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Baseball Sees A Young Hero In Albert Pujols

May 12th, 2010

The debate over who should be considered the best hitter in baseball is one that can be very long and drawn-out. More and more people, however, are beginning to claim that the title of the best hitter in our lifetimes belongs to Albert Pujols.

To avoid any possible discrepancies regarding the different eras of baseball, I’ll only be discussing the last 30 years of the sport.

It’s quite difficult to compare the performance of players from different eras. The playing conditions were very different in some ways, including the equipment and the fields. It would simply be unfair to compare a modern hitter to Willie Mays or Ted Williams, for instance.

Since the game has changed so much, it’s impossible to determine with certainty how a player from one era would perform if he were transported to another era. However, there are many reasons to make the case for Albert Pujols as the best hitter of the current generation.

Pujols is only 29 years old; he’s still young, and he’ll likely improve with time, or at least maintain his current levels of production. Also important is the consistency with which he plays the game. Looking at his statistics will help us appreciate this consistency.

Albert Pujols’ career batting average is .334. Such averages are usually good enough to win a league. His lowest year average to date was .312, which says quite a bit on its own. It was his average for his second year, and his lowest since was .327.

Pujols is also a great home-run hitter, with his lowest single-season number at 32. He’s also broken 40 homers in 5 of his 9 professional seasons. These are just a few of the impressive stats that he’s accumulated.

It becomes more and more difficult to argue against Pujols with every impressive season that he plays. When he does retire, it’s very possible that he’ll be considered the best hitter that we see in our lifetimes.

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