Albert Pujols FINAL 2007 stats

• 158 games
• 565 at bats
• 99 runs(t-15th in NL)
• 185 hits(12th in NL)
• 38 doubles(t-20th in NL)
• 1 triple
• 32 homeruns(t-9th in NL)
• 103 rbi’s(12th in NL)
• 99 walks(5th in NL)
• 58 strikeouts
• .327 batting average(6th in NL)

The St. Louis Cardinals finished the season strong, winning their last five games, including a three game sweep over the Pirates on Sunday. The Cardinals got 5 hits from Skip Schumaker. The Cardinals used 10 pitchers in the win, and finished the season at 78-84, third place in the Central, 7 games back of Chicago, and 5 games back of Milwaukee.

Our guy, Albert Pujols unfortunately went 0-5, with 2 strikeouts. Albert had no struck out the entire month of September, and he did twice today. Albert did not reach 100 runs, finishing with 99, nor 100 walks, also finishing with 99.

Great season Albert! Get healthy and let’s go in 2008!

Albert Pujols got two more hits on Friday, scored his 98th run of the season, and helped the Cardinals win 6-1 over the Pirates, for their third straight win.

98 runs now scored for Albert. Two away from his 7th straight season with 100 runs scored, with 2 games to go, today and tomorrow against Pittsburgh.

Also, Albert did not strike out, which makes it 102 straight plate appearances without striking out, which is the longest active streak in Baseball. Albert has not struck out in September.

Albert is now batting .328!

Congrats, and a HUGE one, goes out to our guy Jose Alberto Pujols. Although he is disappointed, his St. Louis Cardinals will not be in the playoffs this October, he has got to be pleased with his individual season, despite not being 100%, pretty much all year!

Albert’s first inning homerun Wednesday night against the Brewers- Carlo Villanueva, gave him his 100th rbi for the season. In each of his season MLB seasons, Albert has hit at least 30 homeruns, and drove home 100 runs. He is the ONLY player in MLB history to be able to claim that.

Albert says ” It’s always awesome” “It’s an honor to get 100 RBIs. That’s tough to do every year. But I wish I could trade that and be in the postseason, playing next month. But that’s the way it goes. Obviously I need to thank my teammates because I couldn’t do it by myself. They’re getting on base, being aggressive running the bases. It’s a big accomplishment that hopefully I can continue to do.”

His manager Tony LaRussa said “I congratulated him” “It’s historic. Some of us who have been around have had a chance to see it, to see history. That kind of excellence, from the first year of your career, it’s historic. … When you think of who’s played this game and [that he is] the only guy that’s ever done that, I don’t know what more you can say.”

Albert has two other streaks on the line, one that will continue and one that may end. Albert has hit atleast .300 in each of his 7 years of his career. His mark coming into Thursday’s game was .325. Albert has also scored atleast 100 runs in every season he has played. Coming into Thursday, Albert was at 96. This will be close if he does it or not.

Albert says “I smell it” “It would be awesome if I can get four more. That would be big. But I still want to get my walks, too. … Getting 100 [RBIs] and 100 walks and 100 runs, it would be big with the injuries I’ve been having this year. But we’ll see how we’re going to play it. Obviously I’m not going to try to be stupid.”

Pujols drew his 98th walk of the season on Wednesday, a new career high.

According to STLToday:

Manager Tony La Russa said after Tuesday’s loss that Albert Pujols’ cautious running on the base paths may have cost the Cardinals two runs in the game. But the presence of Pujols in the lineup more than counterbalances, the manager said. Pujols, limited by a calf muscle strain, was in the starting lineup again Wednesday and hit a solo home run for his 100th RBI of the season. He continues to restrain his play to avoid aggravating an injury that kept him out of most of the last home stand of the season.

Pujols reached base three times Tuesday but could not score on a potential sacrifice fly, and he stopped from making the turn home from second on a base hit. On Wednesday, he scored from first on Ryan Ludwick’s third-inning double for his 95th run of the season.

“He gives us a chance to score more (being in the lineup),” La Russa said. “That’s something you give up. He’s not going to be able to run very much.”

According to SportingNews.com

Albert Pujols‘ successful stint as a pinch-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals has come to an end. After m walk.

He is one RBI away from becoming the first player to drive in 100 runs in his first seven seasons.

Pujols had not played first base since he was a late lineup scratch last Tuesday.

He certainly found ways to contribute, though: a liner off the left-field wall for an RBI single that sparked a three-run ninth-inning rally in Sunday’s 4-3 victory over Houston, an RBI single as part of a five-run seventh on Saturday, and the walk with the bases loaded on Friday.

Pujols, batting .323 with 31 homers, has six career pinch-hits and five RBIs.

Albert and the Cardinals have one week left in the 2007 season. Albert is ONE rbi shy of 100! Good luck to Albert this last week!!!

