Albert Pujols stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2022

Designated Hitter · #5

Age 46 · 6' 3"

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Albert Pujols played 22 MLB seasons, 2001 to 2022.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
3,080
AB
11,421
R
1,914
H
3,384
HR
703
RBI
2,218
SB
117
AVG
.296

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2001STL161590112194371301.329
2002STL157590118185341272.314
2003STL157591137212431245.359
2004STL154592133196461235.331
2005STL1615911291954111716.330
2006STL143535119177491377.331
2007STL15856599185321032.327
2008STL148524100187371167.357
2009STL1605681241864713516.327
2010STL1595871151834211814.312
2011STL14757910517337999.299
2012LAA15460785173301058.285
2013LAA993914910117641.258
2014LAA15963389172281055.272
2015LAA1576028514740955.244
2016LAA15259371159311194.268
2017LAA14959353143231013.241
2018LAA1174655011419641.245
2019LAA1314915512023933.244
2020LAA3915215346250.224
2021LAA/LAD109275296517502.236
2022STL109307428324681.270

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
88
AB
304
R
57
H
97
HR
19
RBI
54
SB
1
AVG
.319

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
13,041
TB
6,211
XBH
1,405
HBP
123
IBB
316
GIDP
426
P/PA
3.61

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2001STL6763608896210
2002STL67533176913203.8
2003STL685394951012133.7
2004STL69238999712213.6
2005STL70036081927193.9
2006STL63435983428203.8
2007STL67932171722274.1
2008STL64134281534163.8
2009STL70037493944233.8
2010STL70035082438234.0
2011STL65131366415293.7
2012LAA67031380516193.8
2013LAA4431713658183.8
2014LAA69529566511283.7
2015LAA66128962610153.8
2016LAA6502715026243.9
2017LAA6362294025263.9
2018LAA4981913923123.6
2019LAA5452114531213.8
2020LAA16360141143.8
2021LAA/LAD2961192053143.8
2022STL35116938101134.0

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
98.8
RC
2,204.2
RC/27
6.90
ISOP
.248
SECA
.374
BB/K
0.98
AB/HR
16.2
GO/FO
0.70

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2001STL6.3132.68.4.2810.40.715.90
2002STL5.2121.57.6.2470.41.017.40
2003STL8.415910.8.3080.41.213.70
2004STL8.3147.19.2.3260.51.612.90.7
2005STL8.21479.4.2790.51.514.40.7
2006STL8.21419.9.3400.51.810.90.6
2007STL8.5126.98.1.2410.41.717.70.8
2008STL9.014710.9.2960.51.914.20.7
2009STL9.4154.810.3310.61.812.10.6
2010STL7.3137.28.5.2840.51.4140.6
2011STL5.1106.36.5.2420.41.115.60.8
2012LAA4.6103.76.1.2310.30.720.20.7
2013LAA1.553.44.6.1790.30.7230.6
2014LAA3.989.64.8.1940.30.722.60.9
2015LAA3.186.74.9.2360.30.715.10.8
2016LAA1.482.94.8.1890.30.719.10.8
2017LAA-1.859.13.3.1450.20.425.80.8
2018LAA0.553.23.9.1660.20.424.50.7
2019LAA0.461.14.1.1850.30.621.30.9
2020LAA-0.315.43.4.1710.20.425.30.7
2021LAA/LAD-0.630.33.6.1960.30.316.20.9
2022STL2.254.66.2800.40.512.80.6

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
46 yearsJan 16, 1980
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2001
Draft
1999Rd 13, Pk 402
NL MVP
3x
NL Rookie of the Year
2001
NL Silver Slugger
6x
All awards (5)
  • 3x NL MVP
  • 1x NL Rookie of the Year
  • 6x NL Silver Slugger
  • 2x Hank Aaron Award
  • 2x NL Gold Glove

Latest performance

Albert Pujols

Oct 08 · vs PHI · L 2-0

AB
4
R
0
H
2
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
1
AVG
.250
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sat, Oct 08vsPHIL 2-040200
Fri, Oct 07vsPHIL 6-340000
Tue, Oct 04atPITW 8-7 F/1020102
Mon, Oct 03atPITL 3-231112
Sun, Oct 02vsPITL 7-522213
Sat, Oct 01vsPITW 13-322102

What were Albert Pujols's career stats?

Albert Pujols played 22 seasons for the Cardinals and the Angels. He was a career .296 hitter with 3,384 hits, 703 home runs and 2,218 RBI. His best season was 2003: a .359 batting average, 43 home runs and 124 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

22 seasons, 9 postseasons, 2001 to 2022

Albert Pujols led MLB in batting average (2003), home runs (2009) and OPS (2006, 2008, 2009); finished top 10 in a stat 40 times; sits top 10 all time in home runs, hits and rbi.

Championships ×2

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 4th in home runs (703)
  • 9th in hits (3,384)
  • 2nd in rbi (2,218)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Albert Pujols

Playoff series

Albert Pujols played 79 games across 9 MLB postseasons in 18 series — 10 won, 8 lost.

Albert Pujols's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2022PHILost 0-228200
2021STLWon 1-011000
2021SFLost 1-123200
2021ATLLost 2-4613300
2014KCLost 0-3312212
2011PHIWon 3-2520701
2011MILWon 4-26231129
2011TEXWon 4-3725636
2009LADLost 0-3310301
2006SDWon 3-1415513
2006NYMWon 4-3722711
2006DETWon 4-1515312
2004LADWon 3-1415525
2004HOUWon 4-37281449
2004BOSLost 0-4415500
2002ARIWon 3-0310303
2002SFLost 1-4519512
2001ARILost 2-3518212

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Albert Pujols’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.