Trout's stats defy odds ... really, check it out
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A byproduct of the incredible first 10 years of Mike Trout’s Major League career is that one never seems to run out of mind-boggling Trout facts.
Well, Tuesday seems to have proved that theory once again. Baseball Twitter personality Jim Passon dove deep into Trout’s Baseball-Reference page and emerged with a factoid that has gone viral. Trout owns a .299 average over his past 299 big league games, a .440 on-base percentage across his past 440 appearances, a .610 slugging percentage across his past 610 contests and a 1.020 OPS in his past 1,020 games dating back to May 2013.
Maybe Passon’s stat is a tad arbitrary, but full marks go to him for effort -- and obviously his digging was rewarded with something cool. Perhaps it’s not as mind-blowing as Rangers slugger Khris Davis hitting .247 in four consecutive seasons with the A’s, but check out Trout’s slash line again. The Halos superstar has amazed in every aspect of offense, and he’s been that good for a long, long time.