- Mike Trout
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Mike Trout 
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — No. 27 Outfielder Born: August 7, 1991
Millville, New JerseyBats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut July 8, 2011 for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Career statistics
(through 2011 Season)Batting average .220 Home runs 5 Runs batted in 16 Teams - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011–present)
Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991 in Millville, New Jersey) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball.
Trout was considered to be one of the top prospects in all of baseball and was named the second best overall prospect by Baseball America, during their midseason update in July 2010.[1] Prior to the 2011 season, Trout was ranked #1 by ESPN's Keith Law in his 2011 top 100 prospects list.[2] MLB's Jonathan Mayo also named Trout the #1 prospect in all of baseball during MLB Network's airing of MLB's Top 50 Prospects.[3]
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Professional career
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Trout was drafted by the Angels 25th overall in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.[4] He started his professional career in 2009 playing for the Arizona League Angels, hitting .360 with one home run, 25 runs batted in and 13 stolen bases in 164 at bats over 39 games. He finished the season playing for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, hitting .267 over 15 at bats in five games.
Before the 2010 season Trout was considered the Angels third best prospect and 85th in all of baseball by Baseball America.[5][6] He started the season playing for Cedar Rapids, where he hit .362 with six home runs, 39 runs batted in and 45 stolen bases in 82 games. For his play he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.[7] After the Futures Game, he was promoted to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.[8]
After ending the 2010 season with the Quakes, Trout was named 2010 J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the Topps/Minor League Player of the Year. At just 19 years and two months, Trout is the youngest player ever to win this award.[9] He was also named a Baseball America All Star as well as a Topps Class A All Star.[10]
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim called up Trout on July 8, 2011, to replace the injured Peter Bourjos in center field. He made his major league debut that night, going 0–3 with 2 flyouts and a groundout.[11]
Trout hit his first major league home run against Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mark Worrell on July 24, 2011.[12]
After spending time back in Double-A Arkansas, Trout was recalled back to play with the Angels on August 19, 2011. He went one for four that night, hitting a home run, the first for him at Angel Stadium.[13]
For the 2011 season, Trout was named Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year.[14][15] He was also named an outfielder on Baseball America's 2011 Minor League All Star team.[16]
References
- ^ "Midseason Updated Top 25 Prospects". Baseballamerica.com. July 9, 2010. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/2010/2610314.html. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Keith Law: Top 100 prospects of 2011 (Nos. 1–25) – ESPN". Insider.espn.go.com. February 1, 2011. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&page=LawTop100Prospects1-25. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Breaking down MLB.com's 2011 Top 50 Prospects list | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110124&content_id=16493480&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Rich Schultz/Associated Press. "Millville's Mike Trout picked 25th overall by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in Major League Baseball draft". Blog.nj.com. http://blog.nj.com/hssportsextra/2009/06/millvilles_mike_trout_picked_2.html. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Eddy, Matt (January 18, 2010). "Angels Top 10 Prospects". Baseballamerica.com. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2010/269388.html. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Baseball America Top 100 Prospects". Baseballamerica.com. February 23, 2010. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/2010/269554.html. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Angels' Trout a diamond in the rough". Sports.espn.go.com. July 11, 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5371199. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ July 13, 2010 (July 13, 2010). "Angels promote top prospect Mike Trout to Rancho Cucamonga". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/07/angels-promote-top-prospect-mike-trout-to-rancho-cucamonga.html. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ MiLB.com (October 27, 2010). "Trout named 2010 Spink Award winner | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Web.minorleaguebaseball.