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Albert Pujols

Jose Alberto Pujols (Prince Albert, Phat Albert or The Machine) (twitter: @PujolsFive)

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 HS (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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Angels 2001-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 10 yrs/$240M (12-21) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 12.000, Free Agent: 2022 [*], Agents: Dan Lozano [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #43. Paul Waner… #44. Dan Brouthers… #45. Eddie Murray… #46. ALBERT PUJOLS… #47. Duke Snider… #48. Barry Bonds… #49. Hank Greenberg… 

Standard Batting

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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 5379/D 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 *753/D96 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 *73/D AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 24 STL NL 154 692 592 133 196 51 2 46 123 5 5 84 52 .331 .415 .657 1.072 173 389 21 7 0 9 12 *3/D 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 1.114 192 342 16 5 0 8 34 *3/D4 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/D 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 .906 148 313 29 4 0 7 15 *3/5 MVP-5
2012 32 LAA AL 154 670 607 85 173 50 0 30 105 8 1 52 76 .285 .343 .516 .859 141 313 19 5 0 6 16 *3D/5 MVP-17
12 Yrs 1859 8103 6919 1376 2246 505 15 475 1434 92 36 1027 780 .325 .414 .608 1.022 168 4206 251 82 1 74 267
162 Game Avg. 162 706 603 120 196 44 1 41 125 8 3 89 68 .325 .414 .608 1.022 168 367 22 7 0 6 23
STL (11 yrs) 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
LAA (1 yr) 154 670 607 85 173 50 0 30 105 8 1 52 76 .285 .343 .516 .859 141 313 19 5 0 6 16
NL (11 yrs) 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
AL (1 yr) 154 670 607 85 173 50 0 30 105 8 1 52 76 .285 .343 .516 .859 141 313 19 5 0 6 16

