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Mike Trout

Michael Nelson Trout (Millville Meteor) (twitter: @Trouty20)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 7, 1991 in Vineland, NJ
High School: Millville Senior HS (Millville, NJ)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed July 2, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 2011 (Age 19)
Team: Angels 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$510k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.070, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: LSW Baseball [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2011 19 LAA AL 40 135 123 20 27 6 0 5 16 4 0 9 30 .220 .281 .390 .672 89 48 2 2 0 1 0 897/D
2012 20 LAA AL 139 639 559 129 182 27 8 30 83 49 5 67 139 .326 .399 .564 .963 169 315 7 6 0 7 4 *87/9 AS,MVP-2,RoY-1,SS
2013 21 LAA AL 42 195 170 28 48 12 3 8 29 8 2 21 35 .282 .359 .529 .888 147 90 4 1 0 3 0 *87
3 Yrs 221 969 852 177 257 45 11 43 128 61 7 97 204 .302 .375 .532 .906 154 453 13 9 0 11 4
162 Game Avg. 162 710 625 130 188 33 8 32 94 45 5 71 150 .302 .375 .532 .906 154 332 10 7 0 8 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2011 19 LAA AL 40 135 -1 1 -0 2 -1 2 0.2 5 7 0.7 .504 .501 0.5 0.1 5 897/D
2012 20 LAA AL 139 639 54 10 1 21 -1 86 8.8 22 108 10.9 .563 .554 8.8 2.1 87 *87/9 AS,MVP-2,RoY-1,SS
2013 21 LAA AL 42 195 12 1 -1 -6 -0 6 0.7 6 12 1.3 .514 .504 1.9 -0.6 18 $510,000 *87
3 Seasons 221 969 65 12 1 17 -2 93 9.6 34 126 12.8 .543 .520 11.1 1.7 109 $510,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2011 19 LAA AL 135 99 14 3.8 92 .247 .220 .249 .281 .313 .390 .394 .672 .706 89 .410 -1.8 -0.2 .643 .276 .171 4.4
2012 20 LAA AL 639 396 138 9.4 93 .383 .326 .248 .399 .311 .564 .399 .963 .710 169 .786 54.4 5.3 1.111 .436 .238 37.2
2013 21 LAA AL 195 131 33 6.8 94 .308 .282 .247 .359 .313 .529 .401 .888 .714 147 .661 11.5 1.1 .922 .406 .247 8.0
3 Yrs 969 626 185 7.9 93 .347 .302 .248 .375 .312 .532 .399 .906 .710 154 .730 64.1 6.2 .997 .407 .230 50.4
162 Game Avg. 710 459 136 7.9 93 .347 .302 .248 .375 .312 .532 .399 .906 .710 154 .730 47 5 .997 .407 .230 37

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2012 LAA AL 20 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2011 19 LAA AL 135 3.7% 22.2% 6.7% 8.2% 41% 3.33 4.1 24.6 7.7 0.66 0.70 66% 14% 10.2% 13%
2012 20 LAA AL 639 4.7% 21.8% 10.5% 10.2% 36% 2.07 4.0 18.6 6.7 0.83 1.19 62% 19% 14.5% 10%
2013 21 LAA AL 195 4.1% 18.0% 10.8% 11.8% 48% 1.67 4.9 21.3 5.9 0.92 1.22 67% 19% 11.8% 6%
3 Yrs 969 4.4% 21.1% 10.0% 10.2% 39% 2.10 4.2 19.8 6.7 0.82 1.10 64% 18% 13.3% 9%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.3% 8.1% 7.6% 33% 2.39 4.6 34.6 8.3 0.83 1.10 68% 19% 7.8% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2011 19 LAA AL -1.8 -0.2 140 0.2 2.2 -1.9 .86 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.98 -0.6 0.58 3
2012 20 LAA AL 55.4 5.4 707 5.3 13.8 -8.5 .92 6.0 -0.2 53.9 5.4 0.95 63.2 0
2013 21 LAA AL 11.5 1.1 206 1.0 4.6 -3.7 1.13 1.4 -0.6 15.3 1.5 0.95 16.7 0
3 Yrs 65.0 6.3 1053 6.5 20.7 -14.1 .95 7.4 -0.6 69.3 6.9 0.95 79.2 0.58 3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2011 19 LAA AL 3 0 46% 52 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 46% 6 4 2 3 1 2 2 1 1
2012 20 LAA AL 7 0 44% 246 49 5 91% 43 4 6 1 0 0 5 0 12 2 4 2 4 18 65% 45 17 28 11 4 7 29 9 20
2013 21 LAA AL 3 0 32% 81 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 80% 7 2 5 3 0 3 5 0 4
3 Yrs 13 0 42% 379 61 7 90% 51 6 10 1 0 0 6 1 14 2 4 2 6 28 65% 58 23 35 17 5 12 36 10 25

