Mike Trout moved into a share of an MLB record with the sixth birthday home run of his career. The blast pulled him even with Alex Rodriguez and Mark Reynolds atop the league’s all-time list.

What happened

Trout delivered another home run on his birthday, bringing his career total in that category to six. The milestone made him just the third player in MLB history to reach that number.

The blast came less than two months after Trout reached 420 career homers on June 16. His latest birthday homer added a place in another select group to his career record.

Why it matters

Birthday home runs are limited by opportunity, and Trout has now made enough of those occasions count to reach the top of the MLB leaderboard. Rodriguez and Reynolds had been the standard with six apiece, and Trout’s latest swing created a three-way tie.

Trout is also the only active member of the trio. That gives him a future opportunity to move beyond Rodriguez and Reynolds and hold the record by himself.

One more birthday home run would be enough to break the tie. Until then, all three players share the MLB mark at six.

By the numbers

Trout, Rodriguez and Reynolds each have six career birthday home runs. No other player in MLB history has reached that total, leaving the three tied atop the list.

For Trout, the number places his latest homer in a narrow historical category. It is both his sixth birthday blast and the one that elevated him into a share of the record.

What to watch next

Trout’s next chance to take sole possession would come on Aug. 7, 2027. A home run that day would give him seven career birthday homers and move him alone to the top of the MLB list.

The record will remain shared until that next opportunity or another change to the leaderboard. For now, Trout stands alongside Rodriguez and Reynolds as one of three players to homer six times on his birthday.