Albert Pujols Stats

Jos� Alberto Pujols was a Major League Baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals (2001-2011), Los Angeles Angels (2012-2021), Los Angeles Dodgers (2021), and St. Louis Cardinals (2022). In April 2006, Albert, his nickname, set a new National League record for home runs hit during the month of April. Did you know that he had as many homers in April (14) as the entire 2006 Kansas City Royals team, despite him only having eighty-one at bats compared to seven-hundred twenty-two at bats by the Royals?

Albert Pujols Rookie Card | 2001 Topps Traded Baseball Card (##T247)
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Sportswriter Mike Digiovanna wrote, "The Angels' new slugger was impressive even in high school, but somehow there were 401 players drafted ahead of him." (The Los Angeles Times, Albert Pujols as a man among boys, 02/11/2012). We here at Baseball Almanac loved this quote and are pleased to show you a breakdown of each Major League player (we've omitted those who never made the show to make the list more manageble) taken before Albert Pujols:

Round	Overall	Player Name
1	1	Josh Hamilton
1	2	Josh Beckett
1	3	Eric Munson
1	7	Kyle Snyder
1	9	Barry Zito
1	10	Ben Sheets
1	12	Brett Myers
1	16	Jason Jennings
1	19	Alex Rios
1	21	Larry Bigbie
1	22	Matt Ginter
1	23	Keith Reed
1	24	Kurt Ainsworth
1	25	Mike MacDougal
1	31	Casey Daigle
1	37	Jason Repko
1	38	Colby Lewis
1	39	Jerome Williams
1	43	Jimmy Gobble
1	46	Chris Duncan
1	48	Casey Fossum
1	49	Mike Bynum
1	50	Brian Roberts
2	52	Carl Crawford
2	54	Brian Sanches
2	56	Rob Bowen
2	57	Brandon Phillips
2	58	Wes Obermueller
2	59	Ryan Doumit
2	60	Ryan Ludwick
2	65	Ben Broussard
2	66	Bobby Hill
2	68	John Lackey
2	72	Nick Regilio
2	73	Neal Musser
2	75	Jack Taschner
2	82	Josh Pearce
2	83	Drew Meyer
3	85	Doug Waechter
3	86	Josh Wilson
3	88	Rich Rundles
3	89	Justin Morneau
3	94	Ruddy Lugo
3	95	Willie Bloomquist
3	99	Jon Rauch
3	100	Josh Bard
3	103	Matt Ford
3	105	Hank Blalock
3	106	Jeremy Griffiths
3	111	Alex Graman
4	117	Cody Ross
4	118	Kevin Mench
4	120	Matt Cepicky
4	127	Ben Johnson
4	132	Jimmy Journell
4	134	Joe Thurston
4	136	Angel Pagan
4	137	Jeff Baker
4	140	Steve Smyth
5	145	Seth McClung
5	146	Nate Robertson
5	151	Ken Harvey
5	152	J.R. House
5	155	Clint Nageotte
5	156	Joe Saunders
5	157	Andy Cavazos
5	158	Mike Esposito
5	159	Josh Stewart
5	172	Mike Thompson
5	173	Mike Gallo
6	179	Brian Wolfe
6	183	Mario Ramos
6	185	J.J. Putz
6	187	Erik Bedard
6	189	Dave Sanders
6	191	Dusty Bergman
6	194	Shane Victorino
6	195	Aaron Harang
6	203	Jason Lane
6	204	Andrew Brown
7	222	Coco Crisp
7	231	Andy Phillips
8	236	Kevin Hooper
8	238	Chris Capuano
8	243	Justin Lehr
8	244	David Pember
8	245	Terrmel Sledge
8	263	Chris Sampson
9	268	Matt Kata
9	270	Brandon Watson
9	271	Mark Ellis
9	275	Steve Kent
10	304	Ben Hendrickson
10	306	Marlon Byrd
10	308	Scott Dunn
10	309	Matt Guerrier
10	311	Robb Quinlan
10	316	Prentice Redman
10	317	Fernando Cabrera
10	323	Greg Dobbs
11	326	Randy Messenger
11	344	Eric Junge
12	356	Angel Sanchez
12	358	Doug Devore
12	361	Tony Cogan
12	370	Craig House
12	379	Lew Ford
12	384	Ben Kozlowski
13	395	Justin Leone
13	396	Frank Brooks
13	401	Alfredo Amezaga
13	402	Albert Pujols

On September 24, 2009, The Sporting News announced their Team of the Decade (2000 through 2009) which was composed of the following greats: Joe Mauer (catcher), Albert Pujols (first base), Jeff Kent (second base), Derek Jeter (shortstop), Alex Rodriguez (third base), Barry Bonds (outfield), Ichiro Suzuki (outfield), Manny Ramirez (outfield), David Ortiz (designated hitter), Randy Johnson (starting pitcher), Mariano Rivera (closer) and Joe Torre (manager).