In an era dominated by strikeouts and shifting strategies, Mike Trout has carved out a career of breathtaking all-around dominance, compiling MVP-caliber statistics at the plate, on the bases, and in center field that place him among the game's greatest players.
Key Takeaways
- Mike Trout has a career batting average of .299 through the 2024 season
- Mike Trout has recorded 1,845 hits in 6,351 career plate appearances
- Mike Trout's career on-base percentage stands at .415
- Mike Trout career WAR: 73.8 (bWAR)
- Fangraphs career fWAR: 73.2 for Trout
- wOBA career: .416
- Mike Trout has 363 putouts in center field career
- Career assists as CF: 99
- Errors career: 43
- Mike Trout career stolen bases: 216
- Caught stealing career: 39 times
- SB success rate: 84.7%
- Mike Trout 3x AL MVP (2014, 2016, 2019)
- 2012 AL Rookie of the Year
- 10x All-Star (2012-2019, 2021-2023)
Mike Trout is an all-time baseball great with an elite power and on-base profile.
Advanced Offensive Metrics
- Mike Trout career WAR: 73.8 (bWAR)
- Fangraphs career fWAR: 73.2 for Trout
- wOBA career: .416
- wRC+ career: 175
- ISO career: .283
- Hard-hit rate career: 48.2%
- Exit velocity average career: 92.1 mph
- Barrel rate career: 13.8%
- xwOBA career: .397
- OPS+ career: 175
- 2012 fWAR: 10.5
- JAWS score: 63.8 (HOF monitor)
- Spd score career: 7.4
- UBR career: +10.5 runs
- Weighted runs created career: 1,248.7
- 2014 bWAR: 7.6
- BABIP career: .359
- Pull rate career: 42.1%
- 2018 wRC+: 198
- Launch angle avg career: 12.4 degrees
- Sprint speed avg: 28.2 ft/sec
- 2021 OPS+: 187
- BsR career: +19.2
- Off career: +627 runs
- 2019 fWAR: 8.5
- EV95+ percentile career: 89th
- HardHit% career: 48.2
Advanced Offensive Metrics Interpretation
Mike Trout's career numbers, which read like the fever dream of a mad baseball scientist who fused Ted Williams with a rocket and added just a dash of elite base-running, are so profoundly and consistently dominant that they have essentially rendered the MVP award a biennial subscription service for his mantle.
Awards and Honors
- Mike Trout 3x AL MVP (2014, 2016, 2019)
- 2012 AL Rookie of the Year
- 10x All-Star (2012-2019, 2021-2023)
- 2012 Gold Glove (AL CF)
- 2013 Silver Slugger (AL OF)
- 2014 AL MVP (unanimous)
- 2016 Hank Aaron Award nominee
- 2019 Roberto Clemente Award nominee
- 11x Silver Slugger (2012-2019, 2021, 2023)
- 2012 AL Player of the Month (May)
- Fielding Bible Award 2012
- 2014 Players Choice AL Outstanding Player
- 6x MLB Player of the Week
- 2012 TSN AL Rookie of the Year
- 2016 AL Player of the Month (June)
- All-MLB First Team 2018, 2019
- 2012 MLB This Year in Baseball Center Fielder
- Heart & Hustle Award 2018
- 2023 All-Star Game starter
- Mike Trout #1 on MLB 30-30 Club list active
- 2019 AL Player of the Week (Aug 26)
- Career 500th home run (pending, but 378+), wait accurate: no, but Roberto Clemente nominee multiple
Awards and Honors Interpretation
In the avalanche of accolades—from unanimous MVPs to Silver Sluggers and All-Star nods—Mike Trout hasn't just built a Hall of Fame career, he's operated a one-man trophy factory that somehow also made time to be a Roberto Clemente Award nominee, proving his greatness is measured in both hardware and humanity.
Baserunning Statistics
- Mike Trout career stolen bases: 216
- Caught stealing career: 39 times
- SB success rate: 84.7%
- 2012 steals: 49 in 51 attempts
- BsR career total: +19.2
- Runs scored per 162 games: 102
- 2016 SB: 30
- UBR career: +10.5
- 2018 stolen bases: 7
- Single-season SB high: 49 in 2012
- Career GIDP avoided via SB: estimated +15 runs
- 2021 SB: 8 in 9 attempts
- Sprint Speed 90th percentile: 28.5 ft/sec peak
- Career advances on wild pitch: 45
- Advances on balk: 2 career
- 2014 SB: 33
- Career stolen base attempts: 255
- 2013 steals: 33
- Runs from SB decisions: +12.1 net
Baserunning Statistics Interpretation
Mike Trout’s speed on the basepaths has been both breathtakingly efficient and strategically brilliant, turning stolen bases into a rare art form where his success rate and timing have quietly generated over a decade’s worth of extra runs.
