Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 1999Rd 13, Pk 402
- College
- Maple Woods Community
- 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
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 1999Rd 13, Pk 402
- College
- Maple Woods Community
- 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
Stats
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | STL | 161 | 590 | 112 | 194 | 37 | 130 | 1 | .329 |
| 2002 | STL | 157 | 590 | 118 | 185 | 34 | 127 | 2 | .314 |
| 2003 | STL | 157 | 591 | 137 | 212 | 43 | 124 | 5 | .359 |
| 2004 | STL | 154 | 592 | 133 | 196 | 46 | 123 | 5 | .331 |
| 2005 | STL | 161 | 591 | 129 | 195 | 41 | 117 | 16 | .330 |
| 2006 | STL | 143 | 535 | 119 | 177 | 49 | 137 | 7 | .331 |
| 2007 | STL | 158 | 565 | 99 | 185 | 32 | 103 | 2 | .327 |
| 2008 | STL | 148 | 524 | 100 | 187 | 37 | 116 | 7 | .357 |
| 2009 | STL | 160 | 568 | 124 | 186 | 47 | 135 | 16 | .327 |
| 2010 | STL | 159 | 587 | 115 | 183 | 42 | 118 | 14 | .312 |
| 2011 | STL | 147 | 579 | 105 | 173 | 37 | 99 | 9 | .299 |
| 2012 | LAA | 154 | 607 | 85 | 173 | 30 | 105 | 8 | .285 |
| 2013 | LAA | 99 | 391 | 49 | 101 | 17 | 64 | 1 | .258 |
| 2014 | LAA | 159 | 633 | 89 | 172 | 28 | 105 | 5 | .272 |
| 2015 | LAA | 157 | 602 | 85 | 147 | 40 | 95 | 5 | .244 |
| 2016 | LAA | 152 | 593 | 71 | 159 | 31 | 119 | 4 | .268 |
| 2017 | LAA | 149 | 593 | 53 | 143 | 23 | 101 | 3 | .241 |
| 2018 | LAA | 117 | 465 | 50 | 114 | 19 | 64 | 1 | .245 |
| 2019 | LAA | 131 | 491 | 55 | 120 | 23 | 93 | 3 | .244 |
| 2020 | LAA | 39 | 152 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 0 | .224 |
| 2021 |  LAA/LAD | 109 | 275 | 29 | 65 | 17 | 50 | 2 | .236 |
| 2022 | STL | 109 | 307 | 42 | 83 | 24 | 68 | 1 | .270 |
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | STL | 676 | 360 | 88 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| 2002 | STL | 675 | 331 | 76 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | STL | 685 | 394 | 95 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3.7 |
| 2004 | STL | 692 | 389 | 99 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | STL | 700 | 360 | 81 | 9 | 27 | 19 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | STL | 634 | 359 | 83 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | STL | 679 | 321 | 71 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | STL | 641 | 342 | 81 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 3.8 |
| 2009 | STL | 700 | 374 | 93 | 9 | 44 | 23 | 3.8 |
| 2010 | STL | 700 | 350 | 82 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 4.0 |
| 2011 | STL | 651 | 313 | 66 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 3.6 |
| 2012 | LAA | 670 | 313 | 80 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | LAA | 443 | 171 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | LAA | 695 | 295 | 66 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | LAA | 661 | 289 | 62 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | LAA | 650 | 271 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | LAA | 636 | 229 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | LAA | 498 | 191 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3.6 |
| 2019 | LAA | 545 | 211 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 3.8 |
| 2020 | LAA | 163 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | LAA/LAD | 296 | 119 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | STL | 351 | 169 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 4.0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 98.8
- RC
- 2204.2
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | STL | 6.3 | 132.6 | 8.4 | .281 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 15.9 | 0 |
| 2002 | STL | 5.2 | 121.5 | 7.6 | .247 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 17.4 | 0 |
| 2003 | STL | 8.4 | 159 | 10.8 | .308 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 13.7 | 0 |
| 2004 | STL | 8.3 | 147.1 | 9.2 | .326 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 12.9 | 0.7 |
| 2005 | STL | 8.2 | 147 | 9.4 | .279 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 14.4 | 0.7 |
| 2006 | STL | 8.2 | 141 | 9.9 | .340 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 10.9 | 0.6 |
| 2007 | STL | 8.5 | 126.9 | 8.1 | .241 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 17.7 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | STL | 9.0 | 147 | 10.9 | .296 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 14.2 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | STL | 9.4 | 154.8 | 10 | .331 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 12.1 | 0.6 |
