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My Take
I'll be honest, Albert Pujols is one of those guys who made greatness look almost boring, and I mean that as the highest compliment. For about a decade in St. Louis he was a machine, slugging like clockwork, racking up three MVPs and that 2001 Rookie of the Year, and quietly being the scariest right-handed bat in baseball. What I love is that he was never flashy about it, just this calm, mountain-of-a-man presence who'd casually launch a 450-foot bomb and trot like it was nothing. The Angels years were rockier and the contract aged poorly, sure, but watching him grind toward 700 home runs gave me chills. A first-ballot legend, no debate from me.
Overview
José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (Spanish pronunciation: [puˈxols]; born January 16, 1980) is a Dominican-American professional baseball manager and former first baseman and designated hitter who is the manager of the Estrellas Orientales of the Dominican Professional Baseball League. He played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Albert Pujols
- Name (Japanese)
- アルバート・プホルス
- Reading
- あるばーと・ぷほるす
- Born
- January 16, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 190 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Fort Osage High School
- University
- Metropolitan Community College
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Player of the Year
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- 2009 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 2008 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 2005 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 2011 Great Immigrants Award
- 2001 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Baseball player — see all → · More people from Dominican Republic →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.