Two Great Long Ball Hitters Done in 2022 - Plate Appearances

    Albert Pujols has reached the immortal 700 club. I have written about this before, but now he has done it, tonight. The second day of fall, 2022.

    He is a great all-around hitter, like the other amazing (and in my opinion immortal) Miguel Cabrera. The latter hit for the Triple Crown, the first time since Ted Williams in the 1940s? Wow.

    

Albert has maybe 7 regular-season games left. As of yesterday, he was at 13,014 plate appearances. Hank Aaron finished with 13,941. Babe Ruth only had 10,626. The all-time champion of home runs, Barry Bonds, 12,606.

    They all could hit for average and on-base percentage, and some were faster than others. Barry was the fastest. Aaron was probably second most of the four. 

    Amazing. Cabrera is finishing with about a week left with 506 dingers, 27th on the all-time list, with 11, 393 plate appearances as of September 22, 2022.

    In a twenty-year career he is ending with a .308 batting average and a .384 OBP. 

    Pujols, in 22 years hit career .296 and OBP .374. 

    Both Hall-of-Famers, no question. No doubts of cheating, like Bonds or Rodriguez, aka ARod.

    Pujols is 42 and will be in the play-offs this fall. Cabrera is 39.

    I thought that Miguel announced that he would play next year, but apparently not. Too bad. Done before 40. Not bad. His year is still pretty good. As is Pujols. More productive than a lot of players in the game now.

    I am not sure that I saw either one play in person, but it was an honor to watch or listen to them play live. And see the endless highlights.

    Baseball greats. Home runs are them. Not the only thing to be great in baseball, but certainly a feat.

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