Video Surfaces of Mike Trout's Special Gesture After Historic Game

"Mike Trout is the fifth player all-time to have 400+ HR and 200+ SB by his age-33 season, joining Willie Mays, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez," the team announced.

Furthermore, Trout is the third-ever player to hit his 400th homer in an Angels uniform, joining Hall of Famers David Winfield and Vladimir Guerrero, via Angels PR.

The 11-time All-Star also played catch postgame with the lucky fan who caught the home run ball, via The Orange County Register's Jeff Fletcher.

Mike Trout Missing One Key Accomplishment

Trout has a laundry list of individual accolades, as he's a three-time All-MLB First Teamer, nine-time Silver Slugger, two-time AL Hank Aaron Award winner (top hitter in the league), former AL Rookie of the Year, AL RBI leader and AL stolen base leader. However, he has yet to win a playoff game.

Trout's lack of winning is tied to the Angels' futility over the course of his career. The only time they made the playoffs since his rookie year in 2012 was 2014, when they got swept by the Kansas City Royals in the ALDS after winning the AL West. Additionally, their last winning season was in 2015.

This unfortunate streak is mainly due to the front office not surrounding Trout with top-end talent outside of two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, who departed for the Los Angeles Dodgers in December 2023.

However, unlike the latter player, Trout signed a 12-year, $426.5 million extension with the Angels in March 2019. His loyalty to the team that drafted him may have cost him a championship, as Ohtani won the World Series with the Dodgers last season.

Trout still has time to win a ring before he retires, but it won't be this season. The Angels are 70-85 and last place in the AL West with an AL-worst -146 run differential.

On the bright side, the team has foundational pieces such as shortstop Zach Neto, center fielder Jo Adell and left fielder Taylor Ward. Neto leads the team with a .793 OPS and 26 stolen bases, Adell leads with 36 homers, and Ward leads with 101 RBIs. Ward is 31 with one year of arbitration left, while Neto is 24 and Adell is 26 with multiple arbitration years.

The Angels still have work to do to become a contender, but Trout at least has promising players around him for the foreseeable future.