Angels' Mike Trout ties George Brett on all-time MLB leaderboard after Yankees' series

Angels' Mike Trout ties George Brett on all-time MLB leaderboard after Yankees' series originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

The Los Angeles Angels are 9-10 this season, and they might've lost two of three against the New York Yankees. But they saw their superstar and future Hall of Famer, Mike Trout, have a fantastic series.

Trout hit four home runs during this Yankees series, putting up a dominant performance that continues to add to his incredible career numbers. After such a great series, Trout is climbing up the MLB leaderboards once again.

According to Baseball Reference, Trout, following this huge series in New York, has tied George Brett on the MLB bWAR leaderboard for 31st all-time.

Mike Trout ties George Brett on bWAR leaderboard

Trout is now tied with Brett for 31st all-time in bWAR among position players, with both having 88.7 bWAR in their careers.

But Trout has played in 16 seasons, while Brett played in 21 seasons. And most notably, Trout has 7,287 career plate appearances while Brett has 11,625 plate appearances in his career.

Next on the position player leaderboard is Wade Boggs, who had 91.4 bWAR in his 21-year career in the Major Leagues. Trout can reach such a number this season if he keeps up the pace, and he could climb even higher with a great 2026 season.

More: Shohei Ohtani deemed more valuable than Aaron Judge in recent ESPN discussion piece

Currently, Trout has put up 1.2 bWAR this season, which is just 0.3 less than what he had last season across 150 games. Trout might be back, and if he keeps this up, he could be surging up the all-time rankings.