His father, Jeff (born January 7, 1961), played baseball at the University of Delaware and was a fifth-round draft pick as a second baseman by the Minnesota Twins in 1983. He has two older siblings, sister Teal and brother Tyler. He grew up in nearby Millville, New Jersey. Trout was born to Jeff and Debbie ( née Busonick) Trout in Vineland, New Jersey, on August 7, 1991. In 2019, he signed a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the second-richest contract in the history of North American sports and fourth in professional sports in general (and the second-biggest contract at the time of signing). As of March 2023, he leads all active major league players in career slugging percentage (.587), on-base percentage (.415), on-base plus slugging (1.002), and is third in stolen base percentage (84.65%). Trout led the American League in wins above replacement (WAR) in each of his first five full seasons, and is the active leader in the stat with 85 WAR. He is regarded as one of the most outstanding young players in the history of baseball, as well as one of the best current players in all of MLB. Trout's athleticism on the field has received praise from both the mainstream media and sabermetricians. He made a brief major league appearance in 2011 before becoming a regular player for the Angels the subsequent season, and won the 2012 AL Rookie of the Year Award unanimously. The Angels selected Trout in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft. He also captained the United States national team during the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Trout is an eleven-time MLB All-Star, three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) (winning the award in 2014, 2016, and 2019, while finishing second in the 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018 votes), and is a nine-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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