Albert Pujols

Jose Alberto Pujols (Prince Albert, Phat Albert or The Machine)

Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Fort Osage (Independence, MO)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2001
Team: Cardinals 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 8 yrs/$111M (04-11), 10 yrs/$240M (12-21) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 11.000, Free Agent: 2022 [*], Agents: Dan Lozano [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 21 STL NL 161 676 590 112 194 47 4 37 130 1 3 69 93 .329 .403 .610 1.013 157 360 21 9 1 7 6 53 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2002 22 STL NL 157 675 590 118 185 40 2 34 127 2 4 72 69 .314 .394 .561 .955 151 331 20 9 0 4 13 *53/6 MVP-2
2003 23 STL NL 157 685 591 137 212 51 1 43 124 5 1 79 65 .359 .439 .667 1.106 187 394 13 10 0 5 12 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 24 STL NL 154 692 592 133 196 51 2 46 123 5 5 84 52 .331 .415 .657 1.072 172 389 21 7 0 9 12 *3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2005 25 STL NL 161 700 591 129 195 38 2 41 117 16 2 97 65 .330 .430 .609 1.039 168 360 19 9 0 3 27 *3 AS,MVP-1
2006 26 STL NL 143 634 535 119 177 33 1 49 137 7 2 92 50 .331 .431 .671 1.102 178 359 20 4 0 3 28 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG
2007 27 STL NL 158 679 565 99 185 38 1 32 103 2 6 99 58 .327 .429 .568 .997 157 321 27 7 0 8 22 *3 AS,MVP-9
2008 28 STL NL 148 641 524 100 187 44 0 37 116 7 3 104 54 .357 .462 .653 1.114 190 342 16 5 0 8 34 *3/4 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 29 STL NL 160 700 568 124 186 45 1 47 135 16 4 115 64 .327 .443 .658 1.101 189 374 23 9 0 8 44 *3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2010 30 STL NL 159 700 587 115 183 39 1 42 118 14 4 103 76 .312 .414 .596 1.011 173 350 23 4 0 6 38 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 31 STL NL 147 651 579 105 173 29 0 37 99 9 1 61 58 .299 .366 .541 .906 150 313 29 4 0 7 15 *3/5 MVP-5
11 Seasons 1705 7433 6312 1291 2073 455 15 445 1329 84 35 975 704 .328 .420 .617 1.037 170 3893 232 77 1 68 251
162 Game Avg. 162 706 600 123 197 43 1 42 126 8 3 93 67 .328 .420 .617 1.037 170 370 22 7 0 6 24

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 21 STL NL 676 53 -2 0 -2 6 -5 19 69 6.9 63 6.4 0.5 $200,000 53 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2002 22 STL NL 675 45 3 2 -2 -4 -6 18 56 5.8 60 6.2 -0.4 $600,000 *53/6 MVP-2
2003 23 STL NL 685 82 2 -1 0 14 -8 18 107 10.9 93 9.5 1.4 $900,000 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 24 STL NL 692 64 2 6 -2 15 -10 18 93 9.4 78 7.9 1.5 $7,000,000 *3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2005 25 STL NL 700 59 4 -1 -1 9 -10 19 79 8.2 70 7.2 1.0 $11,000,000 *3 AS,MVP-1
2006 26 STL NL 634 62 2 0 -2 14 -9 16 83 8.3 69 7.0 1.3 $14,000,000 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG
2007 27 STL NL 679 52 -2 2 -3 25 -10 18 82 8.3 57 5.8 2.5 $12,937,813 *3 AS,MVP-9
2008 28 STL NL 641 69 1 -2 0 18 -9 17 94 9.6 76 7.8 1.8 $13,870,949 *3/4 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 29 STL NL 700 70 3 -1 -3 12 -10 18 89 8.8 77 7.7 1.1 $14,427,326 *3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2010 30 STL NL 700 64 3 -0 -2 -3 -10 19 70 7.1 73 7.4 -0.3 $14,595,953 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 31 STL NL 651 40 0 -1 -5 9 -9 18 51 5.4 43 4.5 0.9 $14,508,395 *3/5 MVP-5
11 Seasons 7433 659 16 4 -22 114 -96 198 873 88.7 759 77.4 11.3 $104,040,436