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 21 STL NL 161 676 51 -2 -2 6 -6 47 4.6 18 65 6.3 .529 .528 5.8 -0.0 59 $200,000 5379/D AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2002 22 STL NL 157 675 44 2 -2 -4 -6 34 3.4 19 52 5.2 .522 .521 5.7 -1.1 57 $600,000 *753/D96 MVP-2
2003 23 STL NL 157 685 73 2 -0 1 -9 67 6.6 19 86 8.4 .542 .541 8.3 -0.8 85 $900,000 *73/D AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 24 STL NL 154 692 69 1 -2 7 -10 66 6.5 19 85 8.3 .542 .540 7.6 -0.3 78 $7,000,000 *3/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2005 25 STL NL 161 700 55 5 -1 13 -10 62 6.3 19 82 8.2 .539 .539 6.8 0.4 69 $11,000,000 *3 AS,MVP-1
2006 26 STL NL 143 634 61 2 -2 17 -9 68 6.6 17 85 8.2 .546 .541 6.6 0.8 68 $14,000,000 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG
2007 27 STL NL 158 679 51 -2 -3 31 -9 68 6.7 18 86 8.5 .543 .542 5.4 2.2 55 $12,937,813 *3 AS,MVP-9
2008 28 STL NL 148 641 65 0 0 18 -9 75 7.3 17 92 9.0 .550 .546 7.2 0.9 74 $13,870,949 *3/D4 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 29 STL NL 160 700 67 3 -2 17 -10 75 7.6 19 94 9.4 .548 .547 7.7 0.8 77 $14,427,326 *3/D AS,MVP-1,SS
2010 30 STL NL 159 700 54 3 -2 8 -10 53 5.5 19 72 7.3 .535 .534 6.5 -0.2 64 $14,595,953 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 31 STL NL 147 651 34 0 -4 9 -9 30 3.3 18 48 5.1 .522 .520 4.0 0.1 39 $14,508,395 *3/5 MVP-5
2012 32 LAA AL 154 670 28 -0 -2 9 -11 24 2.6 22 46 4.6 .516 .515 3.8 -0.2 37 $12,000,000 *3D/5 MVP-17
12 Seasons 1859 8103 653 16 -23 132 -108 670 67.0 225 894 88.5 .536 .535 75.4 2.6 763 $116,040,436
STL (11 yrs) 1705 7433 625 16 -21 123 -97 646 64.4 202 848 83.9 .538 .536 71.6 2.8 725 $104,040,436
LAA (1 yr) 154 670 28 -0 -2 9 -11 24 2.6 22 46 4.6 .516 .515 3.8 -0.2 37 $12,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 STL NL 21 OF 78 70 54 611.2 139 128 6 5 0 .964 2 4 1.97 1.72 .982 2.20 2.18 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 3B 55 52 38 431.2 161 40 111 10 17 .938 2 7 3.15 2.75 .950 2.57 2.54 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 1B 42 32 23 287.0 307 283 19 5 27 .984 1 5 9.47 7.19 .993 9.26 9.16 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 LF 39 37 25 309.0 76 72 3 1 0 .987 5 19 2.18 1.92 .979 1.91 1.89 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 RF 39 33 29 302.2 63 56 3 4 0 .937 -3 -11 1.75 1.51 .981 2.11 2.09 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2001 STL NL 21 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2002 STL NL 22 OF 118 101 66 873.2 181 173 4 4 0 .978 -6 -9 1.82 1.50 .983 2.19 2.17 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 LF 117 101 66 870.2 180 172 4 4 0 .978 -6 -9 1.82 1.50 .977 1.92 1.90 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 3B 41 37 19 293.0 97 25 66 6 6 .938 -1 -2 2.80 2.22 .957 2.71 2.69 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 1B 21 16 9 144.0 154 140 13 1 24 .994 3 25 9.56 7.29 .992 9.39 9.31 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 DH 2 2 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.00 MVP-2
2002 STL NL 22 SS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50 MVP-2
2003 STL NL 23 LF 113 113 63 904.1 208 198 7 3 0 .986 10 -4 13 -5 2.04 1.81 .979 1.91 1.89 AS,MVP-2,SS
2003 STL NL 23 OF 113 113 63 904.1 208 198 7 3 0 .986 10 -4 13 -5 2.04 1.81 .984 2.17 2.15 AS,MVP-2,SS
2003 STL NL 23 1B 62 36 32 369.2 374 340 33 1 34 .997 4 5 13 16 9.08 6.02 .993 9.60 9.51 AS,MVP-2,SS
2003 STL NL 23 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 STL NL 24 1B 150 150 145 1338.2 1582 1458 114 10 136 .994 15 7 13 6 10.57 10.48 .993 9.51 9.44 AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 STL NL 24 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-3,SS
2005 STL NL 25 1B 157 155 143 1358.2 1708 1597 97 14 175 .992 9 13 8 11 11.22 10.79 .993 9.65 9.52 AS,MVP-1
2006 STL NL 26 1B 143 142 132 1244.1 1464 1348 110 6 145 .996 14 17 14 16 10.55 10.20 .994 9.43 9.36 AS,MVP-2,GG
2007 STL NL 27 1B 154 153 140 1324.2 1457 1325 124 8 132 .995 25 31 23 28 9.84 9.41 .993 9.21 9.17 AS,MVP-9
2008 STL NL 28 1B 144 140 121 1215.0 1438 1297 135 6 119 .996 18 18 18 18 10.61 9.94 .992 9.34 9.28 AS,MVP-1,SS
2008 STL NL 28 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-1,SS
2008 STL NL 28 2B 1 0 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.00 .980 4.86 4.80 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 STL NL 29 1B 159 157 141 1376.2 1671 1473 185 13 150 .992 12 17 10 15 10.84 10.43 .993 9.29 9.21 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 STL NL 29 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-1,SS
2010 STL NL 30 1B 157 157 140 1380.2 1619 1458 157 4 146 .998 -3 8 -3 7 10.53 10.29 .993 9.23 9.13 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 STL NL 31 1B 146 141 128 1260.1 1430 1254 165 11 134 .992 7 10 7 10 10.13 9.72 .994 9.33 9.31 MVP-5
2011 STL NL 31 3B 7 4 0 33.2 17 2 12 3 2 .824 0 -1 11 -36 3.74 2.00 .954 2.54 2.53 MVP-5
2012 LAA AL 32 1B 120 118 108 1021.2 1117 1013 97 7 95 .994 2 8 2 9 9.78 9.25 .994 9.27 9.22 MVP-17
2012 LAA AL 32 DH 34 34 MVP-17
2012 LAA AL 32 3B 3 2 0 15.2 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 0 1 16 76 2.30 1.33 .952 2.59 2.60 MVP-17
12 Seasons 1B 1455 1397 1262 12321.1 14321 12986 1249 86 1317 .994 108 134 10 13 10.40 9.78 .993 9.37 9.30
3 Seasons OF 309 284 183 2389.2 528 499 17 12 0 .977 5 -4 3 -5 1.94 1.67 .983 2.18 2.17
3 Seasons LF 269 251 154 2084.0 464 442 14 8 0 .983 8 -4 5 -5 1.97 1.70 .978 1.91 1.89
4 Seasons 3B 106 95 57 774.0 279 68 192 19 27 .932 2 0 4 0 3.02 2.45 .953 2.62 2.60
2 Seasons RF 40 33 29 305.2 63 56 3 4 0 .937 -3 -12 1.74 1.48 .981 2.11 2.09
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.00 .980 4.86 4.80
1 Season SS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50
12 Seasons TOT 1872 1776 1502 15490.1 15129 13554 1458 117 1344 .992 115 126 9 11 8.72 8.02 .992 7.92 7.74
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Awards (yr lg award)
2001 NL Rookie of the Year
2003 NL batting_title
2003 ML Major League Player of the Year
2003 NL Hank Aaron Award
2004 NL NLCS MVP
2005 NL MVP
2008 NL MVP
2008 NL Roberto Clemente Award
2008 ML Major League Player of the Year
2009 NL MVP
2009 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2009 NL Hank Aaron Award
2009 ML Major League Player of the Year

