EverythingTop10 is proud to present, “The Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mike
Trout!”
#10.
Mike Trout was born Michael Nelson Trout to Debbie Busonick and Jeff Trout on August 7th,
1991 in Vineland, New Jersey.
Mike’s father Jeff played college baseball at Delaware State and played professional
baseball for the Minnesota Twins organization.
Mike has a brother named Tyler, and a sister named Teal.
#9.
Although he was born in Vineland, New Jersey, Mike grew up in nearby Millville (this will
come up later).
#8.
Trout was a 2-sport athlete in high school, lettering in basketball and baseball.
He played shortstop and pitched until his senior year, when he was moved to outfield.
While he was a junior at Millville Senior High School, Mike pitched a no-hitter on the
way to the state playoffs.
#7.
Trout was drafted 25th overall by the Los Angeles Angels in 2009, but would not play
a steady role in the Majors until 2012, where he became the youngest player ever to hit
20 home runs and steal 40 bases.
He would go on to win the Rookie of the Year Award and come up 2nd in the MVP voting.
He became the youngest member of the 30 (home runs)-30 (stolen bases) club that year too.
#6.
Trout would win 2 MVP awards (2014 and 2016).
He would also become the youngest player in MLB history to reach 100 home runs, and 100
stolen bases, breaking the previous record held by Alex Rodriguez.
He has also led the league in walks 4 times, runs batted in twice, and stolen bases once.
He has been Player of the Year twice, a 7 time All-Star, and twice he was named the
MVP of the All-Star game.
#5.
Mike has a few nicknames.
One of his names is the Millville Miracle.
Others include Prince Fish, King Fish 2.0 (these are nods to a former Angel Tim Salmon,
as he is The King Fish).
Due to a prank done on his Wikipedia page, one nickname that has stuck is the Millville
Meteor.
#4.
His favorites.
Mike Trout grew up a die-hard Philadelphia 76ers, Phillies, and Eagles fan, and is a
season-ticket holder for the Eagles.
This will come up again later on in the list.
His hobbies include watching and playing golf.
He also loves to sing.
Trout’s favorite actor is Adam Sandler, and his favorite foods are sandwiches and
anything Italian.
#3.
Mike Trout was involved with potential tampering in the Majors.
Bryce Harper (former Washington Nationals, now Philadelphia Phillies player) made this
comment after signing with the Phillies, “If you don’t think I’m gonna call Mike Trout
to come to Philly for 2020, you’re crazy.”
After making the statement-this one being the first to name Trout outright, but not
the first comment about the LA outfielder-The Angels contacted Major League Baseball and
accused the Philadelphia Phillies of tampering with Trout.
The league has rules against talking to, or about a player while they are under contract
with another team.
Mike Trout signed one of the richest contracts in Major League Baseball history, to silence
the talks about a possible run in Philly.
It is no secret; Trout is a fan of Philadelphia.
The man grew up close to the city, and we mentioned before that he is a season-ticket
holder for the Eagles.
But even with Harper saying what he said, Trout signed a 12-year $430 million extension.
The aforementioned Harper had just recently signed what was the richest deal in the league,
but the Millville Meteor beat him out.
The contract extension keeps him in Los Angeles until he turns 39.
#2.
Mike Trout is married.
He proposed to his long-time girlfriend, Jessica Cox, in July of 2016.
The two married on December 9th, 2017.
The couple met in high school, and have been in love ever since.
The two dated 11 years before the engagement.
#1.
The number one thing on this list is not that he is married, but how he proposed.
The two were together on a vacation back east on July 2nd, 2016 and upon walking out of
a building he asked his girlfriend to “look up at the sky.”
Mike had hired a pilot to write, “Will you marry me Jess?”
The couple then went to social media to reveal that she had indeed said yes.
They were married in a small ceremony 18 months later.
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