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 21 STL NL 676 428 141 8.8 111 .336 .329 .268 .403 .340 .610 .440 1.013 .780 157 .736 52.4 4.9 1.038 .395 .281 1.9
2002 22 STL NL 675 433 126 7.8 105 .308 .314 .264 .394 .337 .561 .419 .955 .756 151 .708 44.6 4.2 .956 .366 .247 3.8
2003 23 STL NL 685 398 176 11.8 107 .346 .359 .265 .439 .336 .667 .425 1.106 .761 187 .832 79.1 7.3 1.239 .448 .308 9.0
2004 24 STL NL 692 431 157 9.8 111 .298 .331 .270 .415 .341 .657 .437 1.072 .778 172 .771 66.5 6.1 1.137 .468 .326 9.0
2005 25 STL NL 700 420 156 9.9 109 .316 .330 .270 .430 .340 .609 .430 1.039 .770 168 .788 62.7 5.9 1.151 .467 .279 23.0
2006 26 STL NL 634 383 151 10.6 112 .292 .331 .271 .431 .342 .671 .440 1.102 .782 178 .791 65.6 6.0 1.211 .521 .340 12.3
2007 27 STL NL 679 421 132 8.4 110 .317 .327 .272 .429 .341 .568 .434 .997 .775 157 .716 53.3 4.9 1.024 .409 .241 3.8
2008 28 STL NL 641 364 160 11.8 107 .340 .357 .266 .462 .338 .653 .424 1.114 .762 190 .833 76.6 7.1 1.278 .502 .296 11.8
2009 29 STL NL 700 417 165 10.6 105 .299 .327 .263 .443 .336 .658 .418 1.101 .755 189 .810 79.8 7.5 1.247 .555 .331 23.9
2010 30 STL NL 700 437 142 8.7 100 .297 .312 .258 .414 .328 .596 .407 1.011 .735 173 .763 64.0 6.2 1.084 .477 .284 21.0
2011 31 STL NL 651 443 107 6.5 95 .277 .299 .254 .366 .321 .541 .396 .906 .717 150 .668 39.7 3.9 .885 .361 .242 14.5
11 Seasons 7433 4575 1613 9.4 107 .311 .328 .266 .420 .336 .617 .425 1.037 .761 170 .771 684.4 64.2 1.108 .451 .288 141.3
162 Game Avg. 706 435 153 9.4 107 .311 .328 .266 .420 .336 .617 .425 1.037 .761 170 .771 65 6 1.108 .451 .288 13

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 21 STL NL NLDS ARI L 5 20 18 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .111 .200 .278 .478 5 1 0 0 0 0
2002 22 STL NL NLDS ARI W 3 13 10 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .300 .462 .500 .962 5 0 0 0 0 0
2002 22 STL NL NLCS SFG L 5 22 19 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 .263 .364 .474 .837 9 0 1 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL NLDS LAD W 4 18 15 4 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 0 .333 .444 .733 1.178 11 1 0 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL NLCS HOU W 7 32 28 10 14 2 0 4 9 0 0 4 3 .500 .563 1.000 1.563 28 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL WS BOS L 4 17 15 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .333 .412 .467 .878 7 0 1 0 0 1
2005 25 STL NL NLDS SDP W 3 13 9 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .556 .692 .778 1.470 7 1 0 0 0 3
2005 25 STL NL NLCS HOU L 6 25 23 3 7 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 3 .304 .320 .565 .885 13 0 0 0 1 0
2006 26 STL NL NLDS SDP W 4 16 15 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .333 .375 .600 .975 9 2 0 0 0 0
2006 26 STL NL NLCS NYM W 7 29 22 5 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 3 .318 .483 .500 .983 11 0 0 0 0 4
2006 26 STL NL WS DET W 5 21 15 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 5 3 .200 .429 .467 .895 7 0 1 0 0 1
2009 29 STL NL NLDS LAD L 3 13 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .300 .462 .300 .762 3 0 0 0 0 3
2011 31 STL NL NLDS PHI W 5 22 20 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 .350 .409 .500 .909 10 0 0 0 0 1
2011 31 STL NL NLCS MIL W 6 27 23 5 11 4 0 2 9 0 0 4 4 .478 .556 .913 1.469 21 1 0 0 0 2
2011 31 STL NL WS TEX W 7 33 25 8 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 6 3 .240 .424 .640 1.064 16 0 2 0 0 5
7 Seasons (15 Series) 74 321 267 54 88 18 1 18 52 1 2 48 39 .330 .439 .607 1.046 162 6 5 0 1 20
7 NLDS 27 115 97 17 30 6 1 4 17 1 1 18 12 .309 .417 .515 .933 50 5 0 0 0 7
5 NLCS 31 135 115 25 44 8 0 10 27 0 0 18 18 .383 .467 .713 1.180 82 1 1 0 1 6
3 WS 16 71 55 12 14 4 0 4 8 0 1 12 9 .255 .423 .545 .968 30 0 4 0 0 7

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 STL NL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 STL NL 23 as LF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 STL NL 24 as 1B 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
2005 STL NL 25 as DH 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 26 as 1B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL NL 27 DNP
2008 STL NL 28 as DH 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 STL NL 29 as 1B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 STL NL 30 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons (8 Appearances) 20 19 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .316 .350 .421 .771 8 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 21 STL NL 676 5.5% 13.8% 10.2% 13.0% 45% 1.35 6.3 15.9 4.5 0.69 1.01 69% 26% 15.0% 10%
2002 22 STL NL 675 5.0% 10.2% 10.7% 11.3% 41% 0.96 8.6 17.4 4.6 0.74 1.11 73% 27% 14.2% 15%
2003 23 STL NL 685 6.3% 9.5% 11.5% 13.9% 45% 0.82 9.1 13.7 4.8 0.77 1.04 71% 20% 16.3% 12%
2004 24 STL NL 692 6.7% 7.5% 12.1% 14.3% 51% 0.62 11.4 12.9 4.8 0.71 0.95 73% 18% 16.5% 13%
2005 25 STL NL 700 5.9% 9.3% 13.9% 11.6% 42% 0.67 9.1 14.4 5.1 0.71 0.96 70% 18% 15.3% 13%
2006 26 STL NL 634 7.7% 7.9% 14.5% 13.1% 47% 0.54 10.7 10.9 3.9 0.59 0.83 69% 22% 18.6% 14%
2007 27 STL NL 679 4.7% 8.5% 14.6% 10.5% 38% 0.59 9.7 17.7 5.5 0.75 1.06 71% 20% 12.5% 13%
2008 28 STL NL 641 5.8% 8.4% 16.2% 12.6% 43% 0.52 9.7 14.2 4.5 0.68 0.90 69% 22% 15.3% 15%
2009 29 STL NL 700 6.7% 9.1% 16.4% 13.3% 50% 0.56 8.9 12.1 4.2 0.63 0.85 66% 19% 17.5% 15%
2010 30 STL NL 700 6.0% 10.9% 14.7% 11.7% 45% 0.74 7.7 14.0 5.0 0.61 0.84 68% 21% 15.6% 16%
2011 31 STL NL 651 5.7% 8.9% 9.4% 10.1% 38% 0.95 10.0 15.6 5.8 0.81 1.12 75% 19% 14.3% 11%
11 Seasons 7433 6.0% 9.5% 13.1% 12.3% 44% 0.72 9.0 14.2 4.7 0.70 0.97 70% 21% 15.6% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.3% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.03 5.1 32.9 7.7 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.8% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 21 STL NL 52.4 4.9 690 4.0 14.8 -10.8 .96 5.8 -1.7 54.5 5.0 0.97 63.5 0.86 2
2002 22 STL NL 44.6 4.2 691 4.2 14.6 -10.4 .99 4.2 0.0 54.3 5.2 0.98 52.0 0.00 1
2003 23 STL NL 79.1 7.3 703 6.3 15.8 -9.4 .93 7.7 -0.8 73.6 6.9 0.91 83.6 0.87 6
2004 24 STL NL 66.5 6.1 712 6.3 16.5 -10.2 .95 7.3 -0.7 64.2 5.9 0.94 77.7 0.27 1
2005 25 STL NL 62.7 5.9 731 4.2 15.2 -11.0 .96 6.2 -1.8 58.4 5.5 0.94 68.5 2.12 5
2006 26 STL NL 65.6 6.0 653 9.3 18.2 -8.9 1.02 6.4 2.7 66.6 6.1 0.94 70.4 0.75 0
2007 27 STL NL 53.3 4.9 699 4.7 14.8 -10.1 .98 4.8 0.0 48.0 4.5 0.94 57.3 2.35 2
2008 28 STL NL 76.6 7.1 664 6.4 15.3 -8.8 1.02 6.5 -0.1 73.0 6.8 0.95 74.8 1.96 2
2009 29 STL NL 79.9 7.5 725 8.0 17.6 -9.7 1.03 7.1 0.6 76.7 7.3 0.95 75.9 2.11 2
2010 30 STL NL 63.7 6.2 734 5.3 15.1 -9.8 .99 6.1 -0.7 55.8 5.5 0.95 69.3 3.48 1
2011 31 STL NL 39.7 3.9 668 4.7 15.3 -10.6 1.00 4.6 0.1 32.9 3.3 0.98 40.4 2.71 1
11 Seasons 684.1 64.2 7670 63.5 173.1 -109.6 .98 66.7 -2.0 658.1 62.1 0.95 733.3 1.60 23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 21 STL NL 7 0 32% 272 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 11 15 54% 31 17 12 9 5 4 23 4 18
2002 22 STL NL 10 0 36% 221 2 4 33% 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 5 18 53% 37 20 16 11 4 7 20 7 13
2003 23 STL NL 4 0 36% 315 5 1 83% 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 5 19 54% 37 23 13 14 4 10 18 4 14
2004 24 STL NL 14 0 36% 290 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 4 2 4 22 56% 30 18 11 16 6 10 26 7 19
2005 25 STL NL 3 0 34% 285 16 2 89% 13 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 7 20 49% 40 24 14 16 8 7 20 2 16
2006 26 STL NL 5 0 31% 219 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 7 17 56% 36 15 19 13 6 6 10 2 8
2007 27 STL NL 10 0 26% 276 2 6 25% 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 8 18 44% 47 29 16 11 6 5 21 6 14
2008 28 STL NL 2 0 24% 264 7 3 70% 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 8 19 41% 36 26 8 9 5 4 21 5 15
2009 29 STL NL 4 0 29% 273 16 4 80% 14 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 18 46% 47 32 14 10 8 2 32 6 25
2010 30 STL NL 5 0 29% 244 14 4 78% 9 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 27 40% 35 23 11 14 12 2 19 5 14
2011 31 STL NL 5 0 34% 222 9 1 90% 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 11 13 44% 42 25 14 5 4 0 22 5 16
11 Seasons 69 0 32% 2881 84 35 71% 65 24 19 8 0 3 24 10 83 206 49% 418 252 148 128 68 57 232 53 172