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%)
2012 AL (17, 2%)
3 MVPs
6.90 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 Replacement† s c a p y
2003 NL  8.4 (2nd)
2004 NL  8.3 (4th)
2005 NL  8.2 (1st)
2006 NL  8.2 (1st)
2007 NL  8.5 (1st)
2008 NL  9.0 (1st)
2009 NL  9.4 (1st)
2010 NL  7.3 (2nd)
Active  88.5 (2nd)
Career  88.5 (40th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2001 NL  6.3 (9th)
2003 NL  8.4 (2nd)
2004 NL  8.3 (4th)
2005 NL  8.2 (1st)
2006 NL  8.2 (1st)
2007 NL  8.5 (1st)
2008 NL  9.0 (1st)
2009 NL  9.4 (1st)
2010 NL  7.3 (1st)
2011 NL  5.1 (10th)
Active  88.5 (2nd)
Career  88.5 (27th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2002 NL  5.7 (7th)
2003 NL  8.3 (2nd)
2004 NL  7.6 (2nd)
2005 NL  6.8 (2nd)
2006 NL  6.6 (2nd)
2007 NL  5.4 (7th)
2008 NL  7.2 (1st)
2009 NL  7.7 (1st)
2010 NL  6.5 (1st)
Active  75.4 (5th)
Career  75.4 (36th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.2 (4th)

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  .325 (1st)
Career  .325 (41st)

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  .414 (3rd)
Career  .414 (27th)

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)
2012 AL  .516 (10th)
Active  .608 (1st)
Career  .608 (5th)

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  1.022 (1st)
Career  1.022 (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  1,859 (24th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  6,919 (26th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 NL  700 (7th)
2009 NL  700 (5th)
2010 NL  700 (3rd)
Active  8,103 (22nd)
Career  8,103 (250th)

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  1,376 (9th)
Career  1,376 (94th)

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  2,246 (14th)
Career  2,246 (162nd)

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)
2012 AL  313 (7th)
Active  4,206 (8th)
Career  4,206 (68th)

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)
2012 AL  50 (2nd)
Active  505 (9th)
Career  505 (52nd)

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  475 (4th)
Career  475 (28th)

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)
2012 AL  105 (8th)
Active  1,434 (6th)
Career  1,434 (62nd)

