Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 30 | |
| 2013 | 27 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 41 | |
| 2016 | 29 | |
| 2017 | 39 | |
| 2018 | 45 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 40 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 18 | |
| 2024 | 15 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mike Trout ranks #59 in Baseball
Mike Trout ranks 59th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 648th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2011–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 3, all-star selections 11, home runs 385, silver sluggers 9.
Immediately ahead sits David Ortiz on 85.1, a gap of -1.0 points. Directly behind is Jackie Robinson on 85.2. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Mike Trout GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Trout stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Trout comparisons
Mike Trout — frequently asked
- Is Mike Trout the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Trout ranks 59th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.1, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Mike Trout's GOAT Score?
- 86.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Trout rank all time?
- 648th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 59th within Baseball.
- Mike Trout vs David Ortiz: who ranks higher?
- Mike Trout, on 86.1 against David Ortiz's 85.1 — a margin of 1.0 points.