Albert Pujols (1B), STL - Update
April 13, 2007
News: There have been a couple of questions on the board about whether this is the worst start of his career of Albert Pujols.
Views: That can be an emphatic "yes". Pujols has started this season with a .174 BA (6-for-34). During his rookie season of 2001, Pujols had seven nine-game stretches where he batted .172 or less. And in 2003 from 7/1/03 to 7/9/03, he had a nine-game stretch where he hit .171 (6-for-35).
Since none of those occurred since the start of the season, this is obviously the worst start Pujols has had in his first nine games of a season.
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The key is, he's not striking out. He's putting the ball into play, just hitting it to players/not making good contact/getting unlucky so far.
Yeah. Making contact is always a good first step towards hitting dingers and getting the stats that he can get. Ever since he's been called up, he's hit triple digits in runs scored and RBIs, and I expect him to repeat that again this season. However, his 2Bs have declined since 2004 with only 38 in '05 and 33 in '06.