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Mike Trout American Baseball Center Fielder

Trout was born in Vineland, New Jersey on August 7, 1991, to Jeff and Debbie (née Busonic) Trout. He grew up in nearby Millville, New Jersey. Michael Nelson Trout is an American professional baseball center fielder for Major League Baseball (SLB) Los Angeles.

Trout is an 11-time MOSB All-Star, three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) (winning the award in 2014, 2016, and 2019, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018) and is a nine-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. He also captained the United States national team during the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He is often considered the best player of his generation and one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

The Angels selected Trout in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft. He made a brief major league appearance in 2011 before becoming a regular player for the Angels and unanimously winning the 2012 AL Rookie of the Year Award.

Trout’s athleticism on the field has received praise from both mainstream media and sabermetricians. Trout led the American League in wins above replacement (WAR) in each of his first five full seasons, and is the active leader in the statistic with 86 WAR.

Trout has led the American League in runs (2012–14, 2016) and on bases (2013, 2015–16, 2018) four times. As of March 2023, he leads all active major league players in career slugging percentage (.587), on-base percentage (.415), and OPS (1.002).

And ranks third in stolen base percentage (84.65%). In 2019, he signed a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the third-richest contract in the history of North American sports and the sixth in professional sports in general (and the second-largest contract at the time of signing).

He was the fifth-youngest MVP since Vladimir Guerrero in 2004, the 17th to win unanimously, and the third in Angels franchise history. On April 9, 2024, Trout hit a home run in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays, making him the fastest player in Angels franchise history to hit six home runs, doing so in eleven games. On April 30, Trout was diagnosed with a torn meniscus, which ruled him out of baseball activities indefinitely. On May 3, he underwent surgery to repair the meniscus.