Albert Pujols's rankings among 21 year olds

[nyy26wc]

ALBERT PUJOLS'S TOP 10 RANKINGS AMONG 21 YEAR OLDS

AVERAGE
1 Joe Jackson 1911 .408
2 Lloyd Waner 1927 .355
3 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .354
4 Mel Ott 1930 .349
5 Ted Williams 1940 .344
6 Richie Ashburn 1948 .333
7 Sam Crawford 1901 .330
8 Hal Trosky 1934 .330
9 Albert Pujols 2001 .329
10 Stuffy McInnis 1912 .327

BPA
1 Joe Jackson 1911 .696
2 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .691
3 Eddie Mathews 1953 .671
4 Mel Ott 1930 .663
5 Tim Raines 1981 .653
6 Ted Williams 1940 .635
7 Hal Trosky 1934 .634
8 Cesar Cedeno 1972 .615
9 Albert Pujols 2001 .615
10 Joe DiMaggio 1936 .600

DOUBLES
1 Albert Pujols 2001 47
T2 Hal Trosky 1934 45
T2 Joe Jackson 1911 45
4 Joe DiMaggio 1936 44
5 Ted Williams 1940 43
6 Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 42
T7 Alex Rodriguez 1997 40
T7 Joe Medwick 1933 40
T7 Dick Bartell 1929 40
10 Cesar Cedeno 1972 39

EXTRA BASE HITS
1 Hal Trosky 1934 89
T2 Albert Pujols 2001 88
T2 Joe DiMaggio 1936 88
4 Eddie Mathews 1953 86
5 Ted Williams 1940 80
6 Hank Aaron 1955 73
7 Andruw Jones 1998 72
8 Joe Jackson 1911 71
T9 Vada Pinson 1960 69
T9 Ruben Sierra 1987 69
T9 Al Kaline 1956 69
T9 Cesar Cedeno 1972 69

GAMES YEAR G
1 Albert Pujols 2001 161
T2 Cal Ripken 1982 160
T2 Eddie Murray 1977 160
T4 Andruw Jones 1998 159
T4 Aurelio Rodriguez 1969 159
T6 Ruben Sierra 1987 158
T6 Rickey Henderson 1980 158
T6 Roberto Alomar 1989 158
T9 Donie Bush 1909 157
T9 Jose Canseco 1986 157
T9 Joe Morgan 1965 157
T9 Chris Speier 1971 157
T9 Eddie Mathews 1953 157

GIDP
1 George Kell 1944 28
2 Ron Santo 1961 25
3 Eddie Murray 1977 22
4 Albert Pujols 2001 21
T5 Hank Aaron 1955 20
T5 Ted Simmons 1971 20
T7 Brooks Robinson 1958 19
T7 Carl Yastrzemski 1961 19
T9 Ruben Sierra 1987 18
T9 Dick Groat 1952 18

HIT BY PITCHES
1 Heinie Manush 1923 17
T2 George Burns 1914 12
T2 Jimmy Sheckard 1900 12
T2 Frank Robinson 1957 12
5 Eddie Murphy 1913 10
T6 Albert Pujols 2001 9
T6 Cecil Travis 1935 9
T6 Arnold Hauser 1910 9
T9 Joe Jackson 1911 8
T9 Tom Brunansky 1982 8
T9 Richie Hebner 1969 8
T9 Ray Schalk 1914 8
T9 Jose Canseco 1986 8
T9 Jose Guillen 1997 8

HITS
1 Joe Jackson 1911 233
2 Lloyd Waner 1927 223
T3 Joe DiMaggio 1936 206
T3 Hal Trosky 1934 206
5 Garry Templeton 1977 200
6 Frank Robinson 1957 197
T7 Al Kaline 1956 194
T7 Buddy Lewis 1938 194
T7 Albert Pujols 2001 194
10 Ted Williams 1940 193

