You are
purchasing a 2022 Topps Chrome Silver Pack card #T87C2-47 serial numbered 35/50
of MLB superstar Mike Trout. This card is
in the style of 1987 Topps and is glossy to the touch. There is a gold border around the card with
the Los Angeles Angels logo pictured on the top left of the card. The card is in hi-resolution photography
showing Mike Trout attempting to catch a possible infield ground out. You will also receive a 2022 Topps Silver
Pack card #T87C-50 that shows Mike Trout catching a fly-out and a 2022 Topps
card #27 of Mike Trout. Following
an initial stint with the Angels in 2011, Trout had a breakout season in 2012,
unanimously winning the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award, winning
a Silver Slugger Award, and finishing runner-up to Miguel Cabrera in the AL
Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award voting. He also led the league in several
statistical categories, including runs scored, stolen bases with 49, and wins
above replacement (WAR) with a 10.9 mark (according to Baseball-Reference.com).
Trout continued his outstanding play in 2013, finishing with a league-leading
9.2 WAR, another Silver Slugger Award, and another second-place finish for AL
MVP. In 2014, he won his first AL MVP Award after again leading the league in
WAR and runs scored, while also leading in runs batted in (RBI) and hitting a
career-high 36 home runs. These cards are a must have for any MLB Prominent or
dominant star, Mike Trout, The Millville Meteor, or any potential HOF
collector/fan/investor!
Michael "Mike" Nelson
Trout (born August 7, 1991), nicknamed
"The Millville Meteor", is an American professional baseball
outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball
(MLB). Following an initial stint with the Angels in 2011, Trout had a breakout
season in 2012, unanimously winning the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year
Award, winning a Silver Slugger Award, and finishing runner-up to Miguel
Cabrera in the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award voting. He also led the
league in several statistical categories, including runs scored, stolen bases
with 49, and wins above replacement (WAR) with a 10.9 mark (according to
Baseball-Reference.com). Trout continued his outstanding play in 2013,
finishing with a league-leading 9.2 WAR, another Silver Slugger Award, and
another second-place finish for AL MVP. In 2014, he won his first AL MVP Award
after again leading the league in WAR and runs scored, while also leading in
runs batted in (RBI) and hitting a career-high 36 home runs.
Trout was named the second-best
overall baseball prospect by Baseball America in July 2010.
Prior to the 2011 season, Trout was ranked number one by ESPN's Keith Law in
his 2011 top 100 prospects list. MLB's Jonathan Mayo also named Trout the
number-one prospect in baseball during MLB Network's airing of MLB's Top 50
Prospects.
His father, Jeff Trout, was a
fifth-round draft pick by the Minnesota Twins in 1983. Trout began playing
baseball in Little League. Trout's main position as a little leaguer was the
shortstop position. He wore #2 in honor of his childhood hero, New York Yankees
shortstop Derek Jeter. He would switch to #1 in high school.
Trout attended Millville Senior High
School in Millville, New Jersey. In his junior year, he threw a no-hitter
against Egg Harbor Township. The Thunderbolts made it to the state playoffs and
were defeated by Cherry Hill High School East. Initially a pitcher and
shortstop, he was shifted to the outfield during his senior year. That year, he
hit 18 home runs, a New Jersey high school record.
He committed to East Carolina
University on a baseball scholarship. Though scouted by MLB teams, he was at
the time passed over by teams in the draft since players from New Jersey
typically do not play baseball throughout the year as they do in warmer states
such as California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, or Arizona.
Trout was drafted by the Angels,
using their compensation pick from the New York Yankees for signing Mark
Teixeira, 25th overall in the 2009 MLB Draft. He started his professional
career in 2009 playing for the Arizona Angels of the rookie-level Arizona League,
hitting .360/.418/.506 with one home run, 25 runs batted in and 13 stolen bases
in 187 plate appearances over 39 games. He finished the season playing for the
Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Class A Midwest League, hitting .267/.421/.267 over
20 plate appearances in five games.
