Albert Pujols....The best hitter ever?

Question: He's not putting up monster number this year but still he's average is still above 320 avg./ 30+ HRs./ sittin on 95 RBIs, hopefully he'll get 100+. Not to mention he's been playing hurt for most of the year. If he had baserunners getting on before him or protection after him he'd have better numbers.

Answer: Albert Pujols is an incredible hitter, no doubt about it. He is off to the fastest start of any hitter to ever play the game. He is the only guy to hit 30 HRs and drive in 100 runs in each of his first six seasons, soon to be seven. His career low in batting average is .314. His career low in OBP is .394. His lowest slugging percentage is .560 (this year, and it isn't over yet). Aside from his rookie year, his career high in strikeouts is 69. He has never hit less than 34 HRs in a season, and his career low in RBIs is 117. He has led the league in runs scored 3 times, all of which were consecutively. In 2005, he stole 16 bases and was caught twice. His career OPS as of September 18 was 1.038. He has 586 career walks and only 450 strikeouts. It doesn't stop there. I could write a book about how amazing Albert Pujols' career has been, and he is only in his seventh season. Since he joined the St. Louis Cardinals, in 2001, they have gone 633-487. In other words, they have won 56.5% of their games. Albert Pujols might not quite be the greatest baseball player right now, but I can say without a doubt that he will be at the end of his career, or maybe even in 5 or six years.

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