| Year | G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI | WAR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 139 | .326 | .399 | .564 | .963 | 30 | 83 | 10.9 | ROY · Age 20 |
| 2016 | 159 | .315 | .441 | .550 | .991 | 29 | 100 | 10.6 | 2nd MVP |
| 2019 | 134 | .291 | .438 | .645 | 1.083 | 45 | 104 | 8.3 | 3rd MVP (unin.) |
| 2022 | 119 | .283 | .369 | .514 | .882 | 40 | 80 | 5.1 | Post-TJ return |
| 2024 | 29 | .220 | .316 | .396 | .712 | 10 | 23 | 0.4 | Hamate injury |
| 2025 | 119 | .232 | .359 | .439 | .798 | 26 | 68 | 2.8 | CF → DH by April |
| 2026 ST | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back to CF |
The Window Is 162 Games. Possibly Less.
Mike Trout has played more than 119 games exactly twice since 2020. He turns 35 in August. His contract runs through 2030 — four more years of $35.5M, fully guaranteed. Those are the facts every Angels season must be built around, and they are not going to change.
What's new this spring is genuinely worth paying attention to: Trout told camp he's more comfortable in center field and believes it's easier on his surgically repaired body than the corners. Manager Suzuki is open to it. If it holds, you get Trout's elite instincts back at a premium defensive position, and you move Adell to a corner where his bat plays up instead of his glove being a liability.
The career WAR numbers (85+ and counting) put him in legitimate conversation for the greatest position player since Babe Ruth. That's not hyperbole — the math is the math at his age. What makes the situation tragic is that all of it happened without a World Series, with one playoff appearance in 15 seasons, zero October moments worth remembering.
If 2026 is healthy Trout — 140+ games, healthy knee, .280/.390/.520 — this Angels team competes. If it's 2024 Trout — 29 games and a season ending in April — they don't. There is no scenario that changes the team's ceiling more than Mike Trout's health. Plan accordingly.