Albert Pujols ranks 453rd and last among major leaguers in sprint speed

[kobeunderbite]

This guy has been washed for so long. Looks like this season will be it for his career in which 700 HR once felt inevitable if he hadn't hit the wall so hard years ago. The Angels are going to be even more lethal next year when they turn his $30m hit into Javy Baez.

[LeBronMonsterDunk]

As a non-watcher of basebalkl Pujols always struck me as a poor man's Mark McGwire.

[kobeunderbite]

As a non-watcher of basebalkl Pujols always struck me as a poor man's Mark McGwire.

McGwire has the higher single-season peak but Pujols basically crushes McGwire everywhere else really. He was a top-2 MVP finisher every year for like a decade. And he was doing it with the glove too.

[Robceltsfan]

As a non-watcher of basebalkl Pujols always struck me as a poor man's Mark McGwire.

I can assure you that it's quite the opposite. McGwire is, at best, a poor man's Albert Pooholes.

[lettherebehouse]

Pujols in his peak was arguably a top 5 hitter all time. Not once did he bat under .300

He was batting champ by his 3rd season at .359

In fact his peak years with St Louis he went, in order,

.329
.314
.359
.331
.330
.331
.327
.357
.327
.312

That’s an insane 10 year stretch, with astronomical OPS/HR/RBI/Runs while playing gold glove defense at 1B to boot.

The man has been scarred in people’s memories because of his mediocre run in Anaheim (to his standards). But prime Pujols is one of the greatest hitters ever.

Mcguire hovered around .250 throughout most of his peak and had a high strikeout ratio. Feast or famine, if you will.

[zombiesonics]

I completely forgot that Pujols existed the second he left St Louis. He could’ve been a Cal Ripken-esque legend for one of the best franchises in baseball.

He torched his legacy to the ground for an extra $20 million and a beachfront condo in SoCal.

[vcsgrizzfan]

Thank you to a few guys here for reminding me just how amazing he was earlier in his career. It is easy to forget just how great he was because of the slippage in his game the last half decade or so.

Mark McGwire, without steroids, wouldn't have been worth one fine hair on Pujols' ass. Even with steroids, he paled in comparison.

[zombiesonics]

As a non-watcher of basebalkl Pujols always struck me as a poor man's Mark McGwire.

As a former baseball diehard, this couldn’t be any further from the truth.

Prime Pujols was a 4 tool player. He had it all except for the speed, he was never a great base runner.

McGwire was just a rich man’s Richie Sexson. If he wasn’t launching juiced up 500 foot homers he was striking out.

The reason why McGwire isn’t in the HOF isn’t even because of the roids. Dude barely has 1,600 career hits.

[Havlicekstealsit]

McGwire was hitting a robust .231, .235, & .201 ages 25-27. Pujols around those prime ages collected 2 MVPs.

[gaskill15]

This guy has been washed for so long. Looks like this season will be it for his career in which 700 HR once felt inevitable if he hadn't hit the wall so hard years ago. The Angels are going to be even more lethal next year when they turn his $30m hit into Javy Baez.

Sad, but true. It’s inexcusable that we’ve allowed Javy, Rizzo, and KB to come into the 2021 season without extensions. I fear all 3 will be gone by Opening Day 2022.

I’m gonna be sick to my stomach seeing Javy and Riz in a different uniform.

As for KB, good riddance. He’s turned into an average at best player. His swing is so slow it’s infuriating......and don’t even get me started on his defense at the hot corner.

[americaninfidel]

All these statistics are interesting, but what I really want to know is who would win a 40 yard race between Pujols and Artman.

[vcsgrizzfan]

As a non-watcher of basebalkl Pujols always struck me as a poor man's Mark McGwire.

As a former baseball diehard, this couldn’t be any further from the truth.

Prime Pujols was a 4 tool player. He had it all except for the speed, he was never a great base runner.

McGwire was just a rich man’s Richie Sexson. If he wasn’t launching juiced up 500 foot homers he was striking out.

The reason why McGwire isn’t in the HOF isn’t even because of the roids. Dude barely has 1,600 career hits.