Before the 2010 season, Trout was
considered the Angels' third best prospect and 85th in all of baseball by Baseball
America. He started the season playing for Cedar Rapids, where he hit
.362/.454/.526 with six home runs, 39 runs batted in, and 45 stolen bases in 82
games. He was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game. After the Futures
game, he was promoted to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced
California League.
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, he was the youngest
player to win this award. He was also named a Baseball America All-Star
as well as a Topps Class A All-Star.
Trout started the 2011 season with
the Arkansas Travelers of the Class AA Texas League. The Los Angeles Angels of
Anaheim called him up on July 8, 2011, to replace the injured Peter Bourjos in
center field. He made his major league debut that night, going 0 for 3 with 2
flyouts and a groundout. In his next game, Trout recorded his first career
major league hit, an infield single against Seattle Mariners pitcher Michael
Pineda in the bottom of the third inning. He hit his first major league home
run against Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mark Worrell on July 24.
After spending time back in Double-A
Arkansas, Trout was recalled by the Angels on August 19, 2011. He went one for
four that night, hitting a home run, the first for him at Angel Stadium. On
August 30, Trout recorded his first multi-homer game against the Mariners. He
homered off of pitcher Anthony Vazquez twice in the game, in the top of the
second and the top of the fourth inning.
For the 2011 season, of the 13 votes
cast for the USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award,
Trout received the 2 votes allocated to the fan poll. He was named Baseball
America Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .326/.414/.544
with 11 home runs, 38 RBIs, 82 runs scored and 33 stolen bases in 91 games. He
was also named an outfielder on Baseball America's 2011 Minor
League All Star team. He is also the youngest Angel to hit two home runs in one
game.
Trout began the 2012 season with the
Salt Lake Bees of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. On April 28, he was again
brought up from the minors to replace Bobby Abreu (who was batting .208 in 24
at-bats). At that time, Trout's batting average was .401, on-base percentage
.487, and slugging percentage .723 in 20 games with Salt Lake.
Trout recorded his first career
four-hit game on June 4, and 15 days later, Trout had his second career
four-hit game. In the process, he scored all four times and two of his four
hits went for doubles. Trout, along with Angels right fielder Torii Hunter, was
named American League co-players of the week from June 4–10. During that
stretch, Trout went 13-for-25 for a .520 batting average to go along with 10
runs scored and four stolen bases. Against the Baltimore Orioles on June 27
Trout had his third career 4-hit game in the same month. In the same game, he
showed off his defensive skills when he robbed Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy of
a home run as he leaped up in the center field wall to make a spectacular
catch, robbing Hardy of a home run in the bottom of the first inning. Angels
pitcher Jered Weaver said,"One of the best plays I have seen behind me.
Obviously very uplifting, and I played off of that. The offense did the
rest."
Trout broke both an Angels'
franchise and American League rookie record when he crossed home plate in 14
consecutive games when he scored a run in a game on July 22. In July 2012 Trout
played in his first All-Star Game. Trout's 26 stolen bases tied Jerry Remy for
the team's rookie record for most stolen bases by the All-Star Break. He
singled off of then-New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey in the bottom of the 6th
inning and drew a base on balls against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman
in the bottom of the 7th inning. Trout was named AL Player of the Month and AL
Rookie of the Month for June. He batted .372 with three home runs and 16 RBIs.
In addition, he stole 14 bases and scored 27 runs in 26 games. Angels manager
Mike Scioscia explained Trout's impact by saying,"It's a pleasant surprise
only with the fact that you see very few guys come up and do this much. Is it
surprising that Mike Trout's talent is able to produce what's happening on the
field? No, that's not a surprise. He's an extraordinary talent." He became
the first American League player to win both AL Rookie of the Month and AL
Player of the Month when he accomplished this for the month of July. Trout's 34
runs scored in July tied the Major League rookie record with Hal Trosky in
1934. He had a .392 batting average, 10 home runs, and 23 runs batted in. In
addition, Trout continued to show his speed by stealing nine bases and scoring
32 runs in July. Trout also became the first rookie to drive in at least 55
runs and score 80 runs in 81 games since Joe DiMaggio in 1936."
