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.