ST.LOUIS — First baseman Albert Pujols was scratched from the Cardinals’ lineup shortly before Tuesday’s game with a strained left calf muscle, adding to the team’s list of ailing players. Coming into Tuesday, Pujols had played in all but two of the Cardinals’ games this season, despite battling an elbow and hamstring problem most of the season. The former MVP is just five RBIs away from 100, which would be his seventh straight season driving in 100 or more runs, and he has already eclipsed the 30-homer mark.

Scott Spiezio moved over from third base to first and Miguel Cairo was inserted into the lineup at third, and batted in the third spot in the lineup.

Pujols played all nine innings of the Cardinals’ 13-11 loss Monday night and drove in three runs, including a solo home run in the sixth — his 31st homer of the season.

Pujols to get more time to achieve goals

By Joe Strauss

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

09/18/2007

Manager Tony La Russa will continue to play first baseman Albert Pujols as he attempts a seventh straight season with 100 RBIs, 30 home runs, a .300 average and 100 runs.

Pujols enters tonight’s game hitting .321 with 31 home runs, 95 RBIs and 93 runs. Pujols has been slowed by right hamstring strain that has cut his power and affected his running. Pujols recently snapped a string of 75 at-bats without a home run. He had scored six runs in 15 games before Monday.

“I think as long as you’re careful and paying attention to what’s happening with an individual on your ballclub, that one is historic,” La Russa said. “If you get (Edmonds) hot, that would help.”

Pujols entered Tuesday with six RBIs in his past nine games and is 16 for 43 with 10 RBIs in his past 12 games. Pujols has one home run since Aug. 22.

Also through Monday, Pujols had walked 12 times in September without a strikeout. Although Pujols is the only player in major league history to begin a career with six consecutive .300-100-30-100 seasons, he has yet to walk 100 times. He entered Tuesday with 93.

By Daniel Berk, MLB.com

ST.LOUIS — For almost the entire 2007 season, Albert Pujols has battled just about every injury imaginable. First, it was his elbow, and then it was his hamstring. He’s also battled back discomfort and lower leg problems. Through all of it, Pujols has managed to put together another amazing season at the plate, playing in all but two of the Cards’ first 149 games this season, making him a finalist for the 2007 Hank Aaron Award, presented by Sharp, given annually to the best offensive player in each league.

Since 1999, Major League Baseball has recognized the best offensive performer from each league with the Hank Aaron Award. Past recipients include Pujols, as well as Barry Bonds (three times), Alex Rodriguez (three times), Manny Ramirez (twice), David Ortiz, Andruw Jones, Todd Helton, Sammy Sosa and Carlos Delgado. Last year’s winners, selected during balloting during the regular season’s final month on MLB.com, were New York’s Derek Jeter and Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard.

Battling his injuries all season long, Pujols has still managed to put up some of the best numbers in the league. Through Monday, Pujols was hitting .321 with 31 home runs and 95 RBIs. The former MVP is also fifth in the league in walks, drawing 93 free passes this season.

Pujols is the only player in Major League history to start his career with four seasons of 30 or more home runs and extended that impressive streak earlier in the year to seven seasons when he took Marlins lefty Scott Olsen deep.

“I’m just blessed,” Pujols said. “I just give God all the credit. To stay healthy — not healthy, but to battle through some injuries like I have battled the last seven years and accomplish what I have accomplished — is unbelievable.”

With seven more runs scored and five more RBIs, Pujols will extend another amazing streak. It would mark the seventh straight season in which he has posted at least a .310 average, driven in 100 runs, scored 100 runs and hit 30 home runs. The scariest part for opposing teams is Pujols is just 27 years old.

“Since his rookie year, we’ve kind of scratched our heads in amazement at the quality of his baseball,” La Russa said. “It’s not just his hitting. You watch how he plays defense and how he runs the bases. But one way you measure how great a player in our game is you compare some of the numbers with history. His consistency speaks to strength of mind, I think, and competitiveness more than talent.”

Making Pujols’ 2007 season even more impressive is all the injuries his teammates have battled as well, leaving Pujols without consistent protection in the lineup. Scott Rolen, Jim Edmonds, Chris Duncan, Juan Encarnacion, Scott Spiezio, Ryan Ludwick and Rick Ankiel have all batted fourth at some point this season.

All seven players have spent time away from the team either because of injuries or in Ludwick and Ankiel’s case, getting called up once the season was under way. The fourth spot in the St. Louis lineup ranks last in the National League with a .250 average and 14th in home runs with 19.

Even with the revolving door behind him, the constant nagging injuries and a slow start, Pujols continues to amaze his teammates and fans on a daily basis.

“I think we’ll be saying how special he is when he’s done,” Edmonds said. “There are no limits to what he’s capable of. He just keeps going out there and doing his job every single day. He doesn’t really say much. He’s always into the game and wants to win. He’s playing hurt, but it doesn’t seem to take away from his game at all. It’s really fun to watch him.”

Lately, Pujols is starting to look even more like himself, as he’s getting a little healthier as the season winds down, which could be bad news for his opponents in the team’s final two weeks of play.

“He’s starting to get healthier and look more like himself on the bases,” La Russa said. “He’s just such a tough guy that he plays through it all without complaining at all. So, it’s nice to see him feeling a little better.”