HOMERUNS
1 Eddie Mathews 1953 47
2 Albert Pujols 2001 37
3 Hal Trosky 1934 35
T4 Bob Horner 1979 33
T4 Jose Canseco 1986 33
T4 Jimmie Foxx 1929 33
7 Andruw Jones 1998 31
8 Ruben Sierra 1987 30
T9 Frank Robinson 1957 29
T9 Joe DiMaggio 1936 29

HR%
1 Eddie Mathews 1953 8.12
2 Bob Horner 1979 6.78
3 Jimmie Foxx 1929 6.38
4 Albert Pujols 2001 6.27
5 Hal Trosky 1934 5.60
6 Jose Canseco 1986 5.50
7 Andruw Jones 1998 5.33
8 Boog Powell 1963 5.09
9 Tony Conigliaro 1966 5.02
10 Juan Gonzalez 1991 4.95

HR/100 OUTS
1 Eddie Mathews 1953 11.35
2 Bob Horner 1979 9.48
3 Jimmie Foxx 1929 9.24
4 Albert Pujols 2001 8.64
5 Hal Trosky 1934 8.31
6 Andruw Jones 1998 7.00
7 Mel Ott 1930 6.96
8 Jose Canseco 1986 6.82
9 Joe DiMaggio 1936 6.68
10 Frank Robinson 1957 6.61

HR/100 PA
1 Eddie Mathews 1953 6.90
2 Bob Horner 1979 6.41
3 Albert Pujols 2001 5.47
4 Jimmie Foxx 1929 5.17
5 Hal Trosky 1934 5.11
6 Andruw Jones 1998 4.91
7 Jose Canseco 1986 4.84
8 Boog Powell 1963 4.56
9 Juan Gonzalez 1991 4.54
10 Tony Conigliaro 1966 4.46

ISOLATED POWER
1 Eddie Mathews 1953 .325
2 Albert Pujols 2001 .281
3 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .271
4 Hal Trosky 1934 .269
5 Joe DiMaggio 1936 .253
6 Ted Williams 1940 .250
7 Andruw Jones 1998 .244
8 Bob Horner 1979 .238
9 Mel Ott 1930 .228
10 Hank Aaron 1955 .226

OBA
1 Joe Jackson 1911 .468
2 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .463
3 Mel Ott 1930 .458
4 Ted Williams 1940 .442
5 Rickey Henderson 1980 .420
6 Richie Ashburn 1948 .410
7 Eddie Mathews 1953 .406
8 Albert Pujols 2001 .403
9 Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 .399
10 Mickey Mantle 1953 .398

OPS
1 Jimmie Foxx 1929 1.088
2 Joe Jackson 1911 1.058
3 Mel Ott 1930 1.036
4 Ted Williams 1940 1.036
5 Eddie Mathews 1953 1.033
6 Albert Pujols 2001 1.013
7 Hal Trosky 1934 .987
8 Joe DiMaggio 1936 .928
9 Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 .926
10 Cesar Cedeno 1972 .921

RBI
1 Hal Trosky 1934 142
2 Eddie Mathews 1953 135
3 Albert Pujols 2001 130
4 Al Kaline 1956 128
5 Joe DiMaggio 1936 125
6 Mel Ott 1930 119
T7 Joe Vosmik 1931 117
T7 Jimmie Foxx 1929 117
T7 Jose Canseco 1986 117
T10 Ken Keltner 1938 113
T10 Ted Williams 1940 113

RCAA
1 Joe Jackson 1911 105
2 Eddie Mathews 1953 80
3 Jimmie Foxx 1929 75
4 Ted Williams 1940 72
T5 Mel Ott 1930 57
T5 Hal Trosky 1934 57
7 Albert Pujols 2001 56
8 Ty Cobb 1908 55
9 Rickey Henderson 1980 53
T10 Sam Crawford 1901 52
T10 Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 52