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 21 STL NL 676 21% 194 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.86 37 1 20 29 8 18 19 0 1 1 100% 151 21 14% 68 25 37% 485 98 20% 46 27 59% 32 21 66% 0
2002 22 STL NL 675 26% 185 14 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 34 2 16 26 8 14 20 0 0 0 148 20 14% 53 13 25% 495 96 19% 44 25 57% 27 14 52% 0
2003 23 STL NL 685 24% 212 16 1 6 1 0 0 0.87 43 0 8 32 11 21 22 0 0 0 144 13 9% 43 12 28% 403 83 21% 37 22 59% 26 18 69% 0
2004 24 STL NL 692 21% 196 12 1 1 0 0 0 0.27 46 0 11 37 9 18 28 0 0 0 156 21 13% 67 25 37% 436 83 19% 44 21 48% 33 20 61% 0
2005 25 STL NL 700 26% 195 12 0 5 2 0 2 2.12 41 1 14 33 8 23 18 0 0 0 160 19 12% 58 21 36% 455 80 18% 43 18 42% 38 24 63% 0
2006 26 STL NL 634 25% 177 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.75 49 1 17 39 10 24 25 0 0 0 160 20 13% 49 17 35% 427 90 21% 35 18 51% 37 23 62% 0
2007 27 STL NL 679 29% 185 9 0 2 2 0 3 2.35 32 0 17 23 9 12 20 0 0 0 172 27 16% 68 24 35% 440 74 17% 46 24 52% 44 28 64% 0
2008 28 STL NL 641 30% 187 17 0 2 1 1 2 1.96 37 1 11 26 11 19 18 0 0 0 173 16 9% 42 24 57% 436 80 18% 47 28 60% 26 17 65% 0
2009 29 STL NL 700 26% 186 10 0 2 1 1 1 2.11 47 5 21 34 13 22 25 0 0 0 170 23 14% 50 21 42% 475 91 19% 58 31 53% 34 15 44% 0
2010 30 STL NL 700 28% 183 12 0 1 0 0 0 3.48 42 0 11 24 18 17 25 0 0 0 155 23 15% 61 26 43% 465 80 17% 43 20 47% 39 22 56% 0
2011 31 STL NL 651 19% 173 17 0 1 0 0 0 2.71 37 1 13 28 9 16 21 0 0 0 133 29 22% 49 21 43% 385 62 16% 38 16 42% 25 15 60% 0
11 Seasons 7433 25% 2073 140 2 23 8 2 8 1.60 445 12 159 331 114 204 241 0 1 1 100% 1722 232 13% 608 229 38% 4902 917 19% 481 250 52% 361 217 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 21 STL NL 676 2732 4.04 1631 60% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 2% 43% 79% 26% 6% 43 6 18% 123 44 12% 78 42 25% 0 0 0
2002 22 STL NL 675 2566 3.80 1511 59% 31% 11% 24% 35% 69% 4% 41% 85% 25% 8% 56 5 18% 124 34 11% 75 33 30% 0 0 0
2003 23 STL NL 685 2521 3.68 1475 59% 27% 10% 27% 36% 73% 5% 43% 86% 26% 9% 59 9 20% 136 44 11% 76 49 31% 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL 692 2496 3.61 1467 59% 27% 9% 26% 37% 73% 3% 43% 87% 25% 8% 53 12 18% 123 46 10% 72 32 21% 0 0 0
2005 25 STL NL 700 2713 3.88 1546 57% 30% 10% 26% 34% 70% 8% 40% 85% 20% 10% 73 10 24% 171 46 11% 79 50 22% 0 0 0
2006 26 STL NL 634 2391 3.77 1350 56% 29% 10% 25% 36% 71% 9% 40% 86% 19% 10% 62 2 20% 128 36 11% 71 34 20% 0 0 0
2007 27 STL NL 679 2751 4.05 1577 57% 35% 7% 25% 33% 65% 6% 37% 89% 12% 11% 78 3 21% 145 27 15% 99 49 21% 0 0 0
2008 28 STL NL 641 2458 3.83 1342 55% 29% 8% 28% 36% 71% 12% 39% 89% 18% 14% 89 19 25% 161 43 12% 76 43 19% 0 0 0
2009 29 STL NL 700 2690 3.84 1465 54% 27% 10% 27% 35% 73% 13% 40% 86% 16% 14% 101 19 28% 195 69 10% 68 41 16% 0 0 0
2010 30 STL NL 700 2820 4.03 1590 56% 29% 11% 28% 33% 71% 12% 40% 84% 12% 11% 77 11 24% 167 55 12% 85 51 14% 0 0 0
2011 31 STL NL 651 2378 3.65 1429 60% 27% 10% 26% 37% 73% 6% 44% 86% 18% 8% 52 15 20% 127 49 9% 57 40 26% 0 0 0
11 Seasons 7433 28516 3.84 16383 57% 29% 10% 26% 35% 71% 8% 41% 86% 20% 10% 743 111 22% 1600 493 11% 836 464 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 21 161 676 590 112 194 47 4 37 130 1 3 69 93 .329 .403 .610 1.013 157 360 21 9 1 7 6
2002 22 318 1351 1180 230 379 87 6 71 257 3 7 141 162 .321 .399 .586 .984 154 691 41 18 1 11 19
2003 23 475 2036 1771 367 591 138 7 114 381 8 8 220 227 .334 .412 .613 1.025 165 1085 54 28 1 16 31
2004 24 629 2728 2363 500 787 189 9 160 504 13 13 304 279 .333 .413 .624 1.037 167 1474 75 35 1 25 43
2005 25 790 3428 2954 629 982 227 11 201 621 29 15 401 344 .332 .416 .621 1.037 167 1834 94 44 1 28 70
2006 26 933 4062 3489 748 1159 260 12 250 758 36 17 493 394 .332 .419 .629 1.047 169 2193 114 48 1 31 98
2007 27 1091 4741 4054 847 1344 298 13 282 861 38 23 592 452 .332 .420 .620 1.040 167 2514 141 55 1 39 120
2008 28 1239 5382 4578 947 1531 342 13 319 977 45 26 696 506 .334 .425 .624 1.049 170 2856 157 60 1 47 154
2009 29 1399 6082 5146 1071 1717 387 14 366 1112 61 30 811 570 .334 .427 .628 1.055 172 3230 180 69 1 55 198
2010 30 1558 6782 5733 1186 1900 426 15 408 1230 75 34 914 646 .331 .426 .624 1.050 172 3580 203 73 1 61 236
2011 31 1705 7433 6312 1291 2073 455 15 445 1329 84 35 975 704 .328 .420 .617 1.037 170 3893 232 77 1 68 251

