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Albert Pujols
Jose Alberto Pujols (Prince Albert, Phat Albert, The Machine or El Hombre)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, D.R.
High School: Fort Sage (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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 STL NL 21 OF 78 70 611.2 139 128 6 5 0 .964 2.0 3.9 4.0 3.3 0.7 -2 1.97 1.72 .982 2.20 1.86 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 3B 55 52 431.2 161 40 111 10 17 .938 2.5 6.9 1.5 1.3 0.2 1 3.15 2.75 .951 2.57 2.17 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 1B 43 32 287.0 307 283 19 5 27 .984 1.3 5.4 1.3 2.1 -0.8 0 9.47 7.02 .993 9.26 7.84 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 LF 39 37 309.0 76 72 3 1 0 .987 4.9 19.0 4.9 3.2 1.7 0 2.18 1.92 .979 1.91 1.48 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 RF 39 33 302.2 63 56 3 4 0 .937 -2.9 -11.5 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 -2 1.75 1.51 .983 2.11 1.73 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 DH 2 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2002 STL NL 22 OF 118 101 873.2 180 172 4 4 0 .978 -6.5 -8.9 -4.5 -1.7 -2.8 -2 1.81 1.49 .983 2.19 1.84 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 LF 117 101 870.2 181 173 4 4 0 .978 -6.4 -8.8 -4.4 -1.6 -2.8 -2 1.83 1.51 .977 1.92 1.51 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 3B 41 37 293.0 97 25 66 6 6 .938 -0.6 -2.5 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 0 2.80 2.22 .958 2.71 2.29 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 1B 21 16 144.0 154 140 13 1 24 .994 3.0 25.0 3.0 1.0 2.1 0 9.56 7.29 .992 9.39 7.97 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 DH 2 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00 MVP-2
2003 STL NL 23 LF 113 113 904.1 208 198 7 3 0 .986 9.5 12.6 12.5 1.5 11.0 -3 2.04 1.81 .979 1.91 1.54 AS,MVP-2,SS
2003 STL NL 23 OF 113 113 904.1 208 198 7 3 0 .986 9.5 12.6 12.5 1.5 11.0 -3 2.04 1.81 .984 2.17 1.85 AS,MVP-2,SS
2003 STL NL 23 1B 62 36 369.2 374 340 33 1 34 .997 4.1 13.3 4.1 0.8 3.3 0 9.08 6.02 .993 9.60 7.98 AS,MVP-2,SS
2003 STL NL 23 DH 1 AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 STL NL 24 1B 150 150 1338.2 1582 1458 114 10 136 .994 14.6 13.1 14.6 8.0 6.6 0 10.57 10.48 .993 6.72 6.67 AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 STL NL 24 DH 3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2005 STL NL 25 1B 158 155 1358.2 1707 1596 97 14 175 .992 9.4 8.3 8.4 0.2 8.2 1 11.21 10.72 .993 6.62 6.33 AS,MVP-1
2006 STL NL 26 1B 143 142 1244.1 1461 1345 110 6 145 .996 14.3 13.8 13.3 5.3 8.0 1 10.52 10.17 .994 7.23 6.99 AS,MVP-2,GG
2007 STL NL 27 1B 154 153 1324.2 1457 1325 124 8 132 .995 25.4 23.0 23.4 6.1 17.3 2 9.84 9.41 .993 6.79 6.49 AS,MVP-9
2008 STL NL 28 1B 144 140 1215.0 1438 1297 135 6 119 .996 18.3 18.1 18.3 8.7 9.6 0 10.61 9.94 .992 7.41 6.94 AS,MVP-1,SS
2008 STL NL 28 DH 3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2008 STL NL 28 2B 1 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.70 1.00 1.000 4.86 4.00 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 STL NL 29 1B 159 157 1376.2 1671 1473 185 13 150 .992 11.7 10.2 11.7 9.7 2.0 0 10.84 10.43 .993 6.54 6.29 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 STL NL 29 DH 1 AS,MVP-1,SS
9 Seasons 1B 1034 981 8658.2 10151 9257 830 64 942 .994 102.1 14.1 98.1 41.9 56.3 4 10.48 9.76 .993 7.11 6.77
3 Seasons OF 309 284 2389.2 527 498 17 12 0 .977 5.0 2.5 12.0 3.1 8.9 -7 1.94 1.67 .983 2.18 1.85
3 Seasons LF 269 251 2084.0 465 443 14 8 0 .983 8.0 4.6 13.0 3.1 9.9 -5 1.97 1.70 .978 1.91 1.52
2 Seasons 3B 96 89 724.2 258 65 177 16 23 .938 1.9 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.6 1 3.01 2.52 .953 2.63 2.22
2 Seasons RF 40 33 305.2 63 56 3 4 0 .937 -3.0 -11.8 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 -2 1.74 1.48 .983 2.11 1.73
6 Seasons DH 12
1 Season 2B 1 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.70 1.00 1.000 4.86 4.00
