Albert Pujols has been a beast ever since he stepped onto the diamond. Not many players walk onto the field in their rookie season and take over – however, that is exactly what Pujols did back in 2001 with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Albert Pujols joins rare company
To say Albert Pujols has had a great career is an understatement. He is a surefire first-ballot Hall of Famer and now he is in rare company as he became just the third player in Major League Baseball history to drive in 2,000 or more runs in a career.
That is incredible! MLB The Show Tweeted out one simple line in Pujols’ honor – how should we celebrate this? Ideas from a Signature Card to adding it to the Moments feature have been requested by many fans already. That has to be a no-brainer, right? If this doesn’t qualify as a Moments highlight, then what does?
Pujols now joins Alex Rodriguez (2,086) and Hank Aaron (2,297) as the only three players to drive in 2,000-plus runs in their career.
How it went down
Detroit Tigers left-hander Ryan Carpenter made MLB history today, but likely not in the way he wanted. Carpenter will be forever linked to Pujols as he will be the answer to the trivia question “Who gave up the home run to Albert Pujols that led to Pujols’ 2,000th RBI?”
It all went down at Comerica Park. Pujols smashed a fastball delivered from Ryan Carpenter well into the left seats. For Albert, it was home run No. 639 in his career, and of course RBI No. 2,000.
The homer gave the Angels a 6-0 lead at the time and helped Los Angeles coast to a 13-0 victory.
While only A-Rod, Hank Aaron and now Albert Pujols have hit the 2,000 mark in RBI history, many believe that Babe Ruth and Cap Anson also had to hit that magic mark.
Elias Sports Bureau’s official stats indicate that RBI totals for players whose career pre-1920 may not be accurate. The 1920 season is when MLB started keeping track of RBI statistics.
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