Dodgers catcher Will Smith is expressionless as Albert Pujols crosses home plate after hitting his 699th career home run. Today we will discuss about Albert Pujols: 699| Is this last year| Who did high five
Albert Pujols: 699| Is this last year| Who did high five
Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara born January 16, 1980) is a Dominican-American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed “The Machine” or “La Maquina” in Spanish, he played his first 11 seasons in MLB for the Cardinals, then played for more than nine seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, and then joined the Los Angeles Dodgers for half a season. Happened and then came back. What he has said will be his final season for the Cardinals in 2022. Since 2020, he has been the oldest active MLB player.
| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 5 | |
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| First baseman / Designated hitter | |
| Born: January 16, 1980 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
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| MLB debut | |
| April 2, 2001, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics (through September 23, 2022) |
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| Batting average | .296 |
| Hits | 3,377 |
| Home runs | 700 |
| Runs batted in | 2,208 |
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Pujols hit home run number 699 against Dodgers pitcher Andrew Heaney. It was a two-run shot in left field that propelled the Cardinals 2-0 at the top of the third inning.
Home run number 700 is a possibility, but there is no guarantee.
42-year-old Pujol, who said he would retire at the end of the season – his 22nd season in the major leagues – has 10 games left after Friday night to reach number 700 before the regular season ends and the record books are closed. Will go
He has scored 20 home runs this season and won career homer No. 698 against the Cincinnati Reds on September 16.
Albert Pujols watches the flight of home run number 699.
Before the game, fans gave Pujol a standing ovation after a tribute video was played for Pujol on two scoreboards in the outfield. It was a homecoming of sorts for Pujols, who played 85 games with the Dodgers last season, rejuvenating his career after being released by the Los Angeles Angels and considering retirement.
Giving him a chance to address the crowd before the start of the game, Pujols said, “Okay, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you Dodgers fans.”
Is this last year
Yes, it is his last year.
Albert Pujols is approaching the 700-home run milestone but does not plan to return for a second season if the St.
“I’m still going to retire no matter what, 693, 696, 700, whatever, whatever,” Pujols told USA Today’s Bob Nightingale. “I don’t get bogged down in numbers. If you were going to tell me 22 years ago that I’d be so close, I would have told you you’re crazy. My career has been amazing.”
Pujols scored two home runs during Day 4 against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday to give them 692 runs for his career. After totaling just seven in the first four months of the season, they now have five runs in their last five matches and six in August.
Who did high five
None other than former Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre.
Pujols hit numbers 699 and 700 in back-to-back at-bats against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The second made him just the fourth player in Major League history – and the first foreign-born player – to reach that feat.