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 21 161 666 583 105 187 45 4 36 122 1 67 93 .321 .395 .597 .992 135 161
2002 22 157 676 591 119 186 40 2 34 128 2 72 69 .315 .395 .562 .957 130 157
2003 23 157 682 589 135 210 51 1 43 122 5 78 65 .357 .437 .666 1.102 169 157
2004 24 154 683 586 126 190 49 2 45 117 5 81 52 .324 .407 .645 1.052 153 154
2005 25 161 697 589 127 193 38 2 41 115 16 96 65 .328 .428 .608 1.035 150 161
2006 26 143 623 528 111 170 32 1 47 128 7 88 50 .322 .421 .653 1.074 144 143
2007 27 158 670 559 94 179 37 1 31 98 2 96 58 .320 .421 .556 .977 130 158
2008 28 148 638 522 98 185 44 0 37 114 7 103 54 .354 .459 .651 1.111 156 148
2009 29 160 703 570 126 188 45 1 48 138 16 116 64 .330 .445 .665 1.110 168 160
2010 30 159 709 593 121 189 40 1 43 124 14 106 76 .319 .422 .607 1.029 153 159
2011 31 147 667 591 117 185 31 0 40 111 10 65 58 .313 .381 .569 .949 128 147
11 Seasons 1705 7414 6301 1279 2062 452 15 445 1317 85 968 704 .327 .419 .616 1.035 1616 1705
162 Game Avg. 162 704 599 122 196 43 1 42 125 8 92 67 .327 .419 .616 1.035 154 1705

