The next closest player to 3,000 is Miguel Cabrera, who is more than 300 hits away.
The 38-year-old Pujols is one of just four players to collect 600 homers and 3,000 hits, joining Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez. He finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the Angels' 5-0 win. One team that has had a heavy microscope on it is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Furthermore, Pujols is only the fourth player in history with 3,000 hits and 600 home runs. Pujols is the sixth player born outside the United States to reach 3,000 hits, joining Beltre, Rod Carew (Panama), Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rico), Rafael Palmeiro (Cuba), and Ichiro Suzuki (Japan).
The slugger made his career out of hitting the ball out of the yard, but reached the milestone by throwing his bat at a sinker that was probably out of the strike zone.
Pujols reached the precipice of the milestone earlier this week in Anaheim, getting two hits against Baltimore on Wednesday night - including his 620th career homer - before getting No. 2,999 on a second-inning double Thursday night. Pujols declined to sign and played that summer for the Hays Larks of the amateur Jayhawk League.
He needed just one season and 127 games in the minors to reach the majors, breaking camp with the Cardinals in 2001 and starting in left field on Opening Day. With Rookie Shohei Ohtani dominating numerous headlines surrounding the team and Superstar Mike Trout having an excellent start to the season, people are forgetting one of the big storylines in Anaheim.
"I remember my [second] at-bat".
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"I'm aware of the legacy and the people that I tie and am on the same page right now", Pujols said. "I nearly hit a home run". Three days before, they told me I was going to make the ballclub. "I was able to start on the last day of the road trip and getting it then". He hit.329 in his first season with 37 home runs, winning Rookie of the Year honors and finishing fourth in MVP voting.
Albert Pujols is the newest member of the 3,000 hit club.
"Some guys in this era think the strikeout is a little overrated", Pujols told ESPN. I doubt they would have had to close Busch Stadium had St. Louis signed Pujols to this same deal. "It's something in this game I really, really don't like".
It took a long time for Cardinals fans to forgive Albert Pujols after he left St. Louis, but it finally happened.
Pujols became the second Dominican to reach the mark after Beltre.
Still, it's been a remarkable career. But, he's still playing and adding on to his absurd career statistics.
That extra $50,000 by the Cardinals was worth the investment.
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