In those 11 seasons with the Redbirds (2001-2011), Pujols hit 445 home runs, drove in 1,329, all while hitting .328 with a 170 OPS+. Besides what we’ve already shared, there was a terrific piece penned two years ago by Jayson Stark of The Athletic in which he offered a few other neat numbers. Other than giving the Angels a big lead, the homer didn’t feel monumental — it was only his 19th of the season, it didn’t move him past anyone on the all-time list or the franchise list, and it wasn’t off a Cy Young contender or future Hall of Famer. He had his second World Series ring, while manager Tony La Russa (in his final game as a big league manager) won his third. Yes, friends, Albert Pujols was an all-time great and he’ll have a Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown six years after he hangs up his spikes for good. 2006 ended happily, however, for Pujols and St. Louis as they captured the World Series Championship in a 5-game series win over Detroit. 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Pujols hit better than .300, more than 30 HR and delivered more than 100 RBI in each of those ten campaigns. The Cards had to come back from two runs again in the 10th and then Freese famously won the game 10-9 with a solo blast to lead off the 11th. 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In 2019, Pujols had another season that could be described as mediocre (0.4 WAR, 94 OPS+), especially compared to his earlier in his career and in particular because he continued to hit in the middle of the order. Over the past four years, he has been worth -0.8 bWAR, dropping his overall mark to 100.6 for his career. Since I personally believe in counting all of Ruth’s 2,214 RBI, that homer moved Pujols into a tie for 6th with Lou Gehrig. That astounding number is based mostly on his extraordinary hitting but also his highly underrated defensive work at first base. In Game 2 of he NLCS, Pujols went 4 for 5 with a home run, 3 doubles, 3 runs scored and 5 RBI. 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He was 2nd in On-Base% (.004 behind Todd Helton, who played half of his games in Coors Field) and 3rd in hits (behind Ichiro Suzuki, and Derek Jeter, who will be elected to the Hall next Tuesday). In this current strikeout-happy culture with multiple relief pitchers throwing in the high 90’s, Prince Albert’s lack of strikeouts compared to walks is striking. Although he was not the player he was during his time in St. Louis, Pujols had still averaged approximately 2.9 bWAR per season over his first five years with the Angels. With his best ever defensive metrics, Pujols posted his fifth straight season with a WAR of over 8. MVP vote (for the 4th time), this time to the Reds’ Joey Votto. MVP vote. He has 10 seasons with a .300 batting average and 30 HR, tied for fourth-most all-time behind Ruth, Bonds and Hank Aaron (Manny Ramirez and Lou Gehrig also have 10) — Pujols also had a season in which he hit 37 home runs and batted .299, just one hit shy of another .300/30 season.

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