Pujols is sizzling hot at .382 (now #1 in career BA at .333)

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The (Amazing) Machine keeps sizzling hot last night with another 2-hit
night.
Now creeped up to .333 lifetime BA and increasing his lead over former #1
career leader and slumping Ichiro Suzuki (.257 in 2008) at .332.

Todd Helton (.280 in 2008) is third at .331.

Pujols has reached base in every one of the 27 games played (team: 16-11).
That is NOT his best start. He did 'mere' 33-game streak in 2005.
His best streak at any time in a season was in his rookie year (2001) with
48-games consecutively reaching base, from Jul. 28 to Sept. 22.

Pujols 2008 (27 G)

34-for-89 (.382) 7 Doubles, 5 HR 20 RBI 28 W (7 IW) 7 SO 2 SB 2
GIDP
17 Runs |
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#1
MLB (2008)
..382/.538/.629 1.167 OPS
#2 |
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#1 MLB (2008)

Career (1,118 G, 2001-Apr. 27, 2008)

1,378-for-4,143 305 Doubles 13 Triples 287 HR 881 RBI
620 Walks (127 IW) 459 SO 40 SB 143 GIDP
864 Runs


If he isn't W (or IW) as much as his pace has increased this year than
previously--and he gets protection from Glaus (or whoever in the #4 hole),
he *might* have a good chance to get to both 1,000 Runs scored *and* 1,000
RBI for his career this year after only 8 years; an average of 125 for each
per year! That should be a new record (fastest time) for each of those two
metrics in MLB history.

He needs 136 more Runs (not likely this year), and 119 more RBIs for 1,000
in each category.
(peak: 137 Runs in 2003; 137 RBI in 2006)

It is amazing! It is exciting to watch one of the greats in their prime of
a career.

He is one of the classiest players I have seen. I keep wanting to compare
him and call him a modern day Roberto Clemmente.

I can't even imagine the possibilities if the Cardinals had some support for
Pujols in the lineup.

I wish the players behind him could cut down on their strikeouts.

Will all his amazing talent, withoput proper support his RBI's and runs
scored stats will go down.

Fred

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:41:26 -0500, "Fred" <a_f_deaton@hotmail.com>
gave us:

>I can't even imagine the possibilities if the Cardinals had some support for
>Pujols in the lineup.

>I wish the players behind him could cut down on their strikeouts.

>Will all his amazing talent, withoput proper support his RBI's and runs
>scored stats will go down.

Demonstrating once again how silly it is to evaluate individual
players based on those stats.

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Lance Freezeland wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:41:26 -0500, "Fred" <a_f_deaton@hotmail.com>
> gave us:
>
>> I can't even imagine the possibilities if the Cardinals had some support for
>> Pujols in the lineup.
>
>> I wish the players behind him could cut down on their strikeouts.
>
>> Will all his amazing talent, withoput proper support his RBI's and runs
>> scored stats will go down.
>
> Demonstrating once again how silly it is to evaluate individual
> players based on those stats.
>

Thank goodness for the modern stat-heads, so that all the ballplayers
gone before us can be measured by stats they never knew of while alive.

I can only imagine what they'll compare Albert to once we're all gone.

Paul

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"Atlanta Cardfan" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:Sbedna52I-mYC4rVnZ2dnUVZ_rXinZ2d@earthlink.com...
> Lance Freezeland wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:41:26 -0500, "Fred" <a_f_deaton@hotmail.com>
>> gave us:
>>
>>> I can't even imagine the possibilities if the Cardinals had some support
>>> for Pujols in the lineup.
>>
>>> I wish the players behind him could cut down on their strikeouts.
>>
>>> Will all his amazing talent, withoput proper support his RBI's and runs
>>> scored stats will go down.
>>
>> Demonstrating once again how silly it is to evaluate individual
>> players based on those stats.
>>
>
> Thank goodness for the modern stat-heads, so that all the ballplayers
> gone before us can be measured by stats they never knew of while alive.
>
> I can only imagine what they'll compare Albert to once we're all gone.

Ruth, Williams, Foxx, Gehrig, Musial, etc.

On Apr 29, 5:25*am, "A" <a...@att.net> wrote:

> The (Amazing) Machine keeps sizzling hot last night with another 2-hit
> night.

I believe he should have been credited with three hits, as the
reaching-on-error looked like a legit infield hit.

> Pujols has reached base in every one of the 27 games played (team: 16-11).
> That is NOT his best start. He did 'mere' 33-game streak in 2005.
> His best streak at any time in a season was in his rookie year (2001) with
> 48-games consecutively reaching base, from Jul. 28 to Sept. 22.

What is the MLB record for the longest on-base streak? I'd search for
it myself, but am not sure of the official name of this obscure stat.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* #1
> MLB (2008)
> .382/.538/.629 * 1.167 OPS

The OBP is my favorite. Doubt he'll walk as much as Bonds did in
2001, though. If pitchers continue to avoid giving him pitches to
hit, I hope he's patient and takes what they give him in terms of
walks instead of chasing bad pitches.