RCAP
1 Joe Jackson 1911 90
2 Eddie Mathews 1953 75
T3 Arky Vaughan 1933 59
T3 Ted Williams 1940 59
5 Albert Pujols 2001 55
T6 Rickey Henderson 1980 48
T6 Jimmie Foxx 1929 48
T6 Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 48
9 Rogers Hornsby 1917 47
10 Joe Morgan 1965 46

RUNS CREATED
1 Joe Jackson 1911 175
2 Eddie Mathews 1953 156
3 Jimmie Foxx 1929 155
4 Ted Williams 1940 153
5 Hal Trosky 1934 149
6 Mel Ott 1930 142
7 Albert Pujols 2001 140
8 Joe DiMaggio 1936 131
9 Al Kaline 1956 129
10 Rickey Henderson 1980 125

RUNS CREATED/GAME
1 Joe Jackson 1911 13.23
2 Jimmie Foxx 1929 11.29
3 Ted Williams 1940 10.70
4 Mel Ott 1930 10.28
5 Eddie Mathews 1953 10.17
6 Hal Trosky 1934 9.20
7 Sam Crawford 1901 8.94
8 Albert Pujols 2001 8.83
9 Mickey Mantle 1953 8.16
10 Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 8.07

SACRIFICE FLIES
1 Ruben Sierra 1987 12
2 Ted Simmons 1971 10
T3 Jose Canseco 1986 9
T3 Gary Sheffield 1990 9
T3 Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 9
T6 Roberto Alomar 1989 8
T6 Ivan Rodriguez 1993 8
T6 Lou Whitaker 1978 8
T9 Aurelio Rodriguez 1969 7
T9 Terry Puhl 1978 7
T9 Tony Conigliaro 1966 7
T9 Johnny Bench 1969 7
T9 Albert Pujols 2001 7
T9 Carney Lansford 1978 7

SECONDARY AVERAGE
1 Eddie Mathews 1953 .492
2 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .474
3 Tim Raines 1981 .470
4 Mel Ott 1930 .443
5 Ted Williams 1940 .421
6 Rickey Henderson 1980 .420
7 Curt Blefary 1965 .405
8 Albert Pujols 2001 .395
9 Mickey Mantle 1953 .382
10 Cesar Cedeno 1972 .377

SLG
1 Eddie Mathews 1953 .627
2 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .625
3 Albert Pujols 2001 .610
4 Hal Trosky 1934 .598
5 Ted Williams 1940 .594
6 Joe Jackson 1911 .590
7 Mel Ott 1930 .578
8 Joe DiMaggio 1936 .576
9 Bob Horner 1979 .552
10 Hank Aaron 1955 .540

TOTAL BASES
1 Hal Trosky 1934 374
2 Joe DiMaggio 1936 367
3 Eddie Mathews 1953 363
4 Albert Pujols 2001 360
5 Joe Jackson 1911 337
6 Ted Williams 1940 333
7 Al Kaline 1956 327
8 Hank Aaron 1955 325
T9 Jimmie Foxx 1929 323
T9 Frank Robinson 1957 323

[BuzzBuzzard]

Lee - what is your point?

[timconnelly]

Great stuff, Lee!

Had no idea, Albert was such an advanced hitter for his age. Will my Encyclopedia be able to do all that?? Wonderful, awesome, magnifico!!!

[Skipper Steve]

I've been hearing a lot that he and his Dad pulled a Danny Almonte - - maybe he's not 21?

[Skipper Steve]

This from Neyer's column the other day:

According to the Cardinals' 2001 Media Guide, Pujols was born on January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and, "at age 16, moved with his father from the Dominican Republic to Kansas City."


His point here was that it would be very easy, coming into the USA, to reinvent his birthday.

Some 20 years ago, I remember a story about rookie "22 year old" Billy Sims running over some defenseman in training camp where they defender said "That's the oldest looking 22 year old I ever saw in my life."

Pujols looks a little older to me too - - not as baby faced as Andruw Jones for sure.