Not counting 2011 when he was first called up and played 40 games, Trout has finished 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 4th, 2nd, 1st, 5th, and received no votes (only played 36 games due to injury) in the AL MVP voting.
The man did not place outside of the top 5 in AL MVP voting for his first 9 full seasons.