| Albert Pujols, is he the best pure hitter to ever | | | | ever play the game of baseball. |
| play the game of baseball? Baseball fans | | | | Throughout his young career, Albert Pujols has a |
| everywhere have talked with their friends or | | | | yearly batting average of.334. To make a career |
| heard this question on sports talk radio. In this | | | | in the MLB a good batting average ranges |
| article, we will go over some of the factors of | | | | from.270 to.300. In 2003, Pujols hit his career high |
| why people are talking so much about this. | | | | batting average of.359. Now, Pujols hasn't had a |
| Now, Babe Ruth is known to many as being the | | | | season average below.314 and his next lowest |
| best hitter, and/or the best baseball player ever. | | | | season average was.327. That is just sick. There |
| Is that true? I'm not sure; I've never seen him | | | | are a lot of baseball players in MLB that can hit |
| play. Baseball players today are bigger, stronger | | | | for a good average, but there aren't many MLB |
| and have better equipment so it is unfair to | | | | players that can also hit towering homeruns. Pujols |
| compare the different eras. Would Babe Ruth | | | | can do it. |
| have made it in this era drinking before games | | | | Pujols is a big, strong, powerful hitting machine. |
| and eating hotdogs during the 7th inning stretch? | | | | Pitchers fear him and maybe that fear causes |
| It would be interesting to watch, but since we | | | | pitchers to make mistakes when pitching to |
| can't, comparisons will be kept to 1982 and above. | | | | Pujols. The least amount of homeruns Pujols has |
| Pujols has achieved so much in such a short | | | | had in a season is 32. In 9 seasons, Pujols has |
| period of time. He is still just 29 years old. He has | | | | managed to hit 40 homeruns in 5 of those |
| been extremely consistent since the first time he | | | | seasons. That's amazing! You also have to keep in |
| stepped into a Major League Baseball batting box. | | | | my mind all the times pitchers pitch around him or |
| If he continues with this consistency he will no | | | | he gets intentionally walked. In his career, Pujols |
| doubt be considered as the best pure hitter to | | | | has been intentionally walked 198 times. |