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Joins Exclusive 30-30 Club The 30-30 club is a highly exclusive and mighty difficult group to join. Gaining entry doesn’t require knowing secret handshakes or obscure passwords, and deep pockets and connections with friends in high places carry no weight either. What it takes is a rare blend of speed and power, a lethal combination that Trout possesses. The twenty-one-year-old barged through the front door of the club and became its youngest member in history on the final day of September during the 2012 season. When he clubbed a solo home run off Texas pitcher Yu Darvish, it marked his 30th home run to go along with the more than 30 bases he had already stolen that season (he finished the year with 49 steals), and he earned his spot in the club. Trout supplanted a twenty- two-year-old Alex Rodriguez as the youngest 30-30 member. He became the 60th player in major league history to record a 30-30 season.

Trout, at the age of twenty-one, became the youngest member of the 30–30 club (stolen bases and home runs) during the 2012 season.

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CHAPTER 1: GREATEST MOMENTS