Michael Nelson Trout, also popularly known as Mike Trout is an American baseball player. Let’s know more about the American baseball player.

Michael Nelson Trout, or simply Mike Trout is an outstanding American baseball center fielder. The man is considered to be one of the most versatile all-around baseball players coming from the early 21st century. Let’s get to know the man a little better.

Early Life and career so far

Born on August 7 in the year 1991 in Vineland, New Jersey, United States, Mike Trout was a star player at the Millville (New Jersey) High School. He was so good at baseball that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected him in the overall selection of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, in 2009. The player spent a short duration in the minor league, after which he was conferred with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in the year 2010 as the best player in the minors. In the year 2012, the player successfully made his full-season major league debut.

Next, he bagged a successful rookie season. This led to the American League; the runs scored were (129) and the stolen bases were (49). The batting average was .326. Additionally, his excellence in the advanced statistical categories made many observers call him the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2012. However, the player appeared second in the voting of MVP. Interestingly, despite all this, Mike Trout successfully won the AL Rookie of the Year award, thanks to a unanimous vote.

The second season too proved to be successful for Trout. He led the AL in runs once again (109). He drew a total of 110 bases-on-balls. All this led him to a .432 on-base percentage. However, this time too, his great accomplishments were not enough in the MVP voting. This led Trout to once again come second.

In the year 2014, he achieved a career-high of 36 home runs. He also bagged 111 runs and therefore led the league. Due to his sharp play, he finally got voted as the AL MVP of the season. The player also assisted the Angels to hit the postseason for the very first time in his entire career

In the year 2015, Trout was named to the All-Star Game. There he achieved the MVP honors for the second year. He thus became the very first player in the history of the game to win back-to-back All-Star MVP honors. A career-high of 41 home runs was achieved by Trout in that season.

In the year 2017, a torn thumb ligament made the player miss 39 games. Despite that, Trout managed to score 33 home runs along with 72 RBIs. In the very next year, the player scored 39 home runs. The AL’s best in that year was 122 walks. However, despite the outstanding play of Trout, the Angels still could not hit the mark.