Against the White Sox on August 4,
Trout made another highlight catch, this time, robbing second basemen Gordon
Beckham of a 2nd-inning home run. White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski told
reporters after the game that Trout "makes those catches in the outfield
look so good.".
On August 21, Trout went 2-for-4 in
a victory over the Red Sox, raising his batting average to .344. With the .344
average, Trout set the rookie record for having the highest batting average
through 100 games. The previous record holder was Cleveland Indians first
basemen, Hal Trosky, who batted .342 through his first 100 games in 1934. Trout
finished the month of August with a .284 batting average, with seven home runs,
19 runs batted in, stole 11 bases, and had an .866 OPS. Despite the fact that
his numbers for the month tailed off, it was still good enough for Trout to be
named AL Rookie of the Month for August, the fourth time he's won the honor. In
winning the award for the fourth time, Trout became the first American League
rookie since Ichiro Suzuki in 2001 to win Rookie of the Month four times during
a single-season.
Trout became the youngest player
ever to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 40 bases in a season.
Former Houston Astros center-fielder César Cedeño previously was the youngest
player to accomplish the feat back in 1972. He also became the youngest hitter
ever to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 30 bases in a season.
Trout scored his 100th run of the season on August 26, becoming the second
Angels rookie to score at least 100 runs in a season after Devon White. Trout
set a new Angels record for runs scored in a rookie season, passing White.
Trout scored three runs that game, the tenth time in the 2012 season where he
scored three or more runs in one game, the most since Sammy Sosa's 11 games in
2001.
On September 9, in a game against
the Detroit Tigers, Trout became the first player in baseball history under the
age of 22 to hit a leadoff home run in back-to-back games. On September 21,
Trout became the first rookie to score 120 or more runs since Ichiro Suzuki and
the fourth rookie to accomplish that feat since 1964. Trout continued to make
history in his rookie season. On September 30, he became the youngest first
rookie in Major League Baseball history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
in the same season when he belted a 7th-inning home run off of Texas Rangers
pitcher Yu Darvish, helping the Angels win the game by a score of 5-4. On
October 1, Trout became the first rookie since Troy Tulowitzki in 2007, to have
five four-hit games. With his great season, Trout earned praise from Mariners
manager Eric Wedge when he said, "He's one of the best young hitters I've
ever seen, arguably one of the best young players of all time. He is short to
the ball with a lot of power and strength, the quickness he has out of the box
and basepaths, the way he is able to track the ball down along with a pretty
good arm and very athletic. He is an unbelievable young baseball player right
now."
Trout became the first player in MLB
history to hit 30 homers, steal 45 bases and score 125 runs in one season. Trout
set the Angels' club record for most runs scored in a season, surpassing
Vladimir Guerrero. He also set the Angels rookie record for most hits in a
season with 173, passing Wally Joyner. Trout became the first rookie ever to
hit 30 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season. In addition, Trout
finished second in the AL in batting average (.326), third in slugging
percentage (.564), third in on-base percentage (.399), second in OPS (.963),
9th in hits (182), and first in OPS + (171). At age 21, he became the youngest
player to join the 30–30 club. He became the first Angels player to lead the
league in stolen bases since Chone Figgins did it in 2005 with 49 stolen bases.
In addition, Trout become the first position player to have a wins above replacement(WAR)
above 10.0, at 10.7, 2.5 better than second place finisher, Robinson Cano of
the Yankees. Trout became the first position player to have a WAR above 10.0
since Barry Bonds did it for the San Francisco Giants in 2004.