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *
2003 (LF)
2004 (1B)
2005 (DH)
2006 (1B)
2007
2008 (DH)
2009 (1B)
2010 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 NL (4, 50%)
2002 NL (2, 62%)
2003 NL (2, 68%)
2004 NL (3, 55%)
2005 NL (1, 84%)
2006 NL (2, 77%)
2007 NL (9, 11%)
2008 NL (1, 82%)
2009 NL (1, 100%)
2010 NL (2, 62%)
2011 NL (5, 37%)
3 MVPs
6.88 Career Shares (3rd)

Gold Gloves
2006 NL (1B)
2010 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2001 NL (3B)
2003 NL (OF)
2004 NL (1B)
2008 NL (1B)
2009 NL (1B)
2010 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2001 NL  6.9 (8th)
2003 NL  10.9 (1st)
2004 NL  9.4 (3rd)
2005 NL  8.2 (1st)
2006 NL  8.3 (1st)
2007 NL  8.3 (1st)
2008 NL  9.6 (1st)
2009 NL  9.2 (1st)
2010 NL  7.1 (1st)
Active  88.7 (2nd)
Career  88.7 (42nd)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2001 NL  6.9 (6th)
2002 NL  5.8 (10th)
2003 NL  10.9 (1st)
2004 NL  9.4 (3rd)
2005 NL  8.2 (1st)
2006 NL  8.3 (1st)
2007 NL  8.3 (1st)
2008 NL  9.6 (1st)
2009 NL  9.2 (1st)
2010 NL  7.1 (1st)
2011 NL  5.4 (9th)
Active  88.7 (2nd)
Career  88.7 (28th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2001 NL  6.4 (8th)
2002 NL  6.2 (5th)
2003 NL  9.5 (1st)
2004 NL  7.9 (2nd)
2005 NL  7.2 (1st)
2006 NL  7.0 (2nd)
2007 NL  5.8 (4th)
2008 NL  7.8 (1st)
2009 NL  7.8 (1st)
2010 NL  7.4 (1st)
Active  77.4 (5th)
Career  77.4 (40th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
2007 NL  2.5 (1st)
2008 NL  1.8 (1st)
Active  11.3 (9th)
Career  11.3 (53rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
2001 NL  .329 (6th)
2002 NL  .314 (7th)
2003 NL  .359 (1st)
2004 NL  .331 (5th)
2005 NL  .330 (2nd)
2006 NL  .331 (3rd)
2007 NL  .327 (6th)
2008 NL  .357 (2nd)
2009 NL  .327 (3rd)
2010 NL  .312 (6th)
Active  .328 (1st)
Career  .328 (33rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
2003 NL  .439 (3rd)
2004 NL  .415 (7th)
2005 NL  .430 (2nd)
2006 NL  .431 (2nd)
2007 NL  .429 (3rd)
2008 NL  .462 (2nd)
2009 NL  .443 (1st)
2010 NL  .414 (2nd)
Active  .420 (2nd)
Career  .420 (19th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2001 NL  .610 (7th)
2002 NL  .561 (9th)
2003 NL  .667 (3rd)
2004 NL  .657 (2nd)
2005 NL  .609 (2nd)
2006 NL  .671 (1st)
2007 NL  .568 (6th)
2008 NL  .653 (1st)
2009 NL  .658 (1st)
2010 NL  .596 (3rd)
2011 NL  .541 (7th)
Active  .617 (1st)
Career  .617 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2001 NL  1.013 (8th)
2002 NL  .955 (10th)
2003 NL  1.106 (2nd)
2004 NL  1.072 (3rd)
2005 NL  1.039 (2nd)
2006 NL  1.102 (1st)
2007 NL  .997 (4th)
2008 NL  1.114 (1st)
2009 NL  1.101 (1st)
2010 NL  1.011 (2nd)
2011 NL  .906 (10th)
Active  1.037 (1st)
Career  1.037 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
2001 NL  161 (4th)
2005 NL  161 (5th)
2009 NL  160 (2nd)
2010 NL  159 (7th)
Active  1,705 (35th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  6,312 (33rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 NL  700 (7th)
2009 NL  700 (5th)
2010 NL  700 (3rd)
Active  7,433 (28th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2002 NL  118 (2nd)
2003 NL  137 (1st)
2004 NL  133 (1st)
2005 NL  129 (1st)
2006 NL  119 (5th)
2009 NL  124 (1st)
2010 NL  115 (1st)
2011 NL  105 (3rd)
Active  1,291 (12th)
Career  1,291 (123rd)

