Albert Pujols went 4-for-4 with two doubles last night, raising his OPS above 1.200, and in the process reached 1,000 extra-base hits for his career.
Pujols is 35th all time in extra-base hits and has a chance to move into the 20-25 range by the end of the year, which is his age-33 season. Here’s the all-time leaderboard for extra-base hits through age 33:
Jimmie Foxx 1077
Alex Rodriguez 1055
Lou Gehrig 1040
Hank Aaron 1016
Albert Pujols 1000
Pujols had 80 extra-base hits last season, so he definitely has a chance to surpass Jimmie Foxx as the all-time leader through age 33.
Pujols’ reaction to joining that club is pretty amusing, via Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com:
I didn’t even know anything about it. I can swear on that, bro. When I got to the dugout, everybody was like, “Congratulations.” I’m like, “What are you talking about?” The bat boy was the first one to say, “I got your ball.” I’m like, “For what?” He told me a thousand doubles. I’m like, “A thousand doubles? That’s a lot.”
Congrats anyway, bro.