Trout's 10.7 WAR was the fourth
highest achieved by a player who was 25 years or younger. The other three
players to post higher WARs than Trout were Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mickey
Mantle. Trout joined Ted Williams, Mel Ott, and Alex Rodriguez as the only
players to hit at least .320 with 30 home runs in their age-20 season and only
Tigers Hall of Famer Ty Cobb has stolen more than 40 bases at a younger age.
Trout led the Angels in batting
average, runs scored, hits (182), triples, stolen bases, total bases (315),
base on balls, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and
on-base plus slugging despite playing in just 139 games. He was tied for second
place on the team in home runs (tied with Pujols) behind Mark Trumbo and was
fourth in runs batted in.
On November 12, 2012 Trout won the
BBWAA Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award, getting 28 of 28 first place
votes, becoming the first Angels player to win the award since Tim Salmon did
it in 1993 and the youngest rookie to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award. In winning
the award in a unanimous vote, Trout became just the 18th Rookie of the Year
winner to win the award unanimously. On November 13, Trout won the Heart and
Hustle Award, for showing passions to the game, and best embodies values,
spirits and traditions to baseball. On November 15, Trout finished second in
the AL MVP voting, with six of twenty-eight first place votes, behind Miguel
Cabrera, who received the other twenty-two. Trout was one of three outfielders
in the American League to win the Silver Slugger for being the best offensive
players at their position; the others were then-Ranger Josh Hamilton and Josh
Willingham of the Minnesota Twins. He also won a Fielding Bible Award as the
best fielding center fielder in MLB.
During a game on April 20 against
the Detroit Tigers, Trout hit his first career grand slam off of pitcher Rick
Porcello, capping a 10-run inning for the Angels, their most productive inning
in almost 18 years. On May 21, 2013 Trout became the youngest player to hit for
the cycle in American League history and sixth youngest in Major League
history, doing so at home against the Seattle Mariners. By doing so, he also
became the first player born in the 1990s to accomplish the feat and the first
to achieve the feat in a game with 5+ RBI and 1+ SB since Tony Lazzeri of the
New York Yankees in 1932. On May 30, Angels manager Mike Scioscia made news
that when he said that Trout would be returning to left field after Peter
Bourjos returns from the disabled list. Trout's play has improved since he
moved from left field to center field after Bourjos went down. In 98 plate
appearances as a left fielder, Trout's numbers were down from his 2012 numbers,
at a .247 average, .327 on-base percentage, and a .412 slugging percentage. As
a center fielder, in 147 plate appearances, Trout batted .331 and got on base
at a .401 clip, and posted a .654 slugging percentage. Scioscia believed that
Trout's numbers as a center fielder had to do with his batting-order position
and hype subsiding.
After starting off the season
slowly, in which he hit .261 with 2 home runs and 16 RBIs, Trout has regained
his rookie year form. During May, Trout batted .327, belted 8 home runs, drove
in 21 runs, and scored 27 runs. Trout stated that the reason to why he was
struggling early in the season was because he was chasing pitches out of the
strike zone and pressing too much on himself.
As of June 5, Trout had a .298
batting average, with 10 home runs and 38 runs batted in. On June 8, with
shortstop Erick Aybar struggling at the leadoff spot-.266 average, .280
on-base-percentage- Trout was moved to the leadoff spot, which marked the first
time that Trout has hit in the leadoff spot since April 14. In his first game
batting leadoff since mid-April, Trout went 3 for 5, with two doubles, a run
batted in, scored two runs, had a base on balls, and stole a base, helping the
Angels win the game over the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a
double-header. In his last three games since becoming a leadoff hitter again,
Trout has recorded a pair of 3-hit games and in each games, he has also hit for
2 doubles and is batting .500 during the three games.
Trout moved back to left field after
Bourjos returned to the Angels lineup on June 10. In his 249th career game, he
scored his 200th career run, becoming the fastest player to accomplish this
since Ted Williams (225 games) and Barney McCosky (236 games) did it in 1940.
