Pujols Passes Kiner and Mathews for Most HRs for first 10 years...

fandango

Eddie Mathews 50 year old record was broken by Pujols 371st HR last night, most for the first 10 years of a career...

Pujols has started 2010 with a BANG! lets see if he can keep it up for the TRIPLE CROWN!!

Enjoy the Ride!

sportscardtheory

OMG, can you imagine if he really won the Triple Crown. Then there would be no question as to his status in baseball lore. I wish him luck.

ziggy29

The only other hitter in baseball history I can equate to Pujols is Jimmie Foxx. He's the only other strictly right-handed batter I can think of who was as consistent a threat to win the Triple Crown year after year.

KatsCards

<< <i>The only other hitter in baseball history I can equate to Pujols is Jimmie Foxx. He's the only other strictly right-handed batter I can think of who was as consistent a threat to win the Triple Crown year after year. >>



Funny you say Jimmie Foxx...

According to baseball-reference.com, Similar batters, simmilar batters at age 29 and similar per year for Albert Pujols go like this:

Similar Batters

Hank Greenberg (898) *
Albert Belle (858)
Lance Berkman (839)
Johnny Mize (814) *
David Ortiz (807)
Dick Allen (797)
Mo Vaughn (794)
Todd Helton (792)
Ralph Kiner (791) *
Chuck Klein (784) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer


Similar Batters through 29

Jimmie Foxx (887) *
Hank Aaron (851) *
Lou Gehrig (851) *
Ken Griffey (842)
Frank Robinson (834) *
Mickey Mantle (820) *
Juan Gonzalez (795)
Mel Ott (794) *
Hank Greenberg (787) *
Orlando Cepeda (774) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer


Most Similar by Ages

Age 21 Joe DiMaggio (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 22 Joe DiMaggio (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 23 Joe DiMaggio (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 24 Joe DiMaggio (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 25 Joe DiMaggio (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 26 Joe DiMaggio (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 27 Joe DiMaggio (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 28 Jimmie Foxx (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Age 29 Jimmie Foxx (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

lanemyer85

Similar batters at age 29
Albert Belle (858)
David Ortiz (807)
Mo Vaughn (794)
Todd Helton (792)

indeed, Big Al has A LOT in common with those respective players.

Wabittwax

OMG, could you imagine how important that stat would be if he hadn't played in the PED era?

baseballfan

yeah he's an animal

WOW what power

lsutigers1973

<< <i>OMG, could you imagine how important that stat would be if he hadn't played in the PED era? >>



Could you imagine how different his stats would have been if he hadn't played in the PED era?

larryallen73

It looks like LSU is bored this morning! Too funny.

PowderedH2O

I have to give Albert his due. Could he be a cheater? Sure. But, I have no knowledge of it, nor has anyone ever laid claim to serious information about it. So, he gets a pass as far as I am concerned. Yes, Albert has played several years during excellent offensive trends. But this year isn't one of them, and Albert is still producing. And if we compare to the great Jimmie Foxx, let us not forget that Mr Foxx wasn't smacking his homers in the deadball era.