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  1,027 (12th)
Career  1,027 (106th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  1,251 (21st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2001 NL  157 (10th)
2003 NL  187 (2nd)
2004 NL  173 (2nd)
2005 NL  168 (2nd)
2006 NL  178 (1st)
2007 NL  157 (3rd)
2008 NL  192 (1st)
2009 NL  189 (1st)
2010 NL  173 (1st)
2011 NL  148 (8th)
2012 AL  141 (8th)
Active  168 (1st)
Career  168 (9th)

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  1,717 (7th)
Career  1,717 (45th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  52 (8th)
2002 NL  45 (10th)
2003 NL  79 (2nd)
2004 NL  67 (2nd)
2005 NL  63 (2nd)
2006 NL  66 (1st)
2007 NL  53 (1st)
2008 NL  77 (1st)
2009 NL  80 (1st)
2010 NL  64 (1st)
2011 NL  38 (7th)
2012 AL  35 (7th)
Active  719 (1st)
Career  719 (16th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2001 NL  4.9 (8th)
2002 NL  4.2 (10th)
2003 NL  7.3 (2nd)
2004 NL  6.2 (2nd)
2005 NL  5.9 (2nd)
2006 NL  6.0 (1st)
2007 NL  4.9 (1st)
2008 NL  7.2 (1st)
2009 NL  7.5 (1st)
2010 NL  6.2 (1st)
2011 NL  3.8 (7th)
2012 AL  3.4 (7th)
Active  67.6 (1st)
Career  67.6 (17th)

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)
2012 AL  80 (3rd)
Active  995 (5th)
Career  995 (36th)

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  3,355 (12th)
Career  3,355 (127th)

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  .762 (2nd)
Career  .762 (19th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active  82 (25th)
Career  82 (144th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2004 NL  9 (5th)
2008 NL  8 (7th)
2009 NL  8 (9th)
2011 NL  7 (9th)
Active  74 (13th)
Career  74 (119th)

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)
2012 AL  16 (3rd)
Active  267 (1st)
Career  267 (3rd)

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  251 (6th)
Career  251 (30th)

SB % s c a p y
2005 NL  88.89 (2nd)
2009 NL  80.00 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 NL  23.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  23.9 (9th)
2010 NL  21.0 (10th)
Active  154.1 (23rd)
Career  154.1 (162nd)

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)
2012 AL  8.0 (9th)
Active  8.9 (13th)

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  14.6 (3rd)
Career  14.6 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  5,035 (29th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2001 NL  54.47 (10th)
2002 NL  54.29 (8th)
2003 NL  77.23 (3rd)
2004 NL  66.20 (4th)
2005 NL  60.18 (1st)
2006 NL  72.14 (2nd)
2007 NL  48.05 (6th)
2008 NL  72.95 (1st)
2009 NL  78.72 (1st)
2010 NL  55.73 (2nd)
Active  699.79 (2nd)
Career  699.79 (9th)

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  66.3 (1st)
Career  66.3 (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  6.0 (2nd)
2011 NL  4.6 (6th)
Active  69.1 (1st)
Career  69.1 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2001 NL  5.0 (10th)
2002 NL  5.2 (7th)
2003 NL  7.3 (2nd)
2004 NL  6.1 (2nd)
2005 NL  5.6 (1st)
2006 NL  6.6 (2nd)
2007 NL  4.5 (6th)
2008 NL  6.9 (1st)
2009 NL  7.5 (1st)
2010 NL  5.5 (3rd)
Active  66.2 (1st)
Career  66.2 (11th)

