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Luis Pujols

Luis Bienvenido (Toribio) Pujols

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 18, 1955 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Rodriguez, Dominican Republic
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1977 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Royals/Rangers 1977-1985

Final Game: May 22, 1985 (Age 29)
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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
1973	17	HOU-min	Rk	26	93	86	8	23	2	0	1	4	1	1	6	21	.267	.323	.326	.648		28		1	0	0			CVN · APPY
1974	18	HOU-min	Rk,A	86	335	304	30	75	7	2	1	37	4	1	18	47	.247	.287	.293	.579		89	7	3	0	10	1		CVN,CDR · APPY,MIDW
1975	19	HOU-min	A	102	371	341	23	75	13	1	0	31	5	1	18	54	.220	.264	.264	.528		90	13	4	4	4	1		DBQ · MIDW
1976	20	HOU-min	AA	53	164	142	12	28	2	0	2	16	1	2	10	21	.197	.282	.254	.536		36	8	8	1	3	2		CBS · SOUL
1977	21	HOU-min	AAA	58	195	180	15	41	4	0	1	19	0	0	9	38	.228	.266	.267	.532		48		1	3	2			CHL · IL
1977	21	HOU	NL	6	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	-63	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1978	22	HOU-min	AAA	61	217	196	22	43	6	1	2	24	0	1	15	52	.219	.272	.291	.563		57		0	4	2			CHL · IL
1978	22	HOU	NL	56	169	153	11	20	8	1	1	11	0	0	12	45	.131	.198	.216	.413	20	33	6	1	2	1	1	2/3
1979	23	HOU-min	AAA	105	368	345	29	86	18	2	6	41	1	0	14	60	.249	.287	.365	.652		126		4	5	0			CHL · IL
1979	23	HOU	NL	26	78	75	7	17	2	1	0	8	0	0	2	14	.227	.247	.280	.527	48	21	3	0	1	0	0	2
1980	24	HOU	NL	78	238	221	15	44	6	1	0	20	0	0	13	29	.199	.245	.235	.480	40	52	5	1	1	2	3	2/5
1981	25	HOU	NL	40	128	117	5	28	3	1	1	14	1	0	10	17	.239	.297	.308	.605	76	36	4	0	0	1	3	2
1982	26	HOU	NL	65	191	176	8	35	6	2	4	15	0	3	10	40	.199	.242	.324	.566	63	57	4	0	5	0	2	2
1983	27	HOU-min	AAA	33	127	112	18	28	7	0	1	9	0	0	11	20	.250	.323	.339	.662		38		2	0	2	1		TUC · PCL
1983	27	HOU	NL	40	97	87	4	17	2	0	0	12	0	0	5	14	.195	.234	.218	.452	30	19	4	0	3	2	2	2
1984	28	HOU-min	AAA	110	404	375	39	104	22	2	10	58	0	1	22	79	.277	.318	.427	.745		160		2	2	3	1		TUC · PCL
1984	28	KCR	AL	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1985	29	TEX	AL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	451	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1986	30	TEX-min	AAA	51	203	192	16	44	7	2	4	26	0	1	9	25	.229	.266	.349	.615		67		1	0	1	2		OKC · AA
1987	31	WSN-min	AAA	9	30	29	4	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.310	.333	.414	.747		12		0	0	0	0		INA · AA
9 Yrs				316	922	850	50	164	27	6	6	81	1	3	52	164	.193	.240	.260	.500	44	221	26	2	12	6	11
162 Game Avg.				162	473	436	26	84	14	3	3	42	1	2	27	84	.193	.240	.260	.500	44	113	13	1	6	3	6