Hits s c a p y
2001 NL  194 (5th)
2002 NL  185 (4th)
2003 NL  212 (1st)
2004 NL  196 (5th)
2005 NL  195 (4th)
2008 NL  187 (3rd)
2009 NL  186 (6th)
2010 NL  183 (5th)
2011 NL  173 (9th)
Active  2,073 (17th)
Career  2,073 (230th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2001 NL  360 (7th)
2002 NL  331 (4th)
2003 NL  394 (1st)
2004 NL  389 (1st)
2005 NL  360 (2nd)
2006 NL  359 (3rd)
2007 NL  321 (10th)
2008 NL  342 (1st)
2009 NL  374 (1st)
2010 NL  350 (2nd)
2011 NL  313 (5th)
Active  3,893 (11th)
Career  3,893 (95th)

Doubles s c a p y
2001 NL  47 (5th)
2002 NL  40 (8th)
2003 NL  51 (1st)
2004 NL  51 (2nd)
2008 NL  44 (4th)
2009 NL  45 (2nd)
2010 NL  39 (8th)
Active  455 (14th)
Career  455 (90th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 NL  34 (10th)
2003 NL  43 (4th)
2004 NL  46 (2nd)
2005 NL  41 (3rd)
2006 NL  49 (2nd)
2007 NL  32 (10th)
2008 NL  37 (4th)
2009 NL  47 (1st)
2010 NL  42 (1st)
2011 NL  37 (3rd)
Active  445 (6th)
Career  445 (37th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 NL  130 (5th)
2002 NL  127 (2nd)
2003 NL  124 (4th)
2004 NL  123 (3rd)
2005 NL  117 (2nd)
2006 NL  137 (2nd)
2008 NL  116 (4th)
2009 NL  135 (3rd)
2010 NL  118 (1st)
2011 NL  99 (7th)
Active  1,329 (8th)
Career  1,329 (89th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 NL  97 (6th)
2007 NL  99 (6th)
2008 NL  104 (2nd)
2009 NL  115 (3rd)
2010 NL  103 (2nd)
Active  975 (13th)
Career  975 (125th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  1,158 (27th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2001 NL  157 (10th)
2002 NL  151 (10th)
2003 NL  187 (2nd)
2004 NL  172 (2nd)
2005 NL  168 (2nd)
2006 NL  178 (1st)
2007 NL  157 (3rd)
2008 NL  190 (1st)
2009 NL  189 (1st)
2010 NL  174 (1st)
2011 NL  150 (8th)
Active  170 (1st)
Career  170 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2001 NL  141 (8th)
2002 NL  126 (9th)
2003 NL  176 (1st)
2004 NL  157 (3rd)
2005 NL  156 (2nd)
2006 NL  151 (2nd)
2007 NL  132 (6th)
2008 NL  160 (1st)
2009 NL  165 (1st)
2010 NL  142 (2nd)
2011 NL  107 (9th)
Active  1,613 (9th)
Career  1,613 (62nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  52 (8th)
2002 NL  45 (9th)
2003 NL  79 (2nd)
2004 NL  66 (2nd)
2005 NL  63 (2nd)
2006 NL  66 (1st)
2007 NL  53 (1st)
2008 NL  77 (1st)
2009 NL  80 (1st)
2010 NL  65 (1st)
2011 NL  40 (6th)
Active  684 (2nd)
Career  684 (17th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2001 NL  4.9 (8th)
2002 NL  4.2 (9th)
2003 NL  7.3 (2nd)
2004 NL  6.1 (2nd)
2005 NL  5.9 (2nd)
2006 NL  6.0 (1st)
2007 NL  4.9 (1st)
2008 NL  7.1 (1st)
2009 NL  7.5 (1st)
2010 NL  6.3 (1st)
2011 NL  3.9 (6th)
Active  64.2 (2nd)
Career  64.2 (20th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 NL  88 (6th)
2002 NL  76 (7th)
2003 NL  95 (1st)
2004 NL  99 (1st)
2005 NL  81 (3rd)
2006 NL  83 (4th)
2008 NL  81 (2nd)
2009 NL  93 (1st)
2010 NL  82 (1st)
2011 NL  66 (10th)
Active  915 (8th)
Career  915 (58th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2001 NL  272 (10th)
2002 NL  266 (10th)
2003 NL  301 (2nd)
2004 NL  287 (5th)
2005 NL  301 (1st)
2006 NL  273 (5th)
2007 NL  291 (3rd)
