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◆ ◆ Played in 500th career game Apr. 13, 2015…Since 1960, his 2019 Angels
378 runs scored rank fifth by a major leaguer in their first 500 fish wrap
career games, trailing Hanley Ramirez (392), Albert Pujols After winning his second MVP award in 2016, Trout
(389), Bobby Bonds (388) and Kenny Lofton (380)... Joined Joe became the third youngest player all-time to win
DiMaggio (467 R/120 HR), Ted Williams (458 R/108 HR), Chuck multiple MVP awards behind only Hal Newhouser
Klein (439 R/125 HR) and Albert Pujols (389 R/121 HR) as the and Johnny Bench. - STATS
only players since 1914 to score 375 runs and hit at least 95
home runs in their first 500 career games.
Stolen Bases
◆ ◆ Enters season 11 steals shy of 200 for career...Can become the second player in franchise history (Chone Figgins, 280
SB) to reach the 200-steal mark...Would become the first player in baseball history to tally 200 steals and 200 stolen
bases in their age-27 season or younger.
◆ ◆ Stole 150th career base May 14, 2017.
◆ ◆ Led the A.L. in stolen bases in 2012 (49), in walks in 2013 (110), 2016 (116) and 2018 (122), and RBI in 2014 (111)...First
player to have led his league in all three of those categories at any point during career.
◆ ◆ One of just three A.L. players with 75+ stolen bases before turning 22 (Rickey Henderson and Ty Cobb).
Speed and power
◆ ◆ According to STATS, at 25 years, 280 days (May 14, 2017), was 150 SB/600 RBI/700 R prior to age-27 season
the youngest player ever to amass 150 home runs and 150 Player SB/RBI/R Teams
stolen bases in a career, surpassing Alex Rodriguez’s previous Mike Trout 189/648/793 LAA
mark of 26 years, 54 days...Is just the second player in history Alex Rodriguez 160/872/885 SEA/TEX
to tally 200 home runs and 150 stolen bases before their age-
26 season: Alex Rodriguez. Vada Pinson 160/624/758 CIN
◆ ◆ Is the only player ever to amass three years of 25 HR/30 SB Ty Cobb 453/758/808 DET
(2012-13 & 2016) prior to their age-25 season...The three 25 Joe Kelley 298/684/801 BSN/PIT/BLN
HR/30 SB seasons are tied for the most all-time by a center George Davis 340/791/863 CLE/NYG
fielder: Willie Mays, Eric Davis and Carlos Beltran.
◆ ◆ Hit his 100th and 101st home runs of career on Apr. 17, 2015…
At 23 years and 253 days old, became youngest player ever to
reach the 100 HR/100 SB plateau (previously Alex Rodriguez at 23 years 309 days)…Joins Darin Erstad as only Angels
trout
to accomplish feat.
◆ ◆ According to STATS, is the second player in Major League history to reach 25+ home runs, 5+ triples and 10+ stolen
bases in five consecutive seasons (2012-16), joining Willie Mays (6 straight, 1955-60).
◆ ◆ Is the youngest player in MLB history to post back-to-back 20 HR/30 SB campaigns (2012-13)...Fastest player to
reach 50 HR/50 SB mark in American League history (266 games).
◆ ◆ Hit 75th home run of career June 14, 2014…According to ELIAS, he became the first player ever with at least 300
runs, 75 home runs and 75 steals in his first 400 games.
All-Star Game
◆ ◆ 2018 marked seventh career All-Star Game and was trout and ted
tabbed as a starter for the sixth consecutive season... After pacing the A.L. in walks and runs scored
Is just the seventh American Leaguer to start at least five in both 2013 and 2016, Trout became the first
All-Star games before turning 27, joining Joe DiMaggio (6), player since Ted Williams to lead his league in both
Mickey Mantle (6), Ivan Rodriguez (6), Rod Carew (5), Ken categories multiple times.
Griffey Jr. (5) and Al Kaline (5)...Wasn’t able to start 2017 ASG
due to injury.
◆ ◆ Set franchise record for most All-Star Game selections and joined Rod Carew (1979-84) as the only Halos to be selected
as a starter in six consecutive Midsummer Classics.
◆ ◆ Is 7-for-15 (.467) in six career All-Star Games with two doubles, one triple, two home runs, four RBI and three
walks…With 2018 homer, joined Willie Mays and Joe Morgan as the only players with a hit in each of their first
six All-Star Games…Is one of three American League players to have hit multiple All-Star Game home runs before
turning 27, joining Al Kaline and Mickey Mantle…Is one of four A.L. players to have at least five career extra-base
hits in the All-Star Game joining Ted Williams (7), Dave Winfield (5) and Cal Ripken Jr. (5).
MISC.
◆ ◆ Owns three 10+ WAR campaigns, the most by a player in declaration of war
their first seven full seasons in baseball history.
◆ ◆ Logged 1,000th career hit Aug. 7, 2017…Became the 10th Trout’s career 64.3 WAR is the highest by any
American League player ever with 1,000 hits prior to their player before their age-27 season. The Halo center
age-26 season: Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Alex Rodriguez, Robin fielder already has a higher career WAR than Hall
Yount, Jimmie Foxx, Buddy Lewis, Mickey Mantle, Ken of Famers Dave Winfield (64.2), Harmon Killebrew
Griffey Jr. and Stuffy McInnis. (60.4), Mike Piazza (59.6), Vlad Guerrero (59.4), and
◆ ◆ On May 21, 2013, became youngest player in A.L. history to Willie Stargell (57.5), among others.
hit for the cycle…Also was sixth Angel (7th occurrence) to
turn the trick and first since Chone Figgins, Sept. 16, 2006.

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