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Albert Pujols Retiring After Season Would Be A Mistake

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September 11, 2022
By Jarrett Prendergast
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Albert Pujols #5 of the St. Louis Cardinals rounds the bases after hitting a two run home run in the sixth inning during the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on September 10, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Home Run was the 696th of Pujols Career.
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The St. Louis Cardinals legend and one of the greatest right-handed hitters in MLB history, is still driving the ball at a high level in his 22nd season.

Pujols homered for the 17th time on Saturday night and that got him one step closer to 700 for his career.

The slugger has 696 career home runs which tie Alex Rodriguez for the fourth most of all time.

HR NO. 696 FOR ALBERT PUJOLS 👏 @BRWalkoff

Pujols is now tied for 4th on the all-time HR list

(via @MLB)pic.twitter.com/FQEHVeh4ay

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 11, 2022

Hitting 700 career home runs is a historic mark, and hopefully, Pujols will not stop playing until he gets there.

But, if he gets that number this season, he is still good enough to help the Cardinals again next season.

For the year, Pujols looks like one of the best hitters in all of baseball against left-handed pitching.

He is hitting a .363 with 12 home runs and 28 RBIs against southpaws.

After a few bad seasons in which it looked like his age caught up to him, the slugger looks reinvigorated in St. Louis.

His .859 OPS this season is his highest since 2013.

Also, the DH being added to the National League has helped Pujols in a big way.

None of what we are seeing this season in St. Louis would be possible if they did not add the DH.

Pujols will not be a serviceable fielder for any team, but he can DH any day with the best of them.

As a fan of baseball, maybe it is selfish to think Pujols should keep playing.

But, his production this season can not be ignored.

 

Career Milestones 

Pujols has a chance to add his fourth world series championship to his mantle this season.

The Cardinals are playing well of late and have separated themselves from the Brewers in the AL Central.

Pujols has been great in the playoffs throughout his career.

In 86 career postseason games, he is batting .321 with 19 home runs, 54 RBIs, and an OPS of 1.007.

Another career milestone that Pujols should continue to chase is RBIs.

He is currently third all-time with 2,196.

That is only 18 away from Babe Ruth for second all-time and 101 away from Hank Aaron for the most ever.

Pujols has driven in 46 runs this year and at least 50 in every full season of his career.

Speaking of Ruth, if Pujols can get to 700 home runs this season that would put him only 15 away from passing Ruth for third in career home runs.

Most home runs in MLB history:

Barry Bonds – 762
Hank Aaron – 755
Babe Ruth – 714
Albert Pujols – 696
Alex Rodriguez – 696

— MLB Metrics (@MLBMetrics) September 11, 2022

Passing one of the greatest players of all time in two huge statistical categories should be enough of a reason to keep playing.

Being able to play at a high level for 20+ seasons is something that is not seen anymore in sports.

We are currently seeing it with Tom Brady in the NFL.

But more often than not players are not playing that long anymore.

The 42-year-old has played 2,060 games in his career.

That ranks fifth all-time and trails only Rickey Henderson by 22 games for the fourth most in history.

When you look on these all-time lists you see names like Ruth, Aaron, Bonds, and Pujols near the top of all of them.

The Cardinal legend still has more to give to the game and hopefully, we will see him chase down these statistical milestones in 2023.

Filed Under: St. Louis Cardinals Rumors And News (Updated Daily) Tagged With: St. Louis Cardinals

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Jarrett is a graduate of Temple University and avid sports fan. He covers the NFL, MLB and NBA with his favorite teams being the Cowboys, Phillies and Warriors.

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  1. Jay says

    September 12, 2022 at 2:43 am

    He is now 2 rbi’s away from 2200, 16 away from Ruth’s 2214….2nd all-time. AMAZING, & hardly anyone is talking about this!

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