2008 NL  296 (1st)
2009 NL  310 (1st)
2010 NL  290 (1st)
Active  3,125 (13th)
Career  3,125 (162nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2001 NL  .736 (10th)
2003 NL  .833 (2nd)
2004 NL  .771 (6th)
2005 NL  .788 (2nd)
2006 NL  .791 (2nd)
2007 NL  .716 (6th)
2008 NL  .833 (1st)
2009 NL  .810 (1st)
2010 NL  .763 (2nd)
Active  .771 (1st)
Career  .771 (14th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active  77 (27th)
Career  77 (164th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2004 NL  9 (5th)
2008 NL  8 (7th)
2009 NL  8 (9th)
2011 NL  7 (9th)
Active  68 (19th)
Career  68 (147th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 NL  12 (6th)
2005 NL  27 (1st)
2006 NL  28 (3rd)
2007 NL  22 (4th)
2008 NL  34 (1st)
2009 NL  44 (1st)
2010 NL  38 (1st)
2011 NL  15 (6th)
Active  251 (1st)
Career  251 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2001 NL  21 (5th)
2002 NL  20 (7th)
2004 NL  21 (8th)
2005 NL  19 (6th)
2006 NL  20 (6th)
2007 NL  27 (1st)
2009 NL  23 (5th)
2010 NL  23 (3rd)
2011 NL  29 (1st)
Active  232 (10th)
Career  232 (45th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 NL  23.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  23.9 (9th)
2010 NL  21.0 (10th)
Active  141.3 (28th)
Career  141.3 (202nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
2004 NL  11.4 (10th)
2006 NL  10.7 (10th)
2007 NL  9.7 (8th)
2008 NL  9.7 (8th)
2009 NL  8.9 (6th)
2010 NL  7.7 (9th)
2011 NL  10.0 (5th)
Active  9.0 (11th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2003 NL  13.7 (7th)
2004 NL  12.9 (6th)
2005 NL  14.4 (5th)
2006 NL  10.9 (2nd)
2008 NL  14.2 (3rd)
2009 NL  12.1 (1st)
2010 NL  14.0 (1st)
2011 NL  15.6 (4th)
Active  14.2 (3rd)
Career  14.2 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  4,575 (39th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
2001 NL  54.47 (10th)
2002 NL  54.29 (8th)
2003 NL  73.61 (4th)
2004 NL  64.20 (4th)
2005 NL  58.45 (1st)
2006 NL  66.65 (3rd)
2007 NL  48.05 (5th)
2008 NL  72.95 (1st)
2009 NL  76.72 (1st)
2010 NL  55.77 (2nd)
Active  658.06 (3rd)
Career  658.06 (11th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2003 NL  6.3 (2nd)
2004 NL  6.3 (3rd)
2005 NL  4.2 (8th)
2006 NL  9.3 (1st)
2007 NL  4.7 (4th)
2008 NL  6.4 (2nd)
2009 NL  8.0 (2nd)
2010 NL  5.3 (2nd)
2011 NL  4.7 (6th)
Active  63.5 (1st)
Career  63.5 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2001 NL  5.8 (8th)
2003 NL  7.7 (2nd)
2004 NL  7.3 (2nd)
2005 NL  6.2 (2nd)
2006 NL  6.4 (2nd)
2007 NL  4.8 (6th)
2008 NL  6.5 (1st)
2009 NL  7.1 (1st)
2010 NL  6.1 (2nd)
2011 NL  4.6 (6th)
Active  66.7 (2nd)
Career  66.7 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2001 NL  5.0 (10th)
2002 NL  5.2 (5th)
2003 NL  6.9 (2nd)
2004 NL  5.9 (2nd)
2005 NL  5.5 (1st)
2006 NL  6.1 (3rd)
2007 NL  4.5 (4th)
2008 NL  6.8 (1st)
2009 NL  7.3 (1st)
2010 NL  5.5 (2nd)
Active  62.1 (1st)
Career  62.1 (12th)

Salary s c a p y
2006 NL  $14,000,000 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
2001 NL  born 1980-01-16 (6th)

                                         

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