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Angels’s Mike Trout has been little short of superhuman this season, leading the league in just about every statistic.Jonathan Moore/Getty Images

It's not that Mike Trout hit his 30th and 31st home runs on Sunday. It's not that the second shot was a grand slam. It's not that the homers helped the Angels to a 13-7 victory over the Rangers and kept them a game ahead of the Astros in the American League West.

It's that a fan in right field was holding a net labelled "Trout net," and Trout's slam landed directly in it.

After the game, Trout said he noticed the net, though he stopped short of saying he dropped the ball in it intentionally. Few would have doubted him if he had.

Trout has again been little short of superhuman this season. His 31 homers and 75 runs in 97 games leads the majors, and he leads the American League in slugging at .632 and on-base plus slugging at 1.038. He also leads the game in just about every advanced statistic that accounts for everything a player does, such as wins above replacement.

Trout's 31 homers, 75 runs and 10 steals so far are impressive numbers through September, let alone through July. Last year only Trout and Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins reached those totals for the entire season. And Trout's Angels have 64 games to go for him to rack up bigger numbers.

His season also includes a lead-off home run in the All-Star Game off Zack Greinke, and his second consecutive All-Star Most Valuable Player Award.

Trout, 23, already has a league M.V.P. Award and two runner-up finishes. He ranks sixth in home runs before the age of 24, with 129, behind the Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews, Mel Ott and Frank Robinson, plus Ken Griffey Jr., who is likely to join the Hall next year, and Alex Rodriguez, who would be a Hall shoo-in if not for his steroid use.

Trout also ranks in the top 10 before age 24 in on-base percentage, slugging percentage and walks, as well as sacrifice flies and hit by pitch.

He turns 24 on Aug. 7, so there are still a few days for him to move up the charts.

Trout and Albert Pujols (29 homers) are the big names on the Angels, who have the fifth-best record in baseball. But the team may actually be better on the other side of the ball, having given up the second fewest runs (362) in the league, after Kansas City. Hector Santiago is 7-4 with a 2.43 E.R.A., and Andrew Heaney, 24, who was acquired in the off season, is 5-0 with a 1.79 E.R.A. in six starts.

Trout's impressive résumé to date includes only one playoff appearance. Last season, his team was swept by the Royals, and Trout was 1 for 12. Trout and Angels fans will be expecting more this year.

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