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Albert Pujols Net Worth and Biography
Albert Pujols is a Dominican professional baseball player and one of the richest in the world, with an estimated net worth of $170 million.
Albert Pujols is a Dominican professional baseball player, with an estimated net worth of $170 million. He has been named the National League MVP three times, a ten-time All-Star, and has won two World Series rings. He is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Here is how he accumulated his $170 Million net worth.
Bio Data
| Full Name | José Alberto Pujols Alcántara |
| Date of Birth | January 16, 1980 |
| Gender | Male |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Career | Baseball Player |
| Net worth | $170 Million |
| Nationality | Dominican |
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Biography
Albert Pujols was born on January 16, 1980, in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States in 1996. His father, Bienvenido Pujols, was a softball pitcher. He attended Fort Osage High School, where he played baseball and was named an All-State athlete twice.
After graduating from high school a semester early in December 1998, he was given a baseball scholarship to Maple Woods Community College. Albert played just a season of college baseball as a shortstop. He batted .461 with 22 home runs as a freshman before deciding to enter the 1999 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.
Very Few teams were interested in Pujols because of uncertainty about his age. He however got drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the Draft, with the 402nd overall pick.
Career
Pujols began his minor league career in 2000 playing third base with the Peoria Chiefs of the single-A Midwest League. He was voted the league’s Most Valuable Player and named to the All-Star team. Pujols also played 21 games with the Potomac Cannons in the high-A Carolina League that year.
He finished the 2000 season with the Memphis Redbirds in the AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL), and after appearing in three regular-season games with them, he was named the postseason Most Valuable Player (MVP) as the Redbirds won their first PCL title.
As a rookie for the Cardinals in 2001, he finished his rookie season with 37 home runs and was named the National League Rookie of the Year. Pujols played consistently for the Cardinals, contributing to two World Series championships in 2006 and 2011. In 2006, He was voted into the All-Star Game, which would mark the first of eight straight seasons to reach the game.
After the 2011 season, Pujols became a free agent and signed a 10-year contract with the Angels. As an Angel, Pujols mostly accumulated stats. He was an AL All-Star in 2015. He got his 3,000th hit, 500th and 600thhome runs, and 1,500th and 2,000th RBI as an Angel.
Early in the 2021 season, Pujols was designated for assignment by the Angels. Shortly thereafter, he was signed by the Dodgers. On March 28, 2022, Pujols signed with the Cardinals on a one-year contract for his final season in his major league career.
Honors and Accolades.
As a Cardinal, Pujols won three National League MVPs (2005, 2008, 2009), six Silver Sluggers, two Gold Gloves, and two World Series Championships. He is a nine-time All-Star (2001, 2003–2010) and made one All-Star appearance, in 2015, after joining the Angels in 2012.
Pujols at the height of his career was a highly regarded hitter who showed a “combination of contact hitting ability, patience, and raw power.” He is a six-time Silver Slugger who has twice led the NL in home runs, and he has also led the NL once each in batting average, doubles, and RBIs.
With 14 seasons of 100 or more RBIs, he is one of only five players in MLB history to have topped 2,000 RBIs in his career, surpassing Alex Rodriguez for third place on the official all-time list during the 2020 season.
In 2018, Pujols collected his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 32nd player in MLB history to reach that milestone. Pujols also became the fourth player to amass 3,000 hits and 600 home runs, joining Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Alex Rodriguez. As of 2022, he is the oldest active MLB player and considered a lock for the Hall of Fame.
Albert Pujols Net Worth
Albert Pujols is one of the richest baseball players in the world, with an estimated net worth of $170 Million. He was earning as much as $14.5 million annually with the St. Louis Cardinals. His last contract with the club was worth $100 million over seven years.
In 2011 Albert signed a contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim which would pay him $254 million over 10 years. At the time of signing the contract was the second biggest in baseball history and the third in baseball history to crack the $200 million mark.
His peak base salary with the Angels was $28 million. Between June 2017 and June 2018, Albert Pujols earned $30 million between salary and endorsements, the vast majority of which came from salary. At the height of his career, he earned an additional $7 million a year from endorsements.