Trout represented the Angels in the
2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. He was the leading vote-getting among
all AL outfielders and the first Angels position player to start in the
All-Star Game since Vladimir Guerrero in 2007. In the month of
July, Trout led all of baseball with an on-base percentage of .475 and on-base
plus slugging of 1.108. In addition, he was the only player in the American
League to reach base in every game in the month and he became the first Angels
player to have two consecutive streaks of reaching base in at least 33 games.
Trout continued his strong play in August, batting .337 with 6 home runs and an
on-base percentage of .500. As in 2012, Trout's play declined somewhat in
September, as he batted .281 with 4 home runs and 4 stolen bases.
According to Baseball-Reference,
Trout finished the 2013 season with 9.2 WAR, again the highest in baseball. Notably,
Trout's walk rate increased from 10.5% in 2012 to 15.4% in 2013. Trout's 110
bases on balls led the American League. Echoing the 2012 season, Miguel Cabrera
won the 2013 AL MVP with twenty-three first-place votes, while Trout finished
second with five
On March 28, 2014, the Angels
announced they had signed Trout to a 6-year, $144.5 million extension.
On May 15, Trout hit his first
career walk-off home run in a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. On July 15,
Trout appeared in his third All-Star Game at Target Field in Minnesota. He went
2 for 3, with a double, a triple, and two RBIs. He was named the Most Valuable
Player of the game, making him the second-youngest All-Star Game MVP behind Ken
Griffey, Jr. in 1992. Trout is having a career year in 2014, setting new
career-bests in runs batted in (110) and home runs (35) respectively. These
numbers, coupled with the Angel's success, lead many to believe Trout will win
the Most Valuable Player award. In 157 games of the 2014 season, Trout batted
.287 with 36 home runs, 39 doubles, 9 triples, an AL-leading 111 RBI, 16 stolen
bases and scored an MLB-leading 115 runs.
In Game 3 of the 2014 American
League Division Series against the Kansas City Royals, Trout hit his first
career postseason home run as the team lost to the Royals in a 3-game sweep of
the series.
On November 13, 2014, Trout was
unanimously named the AL MVP. He is second player in MLB history to win both
the AL MVP and the All-Star Game MVP in the same season, joining Cal Ripken,
Jr. who won both awards in 1991.
On April 17, 2015, Trout became the
youngest player in MLB history to reach 100 home runs and 100 stolen bases. He
was 23 years and 253 days old when he reached the milestone, passing the
previous record-holder, Alex Rodriguez, who had achieved it at the age of 23
years and 309 days in 1999. Trout led off the 2015 MLB All-Star Game with a
home run, becoming the fourth player in All-Star Game history to do so. For the
second year in a row, Trout won the All-Star Game MVP Award, becoming the first
player ever to win it in consecutive years. On September 22, Trout hit his 40th
home run, becoming only the second Angels player to hit 40 home runs in a
season. Trout led the AL in WAR for the fourth straight year.
Trout finished the season with 41
home runs and 90 RBIs. He also led all American League players in slugging
percentage, and OPS with a slashline of .299/.402/.590/.991. For his offensive
performance, Trout would go on to win his fourth Silver Slugger Award in as
many seasons. In doing so, he became only the second player since Mike Piazza
to win four straight Silver Slugger Awards to start off a career. He also won
the Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award.
On November 10, it was announced
that Trout, along with Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain and Blue Jays third
baseman Josh Donaldson, were finalists for the AL MVP. Trout became the first
player since Barry Bonds to be among the top three in MVP voting in four
straight seasons.
On November 19, Trout finished
second to MVP winner Josh Donaldson, making it the third time he finished
second in MVP voting in his four big league seasons.
In June 2016, Sporting News named
Trout "baseball's best player" for the season. According to
Fangraphs, he had accumulated more WAR through his age-24 season (on August 12,
2016) than any other player since 1913, with 45. Mickey Mantle was second with
41.1, followed by Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, and Ted Williams. A close contemporary
of Trout's, Alex Rodriguez, was seventh. In 159 games of 2016, Trout led the
MLB with walks (116), runs scored (123), and on-base percentage (.441). He also
had a .315 batting average, 29 home runs, 30 stolen bases, and 100 RBI.