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2011 19 LAA AL 135 39% 27 6 0 3 1 0 0 0.58 5 0 4 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 0% 22 2 9% 14 2 14% 82 13 16% 7 4 57% 6 3 50% 0
2012 20 LAA AL 639 27% 182 25 3 0 0 0 0 30 0 10 23 7 16 14 0 1 0 0% 87 7 8% 42 13 31% 306 55 18% 28 18 64% 16 7 44% 0
2013 21 LAA AL 195 21% 48 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 31 4 13% 17 6 35% 107 22 21% 9 7 78% 6 6 100% 0
3 Yrs 969 27% 257 39 3 3 1 0 0 0.58 43 1 18 31 12 23 20 0 2 0 0% 140 13 9% 73 21 29% 495 90 18% 44 29 66% 28 16 57% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2011 19 LAA AL 135 534 3.96 343 64% 38% 12% 23% 27% 62% 0% 40% 81% 2% 8% 11 0 17% 23 4 10% 14 8 27% 0 0 0
2012 20 LAA AL 639 2608 4.08 1616 62% 36% 13% 25% 26% 64% 1% 40% 80% 9% 6% 39 1 16% 100 35 11% 68 42 27% 0 0 0
2013 21 LAA AL 195 776 3.98 459 59% 35% 13% 22% 30% 65% 0% 38% 81% 13% 6% 11 0 19% 38 13 13% 26 13 29% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 969 3918 4.04 2418 62% 36% 13% 24% 27% 64% 1% 40% 80% 9% 6% 61 1 17% 161 52 11% 108 63 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 16% 27% 30% 72% 1% 46% 78% 27% 5% 14% 8% 24%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 19 40 135 123 20 27 6 0 5 16 4 0 9 30 .220 .281 .390 .672 89 48 2 2 0 1 0
2012 20 179 774 682 149 209 33 8 35 99 53 5 76 169 .306 .379 .532 .911 155 363 9 8 0 8 4
2013 21 221 969 852 177 257 45 11 43 128 61 7 97 204 .302 .375 .532 .906 154 453 13 9 0 11 4

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2011 19 40 138 125 23 29 6 0 5 18 4 10 30 .232 .297 .400 .697 15 40
2012 20 139 662 575 147 198 29 9 33 95 53 73 139 .344 .420 .598 1.018 143 139
2013 21 42 201 174 32 52 13 3 9 33 9 23 35 .299 .378 .563 .941 37 42
3 Yrs 221 1001 874 202 279 48 12 47 146 66 106 204 .319 .395 .563 .958 195 221
162 Game Avg. 162 734 641 148 205 35 9 34 107 48 78 150 .319 .395 .563 .958 143 221

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2012 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2012 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2012 AL (2, 72%)
0.72 Career Shares (335th)

Silver Sluggers
2012 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2012 AL  10.9 (1st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2012 AL  10.9 (1st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 AL  8.8 (1st)
2013 AL  1.9 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 AL  2.1 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2012 AL  .326 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2012 AL  .399 (3rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2012 AL  .564 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2012 AL  .963 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 AL  42 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
2013 AL  170 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2013 AL  195 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2012 AL  129 (1st)
2013 AL  28 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  182 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  315 (6th)
2013 AL  90 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
2013 AL  12 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (3rd)
2013 AL  3 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2013 AL  29 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 AL  21 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  49 (1st)
2013 AL  8 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 AL  171 (1st)
2013 AL  147 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2012 AL  138 (2nd)
2013 AL  33 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  55 (2nd)
2013 AL  11 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  5.4 (2nd)
2013 AL  1.1 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2013 AL  23 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2012 AL  255 (8th)
2013 AL  70 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2012 AL  .786 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 AL  7 (8th)
2013 AL  3 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
2012 AL  90.74 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL  37.2 (1st)
2013 AL  8.0 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
2013 AL  131 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 AL  53.85 (2nd)
2013 AL  15.26 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2012 AL  5.3 (1st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 AL  6.0 (2nd)
2013 AL  1.4 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2012 AL  5.4 (2nd)
2013 AL  1.5 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
2011 AL  born 1991-08-07 (1st)
2011 AL  born 1991-08-07 (1st)
2012 AL  born 1991-08-07 (4th)
2012 AL  born 1991-08-07 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (347), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 32 (759), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (931), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Center Field (210th), 11.6 career WAR/11.6 7yr-peak WAR/11.6 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Allen Craig (949)
  2. Ben Paschal (944)
  3. Fred Nicholson (919)
  4. Pete Scott (917)
  5. Len Koenecke (914)
  6. Roy Carlyle (913)
  7. George Puccinelli (913)
  8. Bill Howerton (912)
  9. Andy Dirks (909)
  10. John O'Rourke (908)
Similar Batters through 20 
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  1. Vada Pinson (955)
  2. Frank Robinson (947) *
  3. Mickey Mantle (944) *
  4. Tony Conigliaro (933)
  5. Orlando Cepeda (925) *
  6. Al Kaline (919) *
  7. Ted Williams (919) *
  8. Jimmie Foxx (906) *
  9. Ken Griffey (905)
  10. Jason Heyward (900)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Vada Pinson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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