This lot features a Mike Trout signed & inscribed game-used lineup card from the August 9, 2014, game at Angel Stadium between with the Boston Red Sox and the LA Angels. Mike hit his career homerun # 88 in this game. He then inscribed the card “Career HR # 88 14 HR # 26". The game was played during Mike’s first AL MVP award winning season. The lineup card has been authenticated for both game use and Mike Trout’s signature by MLB Authentics with their hologram # HZ483265.
Michael Nelson Trout (LA Angels) is an 11 x MLB All-Star, 3 x AL MVP American League Most Valuable Player (2014, 2016, and 2019), and is a nine-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. The Angels selected Trout in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft. He won the 2012 AL Rookie of the Year Award unanimously. Trout's athleticism on the field has received praise from both the mainstream media and sabermetricians. 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 led the American League in wins above replacement (WAR) in each of his first five full seasons (according to Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com). Trout has led the American League in runs (2012–14, 2016) and times on base (2013, 2015–16, 2018) four times. 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%).