Background Off the Field
Mike Trout
was born in 1991 in Vineland, New Jersey. However, he grew
up and made his name "The Millville Meteor" in Millville,
New Jersey. Trout grew up with two sibling, his sister Teal
and brother Tyler. Mike has always had his foot in baseball
with father, Jeff Trout, playing professional baseball for
four years for the Minnesota Twins. These days, Mike Trout
is currently 28 years old and spends his days in California
with his wife Jessica Trout. They are currently expecting a
daughter on the way and will Mike a first time father.
Trout was drafted staright
from high school in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft
by the Los Angeles Angels. However, he was not able to
show his talents on the big stage until July 8th 2011,
when he made his big league debut for the Angels, playing
center field. Ever since that day, Mike Trout as been the
most consistent and dominate player in the league. In his
first full rookie season (2012), Trout took the game by
storm showing off his power and speed with 30 home runs
and 49 stolen bases. He was able to earn his first of many
All Star selections and was awarded the American League
Rookie of the Year and earned himself his first Silver
Slugger Award as an outfielder. This was the start a
career that will be one for the record books.
First MVP 2014
The Beginning
First MVP 2014
Before 2014, Trout had been the
runner up for the American League Most Valuable Player
Award each full year of his career, however, his
consistent domination allowed him earn his trophy that
made for a player of his caliber. Trout played on a
completely different level than everyone else this
year. He was able to score 115 runs, hit 36 home runs,
drive in 111 runs batted in, and maintained a .287
batting average. This performance helped bring the
Angels to the postseason for the first time in his
career. however, they were defeated by the Kansas City
Royals in the first round.
2019 Season
2019 Season
Just like most of Trout's seasons,
domination has been a consistent theme in his work.
Trout played played 134 games and was on pace to have
an even more historic year than he's ever done before.
However, he was sidelined for the rest of the season
with foot injury. What's even more amazing, even with
a missing month of baseball in Trout's 2019 season, he
was still awarded his third MVP trophy for the year.
His posted insane numbers like 45 home runs, 110 runs
scored, 104 runs batted in, and maintained a batting
average of .294. Trout was also awarded his seventh
Silver Slugger Award and his eighth All Star
appearance.
