The Majors have announced that Albert Pujols signed the corresponding papers for his retirement. Now, the next step will be to wait for the historic batter to communicate on his social networks or at a press conference and thus officially say goodbye.
Likewise, the veteran baseball player had already warned with anticipation that 2022 was going to be his last season yes or yes, all this after having delighted baseball fans for 22 campaigns playing at the maximum level.
In his last harvest , the Dominican was able to show that he still had gas in the tank, after connecting 83 hits, including 16 home runs and 14 doubles. In addition to promoting a total of 68 races and leaving an average with the wood of .270.
On the other hand, this last one was more than special, after becoming the fourth player to serve more than 686 balls in his career, the first Latin American to achieve this figure and the second slugger with the most chartered lines with 2, 216.
Since 2001, Pujols has given What does he talk about in Major League Baseball and not only because of his numbers, but also for having such a clean and exalting career. Pujols can easily be considered a mentor for all those children and adolescents who want to have a career in the show.
In 22 campaigns, “The Machine” won the Rookie of the Year Award, one batting champion, two Gold Gloves, three Most Valuable Player, three Player of the Year , six Silver Sluggers, attended eleven All-Star Games, a National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player and won a couple of World Series.
His record shows how fearsome the Dominican was when he stood at the plate, due to this the nickname “La Maquina” was created. In addition to this, he also served to embark on a clear path to the Hall of Fame.
On the other hand, during these two decades, Pujols wore the uniform of St. Louis Cardinals, Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers and finished this last season again with the red birds to be a perfect sendoff.
Continuing with his numbers, the Dominican finished with 3,080 games played, with ,421 at-bats and during this stretch he added 3,384 unavailable connected. In addition, he added 686 doubles, 16 triples, 703 home runs and 2, 218 chartered.
In short, Albert Pujols will have the next step to climb and that will be the Hall of Fame and with his majestic career, many They are already talking about being the second player to be immortal in all of history. The first was Mariano Rivera, reliever for the New York Yankees.
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