That might be a little bit of hyperbole. If someone else had hit 70 HRs and 65 HRs in separate seasons and a career total of 583 and been clean as a whistle, he's going to Cooperstown even with the rest of the stats being less than spectacular.

[Bush4Ever.]

McGwire had a better single season peak, and Pujols was not a top 5 hitter all-time at his peak, but his years with the Cardinals were roughly a top 10 all-time OPS+ pace (in a vacuum, although that wouldn't precisely be an apples to apples comparison with retired players who generally had some washed years on the books).

I pretty much stopped watching baseball after I left my parents house (and had stopped playing myself), but I do remember when it was sort of assumed he would challenge the HR record, considering he had I think almost exactly 400 home runs before the season where he turned 30.

Edit: He was actually 4th all-time in HRs before the age of 30. Interestingly, Ruth and Bonds are absent from this list, and Aaron only barely makes the top 10 list. I would hazard a guess that you get much more variance and movement on the back nine vs. the front nine of careers for these sort of volume lists.

He was probably in the top 15 in OPS+ (pre-30s) also:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/lead ... upto.shtml

[zombiesonics]

As a non-watcher of basebalkl Pujols always struck me as a poor man's Mark McGwire.

As a former baseball diehard, this couldn’t be any further from the truth.

Prime Pujols was a 4 tool player. He had it all except for the speed, he was never a great base runner.

McGwire was just a rich man’s Richie Sexson. If he wasn’t launching juiced up 500 foot homers he was striking out.

The reason why McGwire isn’t in the HOF isn’t even because of the roids. Dude barely has 1,600 career hits.

That might be a little bit of hyperbole. If someone else had hit 70 HRs and 65 HRs in separate seasons and a career total of 583 and been clean as a whistle, he's going to Cooperstown even with the rest of the stats being less than spectacular.

Only way McGwire gets to Cooperstown is by buying a ticket. The baeball HOF is notoriously elitist and has a zero tolerance policy on roiding. Pete Rose still isn’t in with 4,000+ hits, and his crime had nothing to do with anything on the field. That tells you all you need to know.

McGwire was done before it started.

[vcsgrizzfan]

As a former baseball diehard, this couldn’t be any further from the truth.

Prime Pujols was a 4 tool player. He had it all except for the speed, he was never a great base runner.

McGwire was just a rich man’s Richie Sexson. If he wasn’t launching juiced up 500 foot homers he was striking out.

The reason why McGwire isn’t in the HOF isn’t even because of the roids. Dude barely has 1,600 career hits.

That might be a little bit of hyperbole. If someone else had hit 70 HRs and 65 HRs in separate seasons and a career total of 583 and been clean as a whistle, he's going to Cooperstown even with the rest of the stats being less than spectacular.

Only way McGwire gets to Cooperstown is by buying a ticket. The baeball HOF is notoriously elitist and has a zero tolerance policy on roiding. Pete Rose still isn’t in with 4,000+ hits, and his crime had nothing to do with anything on the field. That tells you all you need to know.

McGwire was done before it started.

I don't think you read or understood my post. Unsurprising.

In the post I responded to, you suggested that even absent steroids, he would not be getting into Cooperstown. I pointed out that if "SOMEONE ELSE" had done what he did and was seen as clean as a whistle, they would be in the HOF.

You then went on a rant saying he wouldn't get in because of the steroids. Well duh!!!!!! If Barry Bonds isn't in the HOF because of steroids, it is pretty clear that McGwire has no hope.

Try not to get worked up and actually read and try to comprehend posts. Just a little friendly advice. Cheers.

[kobeunderbite]

One of the more epic postseason dongs,

[lettherebehouse]

But yes, Pujols runs with a fridge on his back. MLB The Show rates his speed at “0”. Literally a zero, as in non-existent, void of existence.

[kobeunderbite]

Lol at this video:

[lettherebehouse]

One of the more epic postseason dongs,

Rumor is that ball still has not landed

[lettherebehouse]

Lol at this video:

“And Pujols runs right thru the stop sign”


Love you, Al.