Mickey Mantle vs Mike Trout

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Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout compared on their MLB careers: Mickey Mantle played 18 seasons, 1951 to 1968, Mike Trout 16 seasons, 2011 to 2026. Mickey Mantle has .298 batting average to Mike Trout's .290. Mickey Mantle won 7 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Mickey Mantle leads in 7 of the 9 lines, Mike Trout in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout career totals

2,401	GP	1,790
8,102	AB	6,480
1,677, better	R	1,282
2,415, better	H	1,878
536, better	HR	426
1,509, better	RBI	1,072
153	SB	225, better
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6	SLG	0.6, better
1.0, better	OPS	1.0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout postseason

65	GP	3
230	AB	12
42, better	R	1
59, better	H	1
18, better	HR	1
40, better	RBI	1
3, better	SB	0
0.3, better	AVG	0.1
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.5, better	SLG	0.3
0.9, better	OPS	0.6

Where each stands all time

Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout all-time places

18th (536), better	Home runs	52nd (426)
123rd (2,415), better	Hits	—
47th (1,509), better	RBI	212th (1,072)
—	Stolen bases	292nd (225), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout titles and awards

7, better	Championships	—
3	AL MVP	3
1, better	AL Gold Glove	—
—	AL Rookie of the Year	1, better
—	AL Silver Slugger	9, better
—	Hank Aaron Award	2, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout season by season

1st	1951	.267, better	13, better	65, better	2011	.220	5	16
2nd	1952	.311	23	87, better	2012	.326, better	30, better	83
3rd	1953	.295	21	92	2013	.323, better	27, better	97, better
4th	1954	.300, better	27	102	2014	.287	36, better	111, better
5th	1955	.306, better	37	99, better	2015	.299	41, better	90
6th	1956	.353, better	52, better	130, better	2016	.315	29	100
7th	1957	.365, better	34, better	94, better	2017	.306	33	72
8th	1958	.304	42, better	97, better	2018	.312, better	39	79
9th	1959	.285	31	75	2019	.291, better	45, better	104, better
10th	1960	.275	40, better	94, better	2020	.281, better	17	46
11th	1961	.317	54, better	128, better	2021	.333, better	8	18
12th	1962	.321, better	30	89, better	2022	.283	40, better	80
13th	1963	.314, better	15	35	2023	.263	18, better	44, better
14th	1964	.303, better	35, better	111, better	2024	.220	10	14
15th	1965	.255, better	19	46	2025	.232	26, better	64, better
16th	1966	.288, better	23, better	56, better	2026	.242	22	54
17th	1967	.245	22	55	—	—	—	—
18th	1968	.237	18	54	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI