Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Albert
Pujols		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 16, 1980 in D.R., , SANTO DOMINGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Ted Williams Batting Title 2004   
Rookie Of The Year 2001   
All-Star Selections 2002    2003    2004    2005   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 21 TOR AL 159 586 127 179 49 7 35 93 0 0 96 113 .305 .417 .592 1.009 131.7 24.3
2002 22 TOR AL 159 583 157 200 59 4 59 149 1 0 103 72 .343 .449 .762 1.211 167.6 33.7
2003 23 TOR AL 159 568 117 200 71 5 43 124 0 0 87 88 .352 .452 .722 1.174 157.1 34.3
2004 24 TOR AL 157 594 155 200 57 1 64 173 2 0 96 95 .337 .441 .759 1.200 168.2 33.8
2005 25 TOR AL 24 90 21 32 7 0 14 30 0 0 12 14 .356 .443 .900 1.343 30.0 6.6
  STL NL 138 500 84 138 46 4 33 112 1 0 60 87 .276 .370 .582 .952 100.3 18.7
  TOT   162 590 105 170 53 4 47 142 1 0 72 101 .288 .381 .631 1.012 130.3 25.4
5 Years Sim 796 2921 661 949 289 21 248 681 4 0 454 469 .325 .428 .693 1.121 754.8 151.5
162 Game Average 594 134 193 58 4 50 138 0 0 92 95 .325 .428 .693 1.121 153.6  
Career Highs 162 594 157 200 71 7 64 173 2 0 103 113 .352 .452 .762 1.211 168.2  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2001 21 TOR AL 3B 122 122 1081.0 60 186 11 16 .957 2.05   3.4
    1B 34 31 278.3 256 17 2 30 .993 8.83   0.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2002 22 TOR AL 3B 80 80 706.0 35 140 16 13 .916 2.23   2.4
    1B 75 74 650.0 590 44 8 53 .988 8.78   0.9
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2003 23 TOR AL 3B 153 152 1329.3 77 236 17 24 .948 2.12   3.7
    1B 2 2 18.0 14 3 0 0 1.000 8.50   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2004 24 TOR AL 3B 155 155 1384.3 76 278 21 24 .944 2.30   5.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2005 25 TOR AL 3B 11 11 99.2 5 20 2 2 .926 2.27   0.4
    RF 7 7 60.2 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.1
    1B 5 5 48.6 42 3 1 4 .978 8.33   0.1
    SS 1 1 7.4 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.65   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  STL NL 3B 61 61 541.8 26 111 9 14 .938 2.28   1.5
    RF 40 40 328.8 44 1 3 0 .938 1.23   0.5
    1B 31 31 265.4 232 19 3 25 .988 8.51   0.3
    SS 5 5 40.6 6 8 0 3 1.000 3.10   0.1
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 582 581 5141.7 279 971 76 93 .943 2.19   16.4
  1B 147 143 1260.3 1134 86 14 112 .989 8.71   1.7
  RF 52 47 397.0 54 1 3 0 .948 1.25   0.7
  SS 6 6 48.0 7 10 0 4 1.000 3.19   0.2
  LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   790 777 6853.0 1474 1068 93 209 .965 3.34   18.9
Career Highs   162 161 1393.0 625 278 24 66 .976 5.35    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2002 22 TOR AL 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .222 .333 .222 .556
2004 24 TOR AL 4 15 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .133 .235 .267 .502
2005 25 STL NL 11 37 9 13 1 0 4 8 0 0 4 10 .351 .429 .703 1.131
Career Post-Season Batting 18 61 11 17 3 0 4 12 0 0 7 17 .279 .366 .525 .891
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2002-2-.343
2003-1-.352
2004-4-.337
CAR-4-.325
 On-Base Pct
2001-5-.417
2002-2-.449
2003-2-.452
2004-3-.441
CAR-2-.428
 Slugging Pct
2001-9-.592
2002-1-.762
2003-2-.722
2004-1-.759
CAR-2-.693
 OPS
2001-8-1.009
2002-1-1.211
2003-2-1.174
2004-1-1.200
CAR-2-1.121
 XR
2001-7-131.7
2002-2-167.6
2003-3-157.1
2004-1-168.2
 Games
2001-6-159
Runs
2001-8-127
2002-2-157
2004-1-155
 Hits
2002-7-200
2003-7-200
2004-8-200
 Total Bases
2002-2-444
2003-2-410
2004-2-451
 Doubles
2001-10-49
2002-4-59
2003-1-71
2004-7-57
 Homeruns
2002-3-59
2003-7-43
2004-2-64
 RBIs
2002-4-149
2004-2-173
Walks
2001-7-96
2002-7-103
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 75    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Erubiel Durazo (823)
  2. Robert Fick (816)
  3. Travis Lee (812)
  4. Geoff Jenkins (794)
  5. Randall Simon (776)
  6. David Ortiz (770)
  7. Placido Polanco (760)
  8. Aubrey Huff (758)
  9. Lance Berkman (755)
  10. Richard Hidalgo (752)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Toronto in 2001
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/2001, off Andy Pettitte (DET)
Won Rookie Of The Year in 2001, hitting .305 with 35 HR, 93 RBI
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Boston on 8/29/2002
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/2002, hitting .464 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/7/2002
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 10/1/2002
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/2002, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/2003, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
1/31/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $10,907,143 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2004, hitting .343 with 15 HR, 40 RBI
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/2004, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Baltimore, driving in 6 runs on 10/11/2004
Won Player of the Week award on 10/14/2004, hitting .500 with 6 HR, 11 RBI
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 2004, hitting .337 with 64 HR, 173 RBI
1/31/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $11,421,429 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 4/12/2005
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 3 runs on 4/27/2005
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/2005, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2005, hitting .356 with 14 HR, 30 RBI
Traded from Toronto to St. Louis on 5/1/2005 (Going to STL: 3B Albert Pujols, LF Reed Johnson. Going to TOR: P Justin Verlander)
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.