Albert Pujols; the best player ever?

by admin on January 28, 2007

At the age of 27, Albert is entering his 7th full season of professional baseball, all with the St. Louis Cardinals. We here at www.albertpujolsclub.com thought we would put Albert's career so far into perspective compared to four of arguably the best baseball players of all time. We will break each down individually, and are going to assume that our boy Jose Alberto Pujols played until the age 40, which is 13 more full seasons, which gives him 19 total years, and using Albert's averages so far to determine where he will fit in. 
 
Albert Pujols Career Stats:
6 seasons
933 games
3489 at bats
748 runs
1159 hits
260 doubles
12 triples
250 homeruns
758 rbi's
493 walks
394 strikeouts
.332 batting average
Babe Ruth's Career Stats:                                       
22 seasons 
2503 games
8389 at bats
2174 runs
2873 hits
506 doubles
136 triples
714 homeruns
2217 rbi's
2062 walks
1330 strikeouts
.342 batting average
Hank Aaron's Career Stats:
23 seasons
3298 games
12364 at bats
2174 runs
3771 hits
624 doubles
98 triples
755 homeruns
2297 rbi's
1402 walks
1383 strikeouts
.305 batting average
Ted Williams' Career Stats:
19 seasons
2292 games
7706 at bats
1798 runs
2654 hits
525 doubles
71 triples
521 homeruns
1839 rbi's
2021 walks
739 strikeouts
.344 batting average
Joe Dimaggio's Career Stats:
13 seasons
1739 games 
6821 at bats
1390 runs
2214 hits
389 doubles
131 triples
361 homeruns
1537 rbi's
790 walks
369 strikeouts
.325 batting average
Albert Pujols Career Stats(year 2019):
19 seasons
3038 games
11042 at bats
2360 runs
3668 hits
819 doubles
38 triples
796 homeruns
2396 rbi's
1559 walks
1252 strikeouts
.332 batting average
Now, we understand Albert could get hurt. His numbers could go down. His numbers could go up(scary thought). But we are just using his averages through his first 6 years. If these were the case:
Albert would play in more games, and have more at bats then all of them, except Hank Aaron. He would be ahead of all of them in runs, hits, and doubles. His triples would of course be lower than all of them, but we all know Albert is not a triples guy, if he is at third base, chances are his great baserunning instincts will take him all the way home. He would smoke all of them in homeruns(almost 800), and have more rbi's than all of them.
Bottom line: Albert Pujols has been, and has a chance to be one of the, if not THE best baseball player to ever play the game.
Stay tuned
- APCman

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