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101027&content_id=15862146&vkey=pr_milb&fext=.jsp. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Mike Trout Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights | MiLB.com Stats | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Web.minorleaguebaseball.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=LF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=545361. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Garretson, Jordan (July 8, 2011). "Trout makes highly anticipated Majors debut". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110708&content_id=21601772. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Box Score". Espn.go.com. July 24, 2011. http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310724101. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Box Score". Espn.go.com. August 19, 2011. http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=310819103. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin. "Angels FYI: Mike Trout is minor league player of the year". latimes.com. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0907-angels-fyi-20110907,0,4120530.story?track=rss. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Cooper, J.J. (September 7, 2011). "2011 Minor League Player Of The Year Mike Trout". Baseball America Inc. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/awards/player-of-the-year/2011/2612308.html. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ J.J. Cooper and Matt Eddy (September 16, 2011). "2011 Minor League All-Star Team". Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/awards/minor-league-all-stars/2011/2612338.html. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award 1981: Mike Marshall | 1982: Ron Kittle | 1983: Dwight Gooden | 1984: Mike Bielecki | 1985: Jose Canseco | 1986: Gregg Jefferies | 1987: Gregg Jefferies | 1988: Tom Gordon | 1989: Sandy Alomar, Jr. | 1990: Frank Thomas | 1991: Derek Bell | 1992: Tim Salmon | 1993: Manny Ramirez | 1994: Derek Jeter | 1995: Andruw Jones | 1996: Andruw Jones | 1997: Paul Konerko | 1998: Eric Chavez | 1999: Rick Ankiel | 2000: Jon Rauch | 2001: Josh Beckett | 2002: Rocco Baldelli | 2003: Joe Mauer | 2004: Jeff Francis | 2005: Delmon Young | 2006: Alex Gordon | 2007: Jay Bruce | 2008: Matt Wieters | 2009: Jason Heyward | 2010: Jeremy Hellickson | 2011: Mike TroutLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim first-round draft picks 1965: Spencer | 1966: Jim DeNeff | 1967: Nunn | 1968: Allen | 1969: Bannister | 1970: Dade | 1971: Tanana | 1972: Chalk | 1973: Taylor | 1974: Miley | 1975: Goodwin | 1976: Landreaux | 1977: Dotson | 1978: Brunansky | 1979: No first round pick | 1980: Rasmussen | 1981: Schofield | 1982: Kipper | 1983: Doran | 1984: Pappas | 1985: Fraser, Cook | 1986: Hernández, Stevens, Carr, Fetters, Green | 1987: Orton, Holdridge | 1988: J. Abbott | 1989: K. Abbott | 1990: No first round pick | 1991: Pérez, Fábregas | 1992: Janicki, Schmidt | 1993: Anderson | 1994: Christensen | 1995: Erstad | 1996: No first round pick | 1997: Glaus | 1998: Etherton | 1999: No first round pick | 2000: Torres, Bootcheck | 2001: Kotchman, Mathis | 2002: Saunders | 2003: Wood | 2004: Weaver | 2005: Bell | 2006: Conger | 2007: Bachanov | 2008: No first round pick | 2009: Grichuck, Trout, Skaggs, Richards, Kehrer | 2010: Cowart, Bredosian, Clarke, Lindsey, Bolden | 2011: CronLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim current roster Active roster 2 Erick Aybar | 5 Jeff Mathis | 6 Alberto Callaspo | 10 Vernon Wells | 13 Maicer Izturis | 16 Hank Conger | 18 Andrew Romine | 19 Efren Navarro | 21 Hisanori Takahashi | 22 Trevor Bell | 24 Dan Haren | 25 Peter Bourjos | 27 Mike Trout | 28 Alexi Amarista | 33 Chris Pettit | 36 Jered Weaver | 37 Scott Downs | 38 Bobby Cassevah | 40 Kevin Jepsen | 43 Garrett Richards | 44 Mark Trumbo | 46 Bobby Wilson | 47 Howard Kendrick | 48 Torii Hunter | 51 Jordan Walden | 52 Tyler Chatwood | 53 Bobby Abreu | 54 Ervin Santana | 55 Jeremy Moore | 57 Jerome Williams | 58 Michael Kohn | 59 Loek van Mil | 63 Rich Thompson | 64 Anthony Ortega | 68 Ysmael Carmona | -- Gil Velazquez
Inactive roster Disabled list 8 Kendrys Morales | 45 Francisco Rodríguez
Coaching Staff Manager 14 Mike Scioscia | Bench Coach 9 Rob Picciolo | 1st Base Coach 4 Alfredo Griffin | 3rd Base Coach 12 Dino Ebel | Hitting Coach 7 Mickey Hatcher | Pitching Coach 23 Mike Butcher | Bullpen Coach 61 Steve Soliz | Bullpen Catcher 60 Tom Gregorio
Categories:- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Millville, New Jersey
- Arizona League Angels players
- Cedar Rapids Kernels players
- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players
- Arkansas Travelers players
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players
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