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Full Name:
 

Michael Nelson Trout​

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Nicknames:

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"The Millville Meteor"
Grew up in Millville, South Jersey

"Prince Fish", "God's Gift", "King Fish 2.0" (reference to retired Angel Tim Salmon).

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Born:  
   

August 7, 1991

Vineland, New Jersey

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Family:  

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Father: Jeff

Mother: Debbie
Brother: Tyler

Sister: Teal

Spouse: Jessica Cox

Dog: Juneau (Alaskan Husky)
 

His father played for University of Delaware and drafted by the Minnesota Twins (he never made it to MLB). He is a retired teacher at Millville High School.
 

His brother Tyler Trout, was/is a law student at Rutgers-Camden
 

Him and his wife are high school sweethearts. Their wedding was on December 9, 2017.
 

Lived at his parents house until 2016.

 

School:  

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Millville High School

Mascot: Thunderbolts
Coach: Roy Hallenbeck

Former teammates: Bobby Fabrizi, Efren Fernandez and brothers Jon and Dan McMahon
 

Tri-State Arsenal (Travel Baseball Team)

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Baseball Related:

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Scouted by Greg Morhardt (played with Trout's father).
 

2009 - Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels (25th overall) (New York Yankees pick).

 

2011 - July 8th - Major League debut with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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2012 - Won the AL Rookie of the Year award.

2012 - 2nd place for the AL MVP (lost to Miguel Cabrera).

2013 - 2nd place for the AL MVP (lost to Miguel Cabrera).

2014 - Won the AL MVP award.

2015 - 2nd place for the AL MVP (lost to Josh Donaldson).

2016 - Won the AL MVP award.

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Extra:

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Trout grew up in New Jersey a huge Yankee fan and there is some information to suggest he was also a Phillies fan.

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Childhood hero: Derek Jeter.

Favorite Philadelphia athletes: Allen Iverson and Brian Dawkins

Favorite restaurant: Mastro’s.

Favorite Millville restaurant : Jim’s Lunch

He is a big Philadelphia Eagles fan and has season tickets.
 

He is a “weather enthusiast”. He noted his father and him followed the weather when he was a child.

He has had occasional cameos on The Weather Channel as an amateur weather enthusiast. Trout even received his very own weather balloon as a gift from TWC meteorologist Jim Cantore.

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His MLB profile says he is an "avid hunter in off season [and that he] enjoys fishing, golfing, table tennis player (ping-pong) and weather forecasting".

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Sample Heckles:

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"I saw you on the weather network. You are boring."

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@MikeTrout

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