Albert Pujols vs Stan Musial

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Albert Pujols and Stan Musial compared on their MLB careers: Albert Pujols played 22 seasons, 2001 to 2022, Stan Musial 22 seasons, 1941 to 1963. Albert Pujols has .296 batting average to Stan Musial's .331. Albert Pujols won 2 titles, Stan Musial won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Stan Musial leads in 6 of the 9 lines, Albert Pujols in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Albert Pujols and Stan Musial career totals

3,080	GP	3,026
11,421	AB	10,972
1,914	R	1,949, better
3,384	H	3,630, better
703, better	HR	475
2,218, better	RBI	1,951
117, better	SB	78
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.4, better
0.5	SLG	0.6, better
0.9	OPS	1.0, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Albert Pujols and Stan Musial postseason

88	GP	23
304	AB	86
57, better	R	9
97, better	H	22
19, better	HR	1
54, better	RBI	8
1	SB	1
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.6, better	SLG	0.4
1.0, better	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Albert Pujols and Stan Musial all-time places

4th (703), better	Home runs	32nd (475)
9th (3,384)	Hits	4th (3,630), better
2nd (2,218), better	RBI	7th (1,951)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Albert Pujols and Stan Musial titles and awards

2	Championships	3, better
3	NL MVP	3
1, better	NL Rookie of the Year	—
6, better	NL Silver Slugger	—
2, better	Hank Aaron Award	—
2, better	NL Gold Glove	—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Albert Pujols and Stan Musial season by season

1st	2001	.329	37, better	130, better	1941	.426, better	1	7
2nd	2002	.314	34, better	127, better	1942	.315, better	10	72
3rd	2003	.359, better	43, better	124, better	1943	.357	13	81
4th	2004	.331	46, better	123, better	1944	.347, better	12	94
5th	2005	.330	41, better	117, better	1946	.365, better	16	103
6th	2006	.331, better	49, better	137, better	1947	.312	19	95
7th	2007	.327	32	103	1948	.376, better	39, better	131, better
8th	2008	.357, better	37, better	116	1949	.338	36	123, better
9th	2009	.327	47, better	135, better	1950	.346, better	28	109
10th	2010	.312	42, better	118, better	1951	.355, better	32	108
11th	2011	.299	37, better	99, better	1952	.336, better	21	91
12th	2012	.285	30	105	1953	.337, better	30	113, better
13th	2013	.258	17	64	1954	.330, better	35, better	126, better
14th	2014	.272	28	105	1955	.319, better	33, better	108, better
15th	2015	.244	40, better	95	1956	.310, better	27	109, better
16th	2016	.268	31, better	119, better	1957	.351, better	29	102
17th	2017	.241	23, better	101, better	1958	.337, better	17	62
18th	2018	.245	19, better	64, better	1959	.255, better	14	44
19th	2019	.244	23, better	93, better	1960	.275, better	17	63
20th	2020	.224	6	25	1961	.288, better	15, better	70, better
21st	2021	.236	17	50	1962	.330, better	19, better	82, better
22nd	2022	.270, better	24, better	68, better	1963	.255	12	58

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI