A ludicrous fact went viral about the St. Louis Cardinals veteran slugger this week amid his torrid streak at the plate during the month of August. Twitter baseball statistician Jeremy Frank shared that Pujols’ slugging percentage in his last 10 games is somehow the highest 10-game slugging percentage of his entire MLB career.
Something has gotten into Pujols in the last couple of weeks. Since Aug. 10, Pujols has hit seven home runs with 14 RBI and an overall batting average of .548. The Cardinals have also gone 9-1 during Pujols’ absurd 10-game run.
The legendary slugger has made 11 All-Star teams, won NL MVP three times, led the league in homers twice and even has taken home a batting crown. Yet somehow, someway, Pujols is currently posting the highest 10-game slugging percentage of his entire career … at 42 years old in his 22nd MLB season (and one where he has not even been an everyday player).
Pujols’ run also places him at 693 career home runs, seven shy of the fabled 700 mark that only three total players in MLB history have achieved (not to mention a milestone that seemed far out of reach for Pujols at the start of the year). As for if Pujols plans to hold off on retirement to chase the 700 club, he recently provided the answer to that as well.
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