This might be Mike Trout’s most impressive stat of all

Mike Trout had a rare bad night at the plate against the Kansas City Royals who did something unheard of against the best player in baseball.

Mike Trout is off to another amazing start and his Los Angeles Angels actually have a winning record. That is one rare feat right there, but Trout had a weird night Tuesday in Kansas City.

He did record one hit, but also had four strikeouts for the ‘ole golden sombrero. For those unaware, that is the lovely term given on a four-strikeout night.

There is a whole Twitter account dedicated to tracking the ugly feat and it is not as rare as it may seem. However, it is rare for Trout. One may think a power hitter like him would have many of these tough nights.

It turns out that is not the case at all.

In 1,263 MLB games, Trout has struck out four times in just six of those games with the last one coming in September of 2017. That’s .0048 percent of games.

Mike Trout posts a rare four-strikeout night in Kansas City

Trout averages nearly 40 home runs per season and that means he is not swinging for contact. He even had 186 strikeouts back in 2014, but still managed to take home the American League MVP Award.

This is a player who routinely has an on-base percentage over .400 so you know he is not having empty at-bats often. Learning he rarely has four-strikeout nights is just another tidbit of fun information to add to his Hall-of-Fame resume at the age of 29.

That is perhaps the most insane thing to remember about Trout. He still has a good decade of baseball left if he wants to play that long. His WAR is already at a mind-boggling 75.0 at the start of the 2021 season. A few more golden sombreros are not going to change the fact he is one of the best to ever play the game.

Now fans will wait to see when Trout records his next four-strikeout night. MLB trivia buffs may already have the stat ready to go because it is so rare.