Putouts† s c a p y
2004 NL  1,458 (1st)
2005 NL  1,597 (1st)
2006 NL  1,348 (3rd)
2007 NL  1,325 (3rd)
2008 NL  1,298 (5th)
2009 NL  1,473 (1st)
2010 NL  1,458 (1st)
Active  13,554 (3rd)
Career  13,554 (62nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2007 NL  25 (1st)
2008 NL  18 (1st)
Active  115 (7th)
Career  115 (35th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  150 (5th)
2005 NL  157 (2nd)
2007 NL  154 (2nd)
2009 NL  159 (2nd)
2010 NL  157 (4th)
Active  1,455 (3rd)
Career  1,455 (65th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  1,458 (1st)
2005 NL  1,597 (1st)
2006 NL  1,348 (3rd)
2007 NL  1,325 (3rd)
2008 NL  1,297 (5th)
2009 NL  1,473 (1st)
2010 NL  1,458 (1st)
Active  12,986 (3rd)
Career  12,986 (66th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  114 (3rd)
2005 NL  97 (3rd)
2006 NL  110 (2nd)
2007 NL  124 (2nd)
2008 NL  135 (2nd)
2009 NL  185 (1st)
2010 NL  157 (1st)
2011 NL  165 (2nd)
2012 AL  97 (5th)
Active  1,249 (2nd)
Career  1,249 (24th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  10 (4th)
2005 NL  14 (1st)
2009 NL  13 (2nd)
2011 NL  11 (2nd)
2012 AL  7 (4th)
Active  86 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  15 (1st)
2005 NL  9 (1st)
2006 NL  14 (1st)
2007 NL  25 (1st)
2008 NL  18 (1st)
2009 NL  12 (1st)
Active  108 (1st)
Career  108 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2004 NL  10.57 (1st)
2005 NL  11.22 (1st)
2006 NL  10.55 (1st)
2007 NL  9.84 (3rd)
2008 NL  10.61 (2nd)
2009 NL  10.84 (1st)
2010 NL  10.53 (1st)
2011 NL  10.13 (1st)
2012 AL  9.78 (3rd)
Active  10.40 (1st)
Career  10.40 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2004 NL  10.48 (1st)
2005 NL  10.79 (1st)
2006 NL  10.20 (1st)
2007 NL  9.41 (3rd)
2008 NL  9.94 (3rd)
2009 NL  10.43 (1st)
2010 NL  10.29 (1st)
2011 NL  9.72 (1st)
2012 AL  9.25 (2nd)
Active  9.78 (1st)
Career  9.78 (78th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  .996 (5th)
2008 NL  .996 (5th)
2010 NL  .998 (2nd)
Active  .994 (12th)
Career  .994 (45th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  5 (3rd)
2003 NL  10 (5th)

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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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 45 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 241 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 272 (18), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 60 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (3rd), 88.5 career WAR/60.0 7yr-peak WAR/74.2 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Carlos Delgado (844)
  2. Vladimir Guerrero (838)
  3. Larry Walker (838)
  4. Jeff Bagwell (825)
  5. Todd Helton (813)
  6. Joe DiMaggio (809) *
  7. Willie Stargell (796) *
  8. Edgar Martinez (793)
  9. David Ortiz (788)
  10. Juan Gonzalez (784)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 32 
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  1. Hank Aaron (847) *
  2. Ken Griffey (835)
  3. Jimmie Foxx (831) *
  4. Frank Robinson (827) *
  5. Mickey Mantle (808) *
  6. Lou Gehrig (806) *
  7. Mel Ott (797) *
  8. Manny Ramirez (775)
  9. Willie Mays (775) *
  10. Vladimir Guerrero (753)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe DiMaggio (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe DiMaggio (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe DiMaggio (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe DiMaggio (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe DiMaggio (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Robinson (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Miguel Cabrera (883)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Miguel Cabrera (881)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jimmie Foxx (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jimmie Foxx (863) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jimmie Foxx (851) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hank Aaron (847) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200121St. Louis Cardinals$200,0004/6/01 USA Today
200222St. Louis Cardinals$600,0004/3/02 AP
200323St. Louis Cardinals$900,0004/3/03 AP
200424St. Louis Cardinals$7,000,0004/7/04 AP
200525St. Louis Cardinals$11,000,000
200626St. Louis Cardinals$14,000,000
200727St. Louis Cardinals$12,937,813
200828St. Louis Cardinals$13,870,949
200929St. Louis Cardinals$14,427,326
201030St. Louis Cardinals$14,595,953
201131St. Louis Cardinals$14,508,395
201232Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$12,000,000contracts
201333Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$16,000,000
201434Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$23,000,000
201535Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$24,000,000
201636Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$25,000,000
201737Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$26,000,000
201838Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$27,000,000
201939Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$28,000,000
202040Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$29,000,000
202141Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$30,000,00010-year, $10M personal-services contract begins once player contract expires
Earliest Free Agent: 2022
Career to date (may be incomplete)$116,040,436Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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