HOU (7 yrs)				311	916	844	50	162	27	6	6	80	1	3	52	164	.192	.239	.259	.498	44	219	26	2	12	6	11
KCR (1 yr)				4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	451	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				311	916	844	50	162	27	6	6	80	1	3	52	164	.192	.239	.259	.498	44	219	26	2	12	6	11
AL (2 yrs)				5	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos
1977	21	HOU	NL	6	15	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	/2
1978	22	HOU	NL	56	169	-13	0	-0	-9	3	-19	-2.1	5	-13	-1.6	.462	.487	-0.6	-0.7	-4	2/3
1979	23	HOU	NL	26	78	-5	0	-0	-5	1	-8	-0.9	3	-6	-0.7	.465	.494	-0.1	-0.4	-1	2
1980	24	HOU	NL	78	238	-12	1	-0	-4	4	-11	-1.3	8	-3	-0.5	.484	.492	-0.0	-0.0	1	2/5
1981	25	HOU	NL	40	128	-4	-0	-0	-3	2	-6	-0.6	4	-1	-0.2	.483	.496	0.1	-0.1	2	2
1982	26	HOU	NL	65	191	-8	-2	-1	-6	4	-12	-1.4	7	-6	-0.7	.479	.492	-0.1	-0.2	0	2
1983	27	HOU	NL	40	97	-7	0	-1	-10	2	-15	-1.7	3	-12	-1.4	.458	.490	-0.3	-0.9	-2	2
1984	28	KCR	AL	4	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.0	.486	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	/2
1985	29	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.547	.500	0.1	0.0	1	/2
9 Seasons				316	922	-52	-0	-2	-36	17	-74	-8.3	31	-43	-5.2	.474	.492	-1.3	-2.2	-6

HOU (7 yrs)				311	916	-52	-0	-2	-36	17	-74	-8.3	31	-43	-5.2	.474	.492	-1.3	-2.2	-7
KCR (1 yr)				4	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.0	.486	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.547	.500	0.1	0.0	1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1980	24	HOU	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	4	13	10	1	1	1	3	0	.100	.308	.300	.608	3	0
1981	25	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2 Yrs (2 Series)							6	20	16	1	1	1	3	1	.063	.211	.188	.398	3	1
1 NLDS							2	7	6	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1 NLCS							4	13	10	1	1	1	3	0	.100	.308	.300	.608	3	0

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1977	HOU	NL	21	C	6	4	3	37.0	22	18	4	0	0	1.000	1	32	5.35	3.67	.985	6.49	6.48	1	1	4	4	50%	35%	0
1978	HOU	NL	22	C	55	47	36	410.2	310	271	33	6	2	.981	-9	-26	6.66	5.53	.985	6.17	6.12	12	17	52	13	20%	32%	0
1978	HOU	NL	22	1B	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	4.50	1.00	.990	9.90	9.90
1979	HOU	NL	23	C	26	22	16	189.0	143	136	6	1	0	.993	-5	-32	6.76	5.46	.985	6.13	6.11	5	9	20	1	5%	34%	0
1980	HOU	NL	24	C	75	57	47	541.0	387	348	35	4	5	.990	-4	-9	6.37	5.11	.983	6.09	6.10	9	15	62	20	24%	31%	0
1980	HOU	NL	24	3B	1	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	2.25	1.00	.950	2.92	2.90
1981	HOU	NL	25	C	39	35	27	304.0	207	192	14	1	1	.995	-3	-12	6.10	5.28	.983	5.93	5.95	5	16	24	11	31%	33%	0
1982	HOU	NL	26	C	64	56	48	488.0	337	295	39	3	3	.991	-6	-15	6.16	5.22	.985	6.29	6.30	20	28	55	24	30%	32%	3
1983	HOU	NL	27	C	39	28	23	260.0	206	180	20	6	0	.971	-10	-46	6.92	5.13	.984	6.57	6.54	11	5	43	3	7%	33%	0
1984	KCR	AL	28	C	4	1	1	13.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.23	2.25	.987	5.95	5.92	0	1	0	0			0
1985	TEX	AL	29	C	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	1.00	.990	5.85	6.00	0	0	2	0	0%	33%	0
	9 Seasons			C	309	250	201	2244.2	1622	1450	151	21	11	.987	-36	-19	6.42	5.18	.984	6.19	6.19	63	92	262	76	22%	32%	3
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	4.50	1.00	.990	9.90	9.90
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	2.25	1.00	.950	2.92	2.90
	9 Seasons			TOT	311	250	201	2250.2	1624	1452	151	21	11	.987	-36	-19	6.41	5.15	.984	6.19	6.19	63	92	262	76	22%	32%	3

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Passed Balls s c a p y 1978 NL 12 (2nd) 1980 NL 9 (3rd) 1981 NL 5 (3rd) 1982 NL 20 (1st) 1983 NL 11 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  12 (2nd)
1980 NL  9 (3rd)
1981 NL  5 (3rd)
1982 NL  20 (1st)
1983 NL  11 (3rd)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 9, 1973: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.
September 1, 1984: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Kansas City Royals for James Miner (minors).
October 19, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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