| 2010 | STL | 7.3 | 137.2 | 8.5 | .284 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 14 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | STL | 5.1 | 106.3 | 6.5 | .242 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 15.6 | 0.8 |
| 2012 | LAA | 4.6 | 103.7 | 6.1 | .231 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 20.2 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | LAA | 1.5 | 53.4 | 4.6 | .179 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 23 | 0.6 |
| 2014 | LAA | 3.9 | 89.6 | 4.8 | .194 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 22.6 | 0.9 |
| 2015 | LAA | 3.1 | 86.7 | 4.9 | .236 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | LAA | 1.4 | 82.9 | 4.8 | .189 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 19.1 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | LAA | -1.8 | 59.1 | 3.3 | .145 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 25.8 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | LAA | 0.5 | 53.2 | 3.9 | .166 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 24.5 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | LAA | 0.4 | 61.1 | 4.1 | .185 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 21.3 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | LAA | -0.3 | 15.4 | 3.4 | .171 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 25.3 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | LAA/LAD | -0.6 | 30.3 | 3.6 | .196 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 16.2 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | STL | 2.2 | 54.6 | 6 | .280 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 0.6 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
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
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 08 | vs PHIL 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Oct 07 | vsPHIL 6-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Oct 04 | at PITW 8-7 F/10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mon, Oct 03 | atPITL 3-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sun, Oct 02 | vsPITL 7-5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sat, Oct 01 | vsPITW 13-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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
- 2006 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 2011 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Awards
- NL Rookie of the Year: 2001
- NL Silver Slugger ×6: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Hank Aaron Award ×2: 2003, 2009
- NL MVP ×3: 2005, 2008, 2009
- NL Gold Glove ×2: 2006, 2010
All-time career rank
- 4th in home runs (703)
- 9th in hits (3,384)
- 2nd in rbi (2,218)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 2003 (1st), 2004 (9th), 2005 (5th), 2006 (7th), 2008 (2nd), 2009 (6th)
- Home Runs: 2003 (5th), 2004 (2nd), 2005 (7th), 2006 (3rd), 2008 (4th), 2009 (1st), 2010 (2nd), 2011 (6th), 2015 (7th)
- RBI: 2001 (8th), 2002 (5th), 2003 (5th), 2004 (7th), 2005 (8th), 2006 (2nd), 2008 (9th), 2009 (3rd), 2010 (4th), 2014 (6th), 2016 (4th)
- Hits: 2001 (9th), 2003 (2nd), 2004 (9th), 2005 (9th), 2008 (6th)
- OPS: 2003 (2nd), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (2nd), 2006 (1st), 2007 (10th), 2008 (1st), 2009 (1st), 2010 (4th), 2022 (8th)
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 2 games across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Series | G | ABAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HRHR: Home runs hit. | RBIRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | PHI | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Albert Pujols against each club
- vs Cincinnati Reds (14)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (14)
- vs Chicago Cubs (12)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (12)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (8)
- vs Atlanta Braves (6)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (6)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (5)
- vs San Diego Padres (5)
- vs Washington Nationals (4)
- vs Colorado Rockies (3)
- vs Kansas City Royals (3)
- vs Miami Marlins (3)
- vs New York Mets (3)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (3)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (2)
- vs Boston Red Sox (2)
- vs New York Yankees (2)
- vs San Francisco Giants (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (2)
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