[情報] 5 players of the past comparable to Pujols
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Albert Pujols, 29, enters his ninth season with a career .334 average, 319
home runs, 977 RBIs and 947 runs. He also offers a 1.049
on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
He has never failed to reach 100 RBIs, 30 home runs or a .300 average in a
season. Pujols has averaged 118 runs scored per year, failing to reach 100
only when he was stopped at 99 in 2007.
Only six players have reached 900 RBIs at a younger age, and only five have
amassed more RBIs in their first five seasons
Joe DiMaggio:
Until last season, the Yankee Clipper most closely mirrored El Hombre. An
elegant center fielder who made his way into Hemingway’s “Old Man and the
Sea,” DiMaggio batted at least .305 and had at least 114 RBIs in each of his
first seven seasons. Perhaps more remarkably, DiMaggio amassed more home runs
(219) than strikeouts (196) in his seven seasons before entering service for
World War II. DiMaggio emerged from the conflict a less consistent player
hobbled by foot problems. He retired at 35 with a .325 average, a .977 OPS
and 361 home runs, a number Pujols could match in 2009 with a slightly
above-average power year.
Frank Robinson:
Like Pujols, Robinson was an offensive force who rarely led his league in a
Triple Crown category. Robinson was the NL’s 1956 Rookie of the Year and its
1961 MVP but never led his league in home runs, RBIs or average until he
captured the 1966 AL Triple Crown with the Baltimore Orioles. Pujols already
has more 100-RBI seasons than Robinson had (six) in a 19-year Hall of Fame
career. Robinson began to decline at 31 but finished his career with 586 home
runs and a .294 average despite playing in a predominantly pitchers’ era. If
his first 12 seasons were divided into two-year segments, Robinson hit 67,
67, 68, 60, 62 and 79 home runs. (Pujols has hit 71, 89, 90 and 69 HRs in his
first four two-year segments.)
Eddie Mathews:
Like Pujols, Mathews began his career at third base. Unlike Pujols, Mathews
hit lefthanded and was a notorious pull hitter. Mathews was only 21 in 1953
when he led the NL with 47 home runs and ranked second with 135 RBIs for the
Milwaukee Braves. In his first eight seasons, Mathews led the major leagues
with 296 home runs. A career .271 hitter, Mathews topped .300 only three
times. Only once did he manage 30 doubles. Pujols has smoked at least 33
doubles every season. Mathews peaked as a run producer at 28 in 1960. Never
bashful about his hard-drinking lifestyle, he was out of the game at 36,
three years after his final productive year.
Jimmie Foxx:
Rated by some historians as the greatest righthanded hitter ever, “Double-X”
is potentially the most statistically comparable player to El Hombre. Foxx
reached the majors at 17 with the 1925 Philadelphia Athletics but didn’t
play his first full season until 1929 as a 21-year-old. Ted Williams,
arguably the greatest hitter of all time, tried to mirror Foxx’s swing. In
12 full seasons from 1929-40, Foxx produced at least 30 home runs and 100
RBIs. He again managed 100 RBIs in 1941, the season Williams batted .406 as
his Boston Red Sox teammate. From ages 21-28, Foxx was more prolific than
Pujols, amassing 327 home runs and 1,106 RBIs and winning the 1933 AL Triple
Crown. Foxx succeeded Lou Gehrig as the game’s active leader in OPS, just as
Pujols succeeded Barry Bonds last season, before retiring with a career 1.037
OPS.
Hank Aaron:
Aaron only once hit more than 45 home runs in a season, won just one MVP and
captured two batting titles. However, Aaron’s consistency set him apart
among the game’s power hitters. He finished in the top five in batting 10
times from 1955-65, ranked in the top 10 in home runs every year from 1955-73
and the top 10 in RBIs every year from 1955-71. Aaron never walked more than
92 times in a season nor struck out more than 96 times. Aaron made his debut
with the Milwaukee Braves in 1954 at 20. From age 21-28, Aaron belted 285
home runs with 922 RBIs. Underrated as an outfielder, Aaron won three Gold
Gloves. He also fashioned a “30-30” season in 1963, combining 31 stolen
bases (in 36 attempts) with 44 home runs. During a 23-year career, Aaron
amassed 100 RBIs “only” 11 times but only twice failed to drive in 90 with
at least 500 at-bats. He finished with 755 home runs, which remain the most
by aperformance enhancing drug-free player.
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