{"id":423145,"date":"2022-03-29T09:42:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T06:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/albert-pujols-will-end-mlb-career-with-cardinals\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T09:42:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T06:42:30","slug":"albert-pujols-will-end-mlb-career-with-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/albert-pujols-will-end-mlb-career-with-cardinals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Albert Pujols will end MLB career with Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a371e9d38087\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a371e9d38087\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/albert-pujols-will-end-mlb-career-with-cardinals\/#%E2%80%9CAlbert_Pujols_will_end_MLB_career_with_Cardinals%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Albert Pujols will end MLB career with Cardinals&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAlbert_Pujols_will_end_MLB_career_with_Cardinals%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Albert Pujols will end MLB career with Cardinals&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Legendary first baseman and likely Hall of Famer Albert Pujols on Monday announced he will retire following the\u00a02022 MLB season, telling reporters, \u201cThis is it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pujols will finish his career where he started, as he agreed to a one-year $2.5 million contract with the\u00a0St. Louis Cardinals, reuniting the franchise with one of its most decorated players of all time.\u00a0He will wear uniform No. 5, which the team never reissued following its 2011 World <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> championship season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased and excited to have Albert return to the Cardinals for the upcoming season,\u201d said Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt, Jr., in a statement. \u201cThis reunion with Albert is a wonderful opportunity for not only him and the Cardinals, but also for our great fans, the St. Louis community, our players and staff, and everyone connected to the St. Louis Cardinals organization.\u00a0We look forward to seeing Albert in the \u2018Birds on the Bat\u2019 once again, and wearing his familiar uniform number 5.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The signing will give Pujols, 42, an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent retirement tour with the team that drafted him in 1999 and for where he played his first 11 years in the MLB.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u201cSeldom does one get to share in watching or being a part of \u2018living\u2019 history,\u201d said Cardinals\u2019 President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak.\u00a0\u201cFrom the day we called Albert\u2019s name in the draft room back in 1999, to now, as we set our sights on 2022, this reunion just makes sense in so many ways.\u00a0We are all looking forward to reuniting Albert with his Cardinals family, and for the fan in all of us, including myself, this feels like looking through the pages of a favorite scrapbook or baseball card album and seeing those images and memories jump off the pages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pujols made his debut for the Cardinals in 2001 at age 21 and im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely made an impact. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 2001, made the All-Star team and finished fourth in NL MVP voting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His unprecedented success continued for 11 seasons with the Cardinals, as he compiled a .328 batting average, 445 home runs and 1.329 RBI with the team. He earned NL MVP honors in 2005, 2008 and 2009 \u2014 and won two World Series titles in 2006 and 2011.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1235106315.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Albert Pujols running\" class=\"wp-image-21697381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1235106315.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1235106315.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1235106315.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Albert Pujols moves to play a ground ball in the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on July 29, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Diamond Images\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite not playing until 2001, Pujols holds the 2000s decade NL \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trip<\/a>le Crown\u201d for batting (.334), home runs (336) and RBI (1,112).<\/p>\n<p>After celebrating the title in 2011, Pujols signed a 10-year, $240-million deal with the\u00a0Los Angeles Angels.<\/p>\n<p>Pujols played in 1,181 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s for the Angels, where he batted .256, hit 222 home runs, and drove in 783 runs. Pujols was released by the Angels last May, just a few months before his contract ended.<\/p>\n<p>Pujols played for the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0this past season, and the Cardinals imagine he will play a similar role for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While his production isn\u2019t what it once was, Pujols will have the chance to be the right-handed designated hitter against left-handed pitchers or come off the bench in a deterrent roll in late innings, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/baseball\/professional\/redbird-reunion-pujols-is-returning-to-the-cardinals-on-a-one-year-deal\/article_9d676b22-ff08-5978-bcce-be1e6eeae980.html\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-140857328-e1648535296448.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Chase Utley and Albert Pujols in outfield\" class=\"wp-image-21697392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-140857328-e1648535296448.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-140857328-e1648535296448.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-140857328-e1648535296448.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 Chase Utley (left) and Albert Pujols at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on April 5, 2006.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The move is also a reunion for Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, who has known Pujols since the coach was drafted by St. Louis as a player in 2007, he told Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Digital last week.<\/p>\n<p>Over his career, Pujols is a 10-time All-Star and six-time Silver Slugger. 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