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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.
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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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 1.072 172 389 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 1.114 190 342 16 5 0 8 34 *3/D4 AS,MVP-1,SS
2009 29 STL NL 86 369 292 68 97 21 0 31 83 10 3 69 35 .332 .458 .723 1.181 210 211 11 3 0 5 31 *3/D AS
9 Seasons 1325 5751 4870 1015 1628 363 13 350 1060 55 29 765 541 .334 .427 .630 1.057 172 3067 168 63 1 52 185
162 Game Avg. 162 703 595 124 199 44 2 43 130 7 4 94 66 .334 .427 .630 1.057 172 375 21 8 0 6 23

Postseason Batting

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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
2005 25 STL NL NLCS HOU L 6 24 23 3 7 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 3 .304 .333 .565 .899 13
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
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
2006 26 STL NL WS DET W 5 20 15 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 5 3 .200 .400 .467 .867 7
5 Seasons (11 Series) 53 224 189 39 61 10 1 13 35 0 1 33 27 .323 .429 .593 1.021 112 2 2 0 0 1
5 NLDS 19 80 67 15 20 3 1 4 15 0 0 13 7 .299 .413 .552 .965 37 2 0 0 0 0
4 NLCS 25 107 92 20 33 4 0 8 18 0 0 14 14 .359 .449 .663 1.112 61 0 1 0 0 0
2 WS 9 37 30 4 8 3 0 1 2 0 1 6 6 .267 .405 .467 .872 14 0 1 0 0 1

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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 85 84 733.0 884 783 95 6 81 .993 10.78 10.33 .993 9.34 8.59 AS
2009 STL NL 29 DH 1 AS
9 Seasons 1B 960 908 8015.0 9364 8567 740 57 873 .994 90.4 13.5 86.4 32.2 54.3 4 10.45 9.69 .993 7.41 7.01
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 1367 1281 11134.2 10151 9132 934 85 896 .992 97.3 10.5 99.3 35.6 63.8 -7 5 8.14 7.36 .983 5.92 5.43
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 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)

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

Gold Gloves
2006-NL-1B

Silver Sluggers
2001-NL-3B
2003-NL-OF
2004-NL-1B
2008-NL-1B
All multiple winners

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%
2 MVPs
4.89 Career Shares (11th)

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--.332--3rd
Active--.334--1st
Career--.334--23rd

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--.458--1st
Active--.427--1st
Career--.427--12th

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--.723--1st
Active--.630--1st
Career--.630--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--1.181--1st
Active--1.057--1st
Career--1.057--4th

Games Played s c a p y
2001 NL--161--4th
2005 NL--161--5th
2009 NL--86--1st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 NL--700--7th
2009 NL--369--5th

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--68--1st
Active--1015--27th

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--97--8th
Active--1628--43rd

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--211--1st
Active--3067--27th
Career--3067--250th

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
Active--363--31st
Career--363--218th

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--31--1st
Active--350--13th
Career--350--78th

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--83--1st
Active--1060--22nd
Career--1060--219th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 NL--97--6th
2007 NL--99--6th
2008 NL--104--2nd
2009 NL--69--1st
Active--765--26th

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--2nd
2008 NL--190--1st
2009 NL--210--1st
Active--172--1st
Career--172--6th

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--96--1st
Active--1295--19th
Career--1295--137th

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--2nd
2008 NL--77--1st
2009 NL--50--1st
Active--551--5th
Career--551--30th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2001 NL--4.9--7th
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--4.7--1st
Active--51.1--5th
Career--51.1--39th

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--52--1st
Active--726--21st
Career--726--143rd

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--169--1st
Active--2456--31st

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2001 NL--.736--10th
2003 NL--.832--2nd
2004 NL--.771--6th
2005 NL--.789--2nd
2006 NL--.791--2nd
2007 NL--.716--6th
2008 NL--.833--1st
2009 NL--.843--1st
Active--.781--1st
Career--.781--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active--63--48th
Career--63--232nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2004 NL--9--5th
2008 NL--8--7th
2009 NL--5--5th
Active--52--40th

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--31--1st
Active--185--5th
Career--185--21st

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
Active--168--20th
Career--168--171st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 NL--23.0--3rd
2009 NL--15.1--2nd

AB per SO s c a p y
2004 NL--11.385--10th
2006 NL--10.700--10th
2007 NL--9.741--8th
2008 NL--9.704--8th
Active--9.002--14th

AB per HR s c a p y
2003 NL--13.744--7th
2004 NL--12.870--6th
2005 NL--14.415--5th
2006 NL--10.918--2nd
2008 NL--14.162--3rd
2009 NL--9.419--1st
Active--13.914--3rd
Career--13.914--6th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 38 (38), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 180 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 216 (35), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 46 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Hank Greenberg (859) *
  3. David Ortiz (838)
  4. Hack Wilson (817) *
  5. Mo Vaughn (812)
  6. Carlos Lee (807)
  7. Hal Trosky (804)
  8. Todd Helton (799)
  9. Magglio Ordonez (799)
  10. Albert Belle (797)
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Similar Batters through 28 
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  1. Jimmie Foxx (870) *
  2. Hank Aaron (863) *
  3. Frank Robinson (857) *
  4. Lou Gehrig (855) *
  5. Ken Griffey (853)
  6. Mickey Mantle (829) *
  7. Joe DiMaggio (818) *
  8. Juan Gonzalez (805)
  9. Mel Ott (805) *
  10. Hal Trosky (795)
* - 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 (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe DiMaggio (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe DiMaggio (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe DiMaggio (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe DiMaggio (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe DiMaggio (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jimmie Foxx (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 1999.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2001St. Louis Cardinals$200,000
2002St. Louis Cardinals$600,000
2003St. Louis Cardinals$900,000
2004St. Louis Cardinals$7,000,000
2005St. Louis Cardinals$11,000,000
2006St. Louis Cardinals$14,000,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$12,937,813
2008St. Louis Cardinals$13,870,949
Career (may be incomplete)$60,508,762
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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