Mike Trout is a professional baseball player who plays for the Los Angeles Angels. He has been playing for the Angels since 2011 and has many career highlights that make him a distinguished and well-known personality in the world of baseball. His stats have been pretty strong, and he has been achieving great things for his team for over a decade now. Here, we take a look at Mike Trout’s background, age, net worth, height, weight, and much more.
Mike Trout’s Background
Mike Trout was born on August 7, 1991, in Vineland, New Jersey, to parents Debbie and Jeff Trout. His father also played baseball at the University of Delaware. Mike used to also play basketball, and his baseball position was shortstop.
During his years at Millville Senior High School, he had already distinguished himself as a talented player. His 18 home runs are the record for the high school. Though he started off as a pitcher and a shortstop, by the time he was in his senior year, Trout was positioned in the outfield.
His professional career began when the Los Angeles Angels selected him in the 2009 MLB draft.
The Los Angeles Angels are not a team in good standing. If you were to ask any MLB expert or sports commentator, or even a bookie, they would tell you that there’s not much hope for the team when it comes to overall standing or rankings.
For example, doing a quick search on an oddsmaker with dependable MLB lines tells us that the team ranks at #18 out of the 30 total teams for the MLB 2023 World Series win. That’s in the bottom half of the pit.
With odds of +10000, they are beaten by teams like the Boston Red Sox (+8500), Cleveland Guardians (+8000), and the New York Yankees (+7000).
But that’s no fault of Trout—Baseball is a team game, and if he’s done anything for the team, it’s been for the improvement of the team’s performance, as we can easily analyze by looking at the team stats.
In fact, Mike Trout has been instrumental in the team’s good matches since the very inception of his professional career. As per Baseball America, Trout was the 85th best in all of baseball in 2010.
His stats and achievements speak for themselves:
- He was the Rookie of the Year shortly after he began in 2012.
- He received the first American League MVP Award in 2014.
- His second MVP award followed in 2016.
- A third one was awarded to him in 2019.
- He has a batting average of .301 with 1,623 hits, 368 home runs, and 206 stolen bases.
- Trout has featured in a total of 11 All-Star games.
- He has 3 All-MLB First Team awards in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
- He also boasts of no less than 9 Silver Slugger Awards and 2 Hank Aaron awards.
Mike Trout’s Age and Net Worth
Mike Trout is 32 years old. His net worth is estimated to be roughly $140 million. His 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels includes a $35.5 million salary. He also earns from his brand endorsements of Nike, BodyArmor SuperDrink, Subway, Land Rover, and Topps, among others.
According to Forbes, the deal signed between Mike Trout and the Angles was the then-richest in the history of all North American sports. Today, the title is held by NFL player Patrick Mahomes.
Mike Trout’s net worth is still considered to be among the highest in the world of sports.
Mike Trout’s Height and Weight
Mike Trout is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 235 pounds. He has a large presence on the baseball field and is suitable to be a successful baseball player in all regards. His imposing and powerful presence on the centerfield is a formidable one.
Recent Performance & Injuries
Mike Trout has been fairly successful lately. His 300th career home run was hit off Houston Astros’ Brandon Bielak on September 5, 2020. He finished the season hitting .281/.390/.603 with 17 home runs, which was the 4th best in the American League (AL).
In 2021, he continued his impressive gameplay and scoring, hitting .333/.466/.624, but with only eight home runs this time. Unfortunately, his season was cut short on June 28 when he tore his calf muscle when jogging the bases.
He returned in the next season in 2022 and scored his 1,000th career run. This made him only the second player in Angels’ history to have scored 1,000 or more runs for the team. Injuries were not done with him, however.
He came out of his July 12 game with back spasms and went to the injury list for a few days. There, it was learned that he had a rare back disorder called costovertebral dysfunction. He soon returned to health and was off the injured list on August 19.
He finished the season with 40 home runs and hitting for .283/.369/.630.
The current 2023 season could have been better for Trout. His 300th career double was on April 15 against the Red Sox, making him the 4th player in MLB to have 300 or more career doubles, 200 stolen bases, and 300 career home runs by the age-31 season.
Unfortunately, Trout was placed on the injury list on July 4 when he fractured his left hamate.
