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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Albert Pujols' decade of dominance : The noon ET deadline has passed for Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals to reach an agreement on a new contract. Does this mean that 2011 definitely will be Pujols’ last season in St. Louis? No, but if it is, then the Cardinals will be losing the services of one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
In fact, if you look at Pujols’ numbers from his first 10 seasons, they are absolutely stunning. The case can be made that Pujols has had the best first 10 seasons of any player in MLB history.
Don’t think so? Consider the following:
• One way to look at a player’s contributions (including pitching, hitting, base running and defense) is to look at his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). This measures how many more wins a team had with the player in the lineup than what they would have had if they had to replace him (taking into account his position). Baseball Reference has numbers that go back all time; however, the numbers are more estimates than actual the further you go back because of the lack of available data.
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