Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals, MLB

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AB	HR	AVG	RBI	R	SB
568	47	.327	135	124	16

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Pujols wants to be Cardinal for life: Calm down, Cardinal fans: Albert Pujols wants to stay in St. Louis. The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career," Pujols told WXOS-FM on Thursday. "I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family." Pujols, who has one year left on his contract plus an option year, raised some eyebrows with his comments during an interview with a Dominican radio station earlier this month. I'm not desperate to sign a contract extension. I still have one year remaining in my contract for 2010 and a club option for 2011. I leave the rest in God's hands," Pujols told CDN 92.5 FM. The two-time NL MVP said he wanted the Cardinals to concentrate on signing Matt Holiday and other free agents first. On Thursday, he reiterated there is no rush but "if they come tomorrow and say 'Albert, you know, we want to lock you up,' hey they know that we're open to that."
(Updated 10/30/2009).

Injury Report

Elbow - Expected to be ready for spring training
(Updated - 10/21/09)

Fantasy Analysis

The team anticipates Pujols will be ready for spring training after offseason elbow surgery to shave down bone spurs. He has had elbow surgery the last two seasons. Last October, he had an outpatient procedure to relieve nerve irritation that led to numbness, tingling in his ring finger and pinkie, weakness in the grip and pain along the inside of the forearm. Pujols led the majors with 47 homers while batting .327 with 135 RBI, showing the elbow wasn't a major problem. "I think he dealt with his elbow all year long and he hit 47," La Russa said. Pujols has topped .300, 30 homers and 100 RBI in all nine of his seasons, making him the most consistent source of elite numbers in baseball. Since this elbow procedure turned out to be no big deal, he remains the favorite to go first overall in 2010.
(Updated 10/30/2009).

Pujols said in a radio interview that he wants to play for the St. Louis Cardinals for the rest of his career, clearing up remarks from he made earlier this month. (Updated 10/29/2009)

Advice

In the interview a few weeks ago with a Dominican radio station, the two-time NL MVP had said he was in no hurry to sign a contract extension. He has one year left on his contract plus an option year and said then he wanted the Cardinals to concentrate on signing Matt Holliday and other free agents first.

Injury Report

Elbow - Expected to be ready for spring training
(Updated - 10/21/09)

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Position	Current	Last Week	Rating
First Basemen	1	1	103.42
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Situational Stats
10/13/2009 vs L.A. Dodgers
Situation	AB	H	HR	OBP	SLG	AVG
vs L.A. Dodgers	27	6	1	.400	.407	.222
vs Wolf (Career)	16	5	0	.375	.368	.313
vs LHP	148	50	13	.465	.696	.338

Awards
Year	Award
2001	NL Rookie of the Year
2003	NL Batting Champion;NL Hank Aaron Award
2004	NL LCS MVP
2005	NL Most Valuable Player
2006	NL Gold Glove-1B
2008	NL Most Valuable Player
2009	NL Home Run Champion

Last 6 Games

	OPP	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SB
09/29	@CIN	3	0	1	1	0	1
09/30	@CIN	4	0	2	1	0	0
10/01	@CIN	3	1	0	0	2	0
10/02	MIL	4	2	3	1	0	0
10/03	MIL	4	0	0	0	0	0
10/04	MIL	5	0	1	0	1	0

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41		26		48		28		32		19		28		31		31		39		42		32		44		32		18		11		17		37		31		25		31		39		36		20		22		20
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Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2001	STL	161	590	112	194	37	130	69	93	1	3	.403	.610	.329
2002	STL	157	590	118	185	34	127	72	69	2	4	.394	.561	.314
2003	STL	157	591	137	212	43	124	79	65	5	1	.439	.667	.359
2004	STL	154	592	133	196	46	123	84	52	5	5	.415	.657	.331
2005	STL	161	591	129	195	41	117	97	65	16	2	.430	.609	.330
2006	STL	143	535	119	177	49	137	92	50	7	2	.431	.671	.331
2007	STL	158	565	99	185	32	103	99	58	2	6	.429	.568	.327
2008	STL	148	524	100	187	37	116	104	54	7	3	.462	.653	.357
2009	STL	160	568	124	186	47	135	115	64	16	4	.443	.658	.327
Total		1399	5146	1071	1717	366	1112	811	570	61	30	.427	.628	.334

Fielding Stats
Year	Team	Posn	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
2001	STL	1B	42	31	307	283	19	5	27	.984
2001	STL	3B	55	52	161	40	111	10	17	.938
2001	STL	OF	78	71	139	128	6	5	0	.964
2002	STL	1B	21	16	154	140	13	1	24	.994
2002	STL	3B	41	37	97	25	66	6	6	.938
2002	STL	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
2002	STL	OF	118	101	181	173	4	4	0	.978
2003	STL	1B	62	36	374	340	33	1	34	.997
2003	STL	OF	113	113	208	198	7	3	0	.986
2004	STL	1B	150	150	1582	1458	114	10	136	.994
2005	STL	1B	157	154	1708	1597	97	14	175	.992
2006	STL	1B	143	142	1464	1348	110	6	145	.996
2007	STL	1B	154	153	1457	1325	124	8	132	.995
2008	STL	1B	144	140	1438	1297	135	6	119	.996
2008	STL	2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2009	STL	1B	159	157	1671	1473	185	13	150	.992
Total			1368	1353	10942	9826	1024	92	965	.992

More Batting Stats
Year	Team	2B	3B	TB	SF	SH	HBP	IBB	GDP
2001	STL	47	4	360	7	1	9	6	21
2002	STL	40	2	331	4	0	9	13	20
2003	STL	51	1	394	5	0	10	12	13
2004	STL	51	2	389	9	0	7	12	21
2005	STL	38	2	360	3	0	9	27	19
2006	STL	33	1	359	3	0	4	28	20
2007	STL	38	1	321	8	0	7	22	27
2008	STL	44	0	342	8	0	5	34	16
2009	STL	45	1	374	8	0	9	44	23
Total		387	14	3230	55	1	69	198	180

Postseason Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2001	STL	5	18	1	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	.200	.278	.111
2002	STL	8	29	5	8	1	5	5	6	0	0	.400	.483	.276
2004	STL	15	58	15	24	6	14	8	6	0	0	.493	.793	.414
2005	STL	9	32	7	12	2	8	5	3	0	0	.447	.625	.375
2006	STL	16	52	11	15	3	6	13	10	0	1	.439	.519	.288
2009	STL	3	10	0	3	0	1	3	1	0	0	.462	.300	.300
Total		56	199	39	64	13	36	36	28	0	1	.431	.578	.322

Minor League Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2000	AAA-Memphis	3	14	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	.267	.286	.214
2000	A-Peoria	109	395	62	128	32	6	17	84	38	37	2	4	.389	.565	.324
2000	A-Potomac	21	81	11	23	8	1	2	10	7	8	1	1	.341	.481	.284
2001	R-St. Louis	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Total		158	491	74	154	41	7	19	96	46	48	4	5	.375	.542	.314

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