Albert Pujols hit his 703rd career home run on Monday night, and has surpassed Babe Ruth on the all-time RBI list.
joined the 700-home-run club on Sept. 23, and after a week without another, some might have wondered whether he'd have another in his career. Since Friday night, he's hit three home runs in the Cardinals' last four games.
Pujols entered the year 21 home runs shy of the 700 milestone, but he had hit just 23 in the two previous seasons combined. With a few dozen games left in August, Pujols seemed to discover his mid-career form. He's hit 24 this year with two games left in his 22-season career and is now just 11 home runs short of Babe Ruth's 714 – in some truly historic company.USA TODAY Sports' Bob Nightengale“I don’t get caught up in numbers," Pujols said."If you were going to tell me 22 years ago that I would be this close, I would have told you that you’re freakin’ crazy. My career has been amazing.
Along with Aaron Judge's run at 61 home runs in a single season, Pujols has been one of baseball's biggest stories this season. It could be many more decades before another hitter even approaches the mark., is a little over halfway to 700 in his 13th season and is well off Pujols' early-career pace.Pujols' two dozen home runs this year in his swan song with the Cardinals is the most since he hit 31 in 2016.
It's a long way from the numbers he put up during his first go-around with St. Louis. He hit more than 40 home runs in six of those 11 years. The last time Pujols hit 40 or more, he was just four years into his 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels.When you play as many games and hit as many home runs as Pujols has, a few patterns come clear. For example, three-fourths have traveled over the left field or left-center wall. Maybe not a huge surprise for a right-handed hitter.
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