On November 17, Trout was announced
as the 2016 AL MVP, winning the award for the second time in his career. Trout
also joined Barry Bonds as the only other player in MLB history to finish top 2
for the MVP in five straight seasons. He was the 2016 Esurance MLB/This Year in
Baseball Award winner for Best Major Leaguer. At the conclusion of the 2016
season, Trout was 12th among active position players in Total Wins Above
Replacement through just five full seasons.
On August 7, 2017, the date of his
26th birthday, he doubled down the third-base line for his 1,000th career hit.
In his next at-bat, he hit a home run for his 1,001st hit. It marked the fourth
time in six seasons that Trout had homered on his birthday.
On September 6, 2017, versus the
Oakland Athletics, Trout drew a walk in his 14th consecutive contest to pass
Albie Pearson for the franchise record of 13 set in 1961. He hit his 200th
career home run off of Marco Gonzales of the Seattle Mariners on September 29,
2017. Trout became the seventh player in history to reach 200 or more home runs
before the end of his age-25 season, following Foxx, Matthews, Mantle, Ott,
Robinson, Rodriguez, and Pujols. Trout played in a career low 114 games due to
injury but led the team in runs (92), home runs (33), stolen bases (22), walks
(94), and in batting average (.306).
Prior to the 2018 season, Sports
Illustrated rated Trout the #1 player in baseball. He achieved his first career
five-hit game on May 26 at Yankee Stadium, going 5-for-5 with three doubles and
a home run. He also set single-game career highs in doubles, extra base hits
(four), and total bases (11). Previously, he had collected four hits in a game
13 times. The Angels defeated New York 11–4. He homered twice in each of
consecutive games versus Seattle on June 11 and 12, doing so for the first time
in his career, while totaling a then MLB leading 23 home runs. In a span of
eight games through June 19, he reached base in 29 of 37 plate appearances to
bat .696/.778/1.261 with a 2.039 OPS.
Batting .312 with 25 home runs and
50 RBIs, Trout was named a starting outfielder for the 2018 MLB All-Star Game.
He went 1-2 with a home run and a walk. On August 10, 2018, Trout was placed on
the disabled list due to right wrist inflammation.
For the season, he batted .312 (4th
in the league)/.460 (leading the league)/.628 (3rd), with 101 runs scored
(9th), 39 home runs (4th), 79 RBIs, 24 stolen bases (9th), a 92.31 stolen base
percentage (2nd), 12.1 at bats per home run (2nd), and a 29.7 power-speed
number (4th). He walked in 20.1% of his at bats, tops in the major leagues, led
the American League with 122 walks, and led the majors with 25 intentional
walks. He had the highest ISO (Isolated Power) of all MLB players in 2018, at
.316. On defense, he led AL outfielders with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
On March 20, 2019, Trout signed a
12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the richest contract in the
history of North American sports. Following the April home series against the
Texas Rangers, Trout was named AL Player of the Week for the fourth time in his
career.
2022
On
March 13, Angels manager Joe
Maddon said that the team was considering moving Trout out of center field
in an effort to prevent injuries. In the hypothetical move, Trout would go to a
corner outfield spot while former top prospect Brandon Marsh would patrol center field as he did during Trout's
injured list stint in 2021. Trout said that he was surprised when he learned of
the potential change via Twitter. After Trout talked with the team and stated
that he preferred to play in center field, Maddon decided the following day
that there would be no positional switch.
Trout batted second on Opening
Day, taking the field for the first time since May
17, 2021. He went 1-for-3 at the plate with a walk. On May 21, Trout
scored the 1,000th run of his career, becoming the second player in Angels
history to score 1,000 or more runs for the franchise.
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