How many home runs did Albert Pujols hit in his career?

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All you need to know about how many runs Albert Pujols had hit in his career before retiring last season while playing for the Cardinals.

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Albert Pujols finished his 22-year career as one of the best performers in baseball history last season. Pujols had 3,384 hits, 703 home runs, 2,218 RBIs, and 1,914 runs in 11,421 at-bats over his career. He has a .296-lifetime batting average, a .374 career on-base percentage, a .544 career slugging percentage, and a .918 career OPS.

Pujols hit.270 with 24 home runs, 68 RBIs, and an OPS of.895 in his final season in 2022. Pujols’ 24 home runs this season are the most in a single season since 2016. His OPS of.895 is the lowest of his Cardinals career, although it is still greater than any of his Angels seasons.

Pujols ranks fourth all-time in home runs, tenth all-time in hits, fifth all-time in games played, fifth all-time in doubles, second all-time in RBIs, second all-time in total bases, and first all-time in grounding into double plays.

Aside from his long-term home parks of Busch Stadium II and III and Angel Stadium, Pujols’ most frequent visiting park was PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Pujols hit 35 home runs, drove in 101 runs, and hit.374 with an OPS of 1.176 in 102 career games at PNC Park. Surprisingly, Pujols does not lead any of the Cardinals’ all-time offensive statistics. He trails Stan Musial and Mark McGwire in a number of categories.

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