	42	23	.258	.325	.443	.768	*5/4HD6	SEA
20	Jason Heyward	26.6	100	91	3912	2012	2018	22-28	960	3491	500	923	176	23	403	366	11	633	28	6	15	53	82	28	.264	.338	.406	.744	*9/8H	ATL-STL-CHC
21	Matt Carpenter	26.1	131	133	4296	2012	2018	26-32	1013	3625	653	997	263	25	485	574	37	814	46	10	40	31	19	16	.275	.377	.471	.849	*534/H97D	STL
22	Edwin Encarnacion	25.7	139	263	4381	2012	2018	29-35	1021	3732	621	994	181	5	764	559	40	739	44	0	43	112	32	6	.266	.365	.529	.894	*D3/5H7	TOR-CLE
23	Dustin Pedroia	25.3	110	65	3555	2012	2018	28-34	791	3186	442	941	188	7	380	322	13	383	13	5	29	88	56	26	.295	.359	.420	.779	*4/DH	BOS
24	Ben Zobrist	25.3	115	94	4202	2012	2018	31-37	1000	3622	543	985	224	25	437	511	27	547	20	12	37	85	49	31	.272	.362	.425	.787	*4976/HD385	TBR-OAK-KCR-CHC

1. Trout 63.8

2. Cano 39.8

10. Machado 33.8

27. Harper 27.4

2012-2018 most Home Runs:

Rk	Player	HR	OPS+	WAR/pos	AB	From	To	Age	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Edwin Encarnacion	263	139	25.7	3732	2012	2018	29-35	1021	4381	621	994	181	5	764	559	40	739	44	0	43	112	32	6	.266	.365	.529	.894	*D3/5H7	TOR-CLE
2	Nelson Cruz	254	136	24.3	3865	2012	2018	31-37	1033	4334	569	1068	190	5	688	384	38	974	54	0	31	89	24	13	.276	.347	.525	.873	*D9/7H	TEX-BAL-SEA
3	Giancarlo Stanton	249	146	32.3	3319	2012	2018	22-28	894	3828	554	896	185	5	626	453	67	1062	33	0	22	72	31	7	.270	.361	.554	.915	*9/D7H	MIA-NYY
4	Chris Davis	239	116	15.6	3614	2012	2018	26-32	999	4141	547	846	157	2	606	443	42	1355	52	1	31	38	14	9	.234	.324	.477	.801	*3D/957H1	BAL
5	Mike Trout	235	178	63.8	3747	2012	2018	20-26	1025	4538	773	1160	218	44	632	684	86	968	63	0	43	50	185	34	.310	.420	.579	1.000	*87/DH9	LAA
6	Paul Goldschmidt	201	146	39.8	3819	2012	2018	24-30	1044	4531	681	1143	258	18	684	635	103	1006	32	0	36	95	120	32	.299	.400	.534	.934	*3/HD	ARI
7	Justin Upton	195	121	23.7	3880	2012	2018	24-30	1053	4406	624	1020	201	14	601	454	22	1147	37	1	32	75	84	29	.263	.343	.473	.816	*79/HD8	ARI-ATL-SDP-DET-LAA
8	Khris Davis	193	126	12.1	2726	2013	2018	25-30	775	3058	425	676	143	8	497	261	7	814	42	0	29	81	18	5	.248	.320	.519	.839	*7D/H	MIL-OAK
9	Adam Jones	191	111	21.1	4287	2012	2018	26-32	1062	4569	587	1197	211	10	587	192	12	818	58	2	30	114	51	14	.279	.317	.467	.784	*8/9DH7	BAL
10	Anthony Rizzo	190	131	29.2	3774	2012	2018	22-28	1012	4407	565	1036	225	14	626	489	58	688	114	0	30	81	50	30	.275	.372	.493	.864	*3/4H175	CHC
11	J.D. Martinez	189	139	20.0	3189	2012	2018	24-30	869	3541	473	936	192	15	571	304	33	884	16	0	30	100	22	10	.294	.355	.541	.896	*97D/H	HOU-DET-ARI-BOS
12	Mark Trumbo	189	108	6.6	3502	2012	2018	26-32	928	3799	464	875	148	10	537	271	14	964	11	0	15	87	14	10	.250	.305	.460	.764	D937/H5	LAA-ARI-SEA-BAL
13	Jose Bautista	188	125	20.4	3215	2012	2018	31-37	913	3868	567	775	163	4	537	580	23	733	38	1	34	100	38	16	.241	.360	.470	.830	*9/DH53784	TOR-PHI-ATL-NYM
14	Miguel Cabrera	188	153	29.3	3415	2012	2018	29-35	913	3910	536	1079	210	4	651	444	86	644	21	0	30	134	9	4	.316	.395	.545	.940	*35/DH	DET
15	Albert Pujols	188	113	13.3	3884	2012	2018	32-38	987	4253	482	1009	184	1	653	304	59	507	27	0	38	142	27	6	.260	.315	.453	.768	*D3/5H	LAA
16	Todd Frazier	187	109	22.8	3641	2012	2018	26-32	1012	4117	505	881	178	12	542	377	11	904	57	4	38	82	70	35	.242	.320	.452	.771	*5/3HD79	CIN-NYY-CHW-NYM
17	Nolan Arenado	186	121	33.1	3348	2013	2018	22-27	876	3695	524	975	222	25	616	285	44	571	18	5	38	100	13	13	.291	.346	.539	.886	*5/HD	COL
18	Jay Bruce	186	108	10.0	3672	2012	2018	25-31	996	4091	508	890	208	20	598	369	48	974	15	1	33	60	44	20	.242	.312	.462	.773	*9/3HD8	CIN-CLE-NYM
19	Bryce Harper	184	139	27.4	3306	2012	2018	19-25	927	3957	610	922	183	18	521	585	70	834	23	9	34	66	75	31	.279	.388	.512	.900	*978/HD3	WSN
20	Josh Donaldson	181	138	38.7	3260	2012	2018	26-32	869	3783	555	901	192	12	547	455	16	718	36	5	27	77	34	6	.276	.368	.509	.878	*5/DH632	OAK-TOR-CLE
21	Manny Machado	175	121	33.8	3720	2012	2018	19-25	926	4074	522	1050	211	12	513	296	34	669	15	14	29	108	53	24	.282	.335	.487	.822	*56	BAL-LAD

1. Encarnacion 263

5. Trout 235

19. Harper 184

21. Machado 175