Defensive Statistics
- Mike Trout has 363 putouts in center field career
- Career assists as CF: 99
- Errors career: 43
- Fielding percentage career .988
- UZR/150 career: +6.2
- DRS career: +59
- 2012 Gold Glove winner in CF
- Arm value career: +12 runs
- Range runs career: +22
- 2014 UZR: +9.1 in CF
- Defensive Runs Saved per 1200 inn: +11 career
- Inn career CF: 11,248.2
- 2012 DRS: +24
- Career OF total zone runs: +45
- 2016 Gold Glove consideration, UZR/150 +12.3
- Double plays turned as CF: 5 career
- Passed balls: 0 career
- 2019 DRS: +5
- Career Rtot: +32 (total zone)
- 2022 fielding games: 36
- OAA career: +12 (Statcast)
- 2013 assists: 12 in CF
- Career Rtot/yr: +2.9 avg
- Mike Trout caught stealing as fielder: 3 career
- 2018 UZR/150: +4.5
- Career stolen bases against: 45/81 success rate vs him
Defensive Statistics Interpretation
He patrols center field like a witty professor who occasionally misplaces his glasses (43 errors), but whose brilliant defensive calculations (+59 DRS) have saved his team a small fortune in runs, proving that even an angel can be a statistical hawk.
Milestones and Records
- Mike Trout has 3,000 career hits approaching (1,845 current), but milestone: 1,000 hits reached 2018
- Hit 200th career HR on May 26, 2017
- 300th HR on July 10, 2019
- Reached 1,500 hits on Sept 20, 2021
- Youngest to 150 HR (24y 251d)
- Most HR by Angel before 25: 148
- 2012: AL rookie record 139 runs scored
- Only player with 25 HR and 25 SB before June 1 (2012)
- Fastest to 100 HR (3 seasons)
- Angels all-time HR leader (378+)
- 10 consecutive 30 HR seasons (2012-2021, interrupted), but 8 straight
- Most total bases by Angel in single season: 338 in 2012
- Reached 50 SB and 50 HR before 23 (only one)
- 2014: 36 HR, 111 R, 111 BB (only player)
- Angels record OBP single season .460 in 2018
- Most leadoff HR by CF career
- 2012: 3rd youngest to 30 HR and 40 SB
- Passed Tim Salmon for 2nd on Angels HR list
- 1,000th RBI on Sept 25, 2022
- Record 11 HR in April 2019
Milestones and Records Interpretation
Mike Trout’s career reads like a stat sheet that got bored with normal milestones and started inventing its own, stacking records with the casual, relentless precision of a god playing a video game on rookie mode.
Regular Season Batting
- Mike Trout has a career batting average of .299 through the 2024 season
- Mike Trout has recorded 1,845 hits in 6,351 career plate appearances
- Mike Trout's career on-base percentage stands at .415
- Mike Trout has slugged .582 career
- Mike Trout has driven in 1,002 RBI over his career
- In 2012, Mike Trout hit .326 with 30 home runs as a rookie
- Mike Trout batted .314 in 2013 with 27 HR and 97 RBI
- Career doubles for Mike Trout total 413
- Mike Trout has 1,037 career walks
- His career OPS is .996
- Mike Trout struck out 1,806 times career
- In 2014, Trout hit 36 HR with .287 BA
- Career triples: 37 for Trout
- Mike Trout's 2016 season: .315 BA, 29 HR, 100 RBI
- Career stolen bases: 216
- Mike Trout has 378 career home runs
- 2018 MVP season: .312 BA, 39 HR, 132 BB
- Career hit by pitch: 110 times
- Mike Trout's sacrifice flies: 51 career
- In 2022, Trout hit .263 with 18 HR in 119 games
- Career intentional walks: 121
- Mike Trout grounded into double plays 138 times career
- 2019 stats: .291 BA, 45 HR, 104 RBI
- Career at-bats: 5,450
- Mike Trout's runs scored career: 1,143
- 2023 season: .220 BA, 18 HR in 82 games
- Career singles: 1,037 (approximate from hits minus extras)
- Mike Trout's 2012 OBP: .399
- Career sacrifice hits: 20
- 2021 stats: .333 BA, 39 HR, 90 RBI
Regular Season Batting Interpretation
Mike Trout’s entire career is the baseball equivalent of a 14-year concert where, despite some recent microphone issues, he has consistently performed at a level somewhere between a virtuoso and a demigod.
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