1 Season SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
9 Seasons TOT 1441 1354 11778.1 10938 9822 1024 92 965 .992 109.0 11.1 111.0 45.3 65.8 -7 5 8.29 7.53 .983 5.78 5.34
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 STL NL 21 161 156 161 157 0 0 43 0 55 0 39 0 39 78 2 2 0
2002 STL NL 22 157 156 157 154 0 0 21 0 41 1 117 0 1 118 2 1 0
2003 STL NL 23 157 150 157 150 0 0 62 0 0 0 113 0 0 113 1 7 0
2004 STL NL 24 154 153 154 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
2005 STL NL 25 161 155 161 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 STL NL 26 143 142 143 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 STL NL 27 158 153 158 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 STL NL 28 148 143 148 144 0 0 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
2009 STL NL 29 160 158 160 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
9 Seasons 1399 1366 1399 1369 0 0 1034 1 96 1 269 0 40 309 12 28 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 STL NL 21 1252 63% 73% 30% 61 98% 1 283 13 264 8 29 19 10 6 1 1 5 2 2 1 1 27 3 0 0 26 3 1 0 1 1 100%
2002 STL NL 22 626 59% 75% 29% 39 92% 1 145 9 136 0 22 6 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 24 1 1 0 23 2 1 1 0 3 33%
2003 STL NL 23 1705 56% 75% 31% 86 99% 0 340 25 312 3 31 33 23 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 35 2 1 0 33 3 2 0 1 2 100%
2004 STL NL 24 5744 54% 75% 35% 330 96% 4 1458 72 1361 29 136 114 82 19 8 2 10 3 3 4 5 136 4 1 1 124 7 12 4 8 11 91%
2005 STL NL 25 5829 58% 76% 37% 345 92% 2 1597 72 1482 42 164 97 55 24 2 3 14 1 8 5 11 175 9 2 0 166 11 9 3 6 17 76%
2006 STL NL 26 5479 55% 76% 34% 330 93% 6 1348 75 1237 36 133 110 68 24 4 1 6 1 4 1 5 145 9 2 1 136 14 6 2 4 27 78%
2007 STL NL 27 5934 57% 76% 32% 369 95% 7 1325 85 1211 30 151 124 66 31 8 2 8 3 3 2 4 132 13 4 0 123 22 9 3 6 17 94%
2008 STL NL 28 5338 57% 77% 33% 328 95% 2 1297 84 1173 39 100 135 97 26 3 4 6 0 4 2 5 119 5 1 0 109 8 10 2 7 10 80%
2009 STL NL 29 5967 51% 75% 36% 403 95% 9 1473 72 1358 45 139 185 127 37 6 7 13 3 8 2 8 150 8 1 2 142 14 8 3 4 16 88%
9 Seasons 37874 56% 76% 34% 2291 95% 32 9266 507 8534 232 905 823 529 178 32 20 64 13 34 17 40 943 54 13 4 882 84 58 18 37 104 83%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 STL NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 5 4 0 6 1 1 2 0 1 6 1 0 5 5 0 24 11 45.8% 11 2 8.3% 1 1294 57% 73% 37% 131 57%
2002 STL NL 22 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 23 22 0 27 9 2 23 10 0 8 1 0 14 14 0 95 56 58.9% 37 2 2.1% 2 3806 58% 75% 39% 383 46%
2003 STL NL 23 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 3 1 3 30 21 1 30 8 2 27 16 1 10 0 0 18 17 0 115 62 53.9% 49 4 3.5% 3 3960 61% 77% 42% 446 46%
3 Seasons 8 0 8 0 2 14 0 5 2 7 58 47 1 63 18 5 52 26 2 24 2 0 37 36 0 234 129 55.1% 97 8 3.4% 6 9060 59% 76% 40% 960 48%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 STL NL 21 1931 61% 74% 29% 148 93% 2 40 27 3 10 111 84 20 5 2 10 0 9 1 9 17 12 2 15 0 0 0 7 71%
2002 STL NL 22 1300 59% 73% 29% 90 92% 0 25 15 8 2 66 64 2 0 1 6 0 2 4 5 6 1 3 5 1 1 0 6 83%
2 Seasons 3231 60% 74% 29% 238 92% 2 65 42 11 12 177 148 22 5 3 16 0 11 5 14 23 13 5 20 1 1 0 13 77%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 STL NL 21 4 0 4 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 14 5 0 8 0 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 33 9 27.3% 24 0 0.0% 3 1333 62% 71% 37% 117 50%
2002 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 50% 83% 25% 0
2 Seasons 4 0 4 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 14 5 0 8 0 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 33 9 27.3% 24 0 0.0% 3 1345 62% 72% 37% 117 50%
MLB Averages 48.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2002 STL NL 22 8 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2008 STL NL 28 15 60% 73% 27% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 15 60% 73% 27% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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