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Albert Pujols:The Perfect REGULAR SEASON Player - faceman802 - 11-01-2006
Four days after earning a World Series ring, Albert Pujols became only the sixth player to get a perfect 100 score in the annual player rankings.
The St. Louis Cardinals first baseman finished first at his position in plate appearances, batting average, on-base percentage, home runs and RBI over the 2005 and 2006 seasons, according to rankings released Tuesday by the Elias Sports Bureau.
Since the rankings were created in the settlement of the 1981 strike, the only previous players to get perfect scores were New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly (1987), Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. (1991), Chicago White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas (1995), Houston first baseman Jeff Bagwell (1995) and Boston designated hitter Manny Ramirez (2002).
Pujols was the top NL first baseman for the third straight year after finishing among the top three outfielders in 2003. Catcher Michael Barrett and reliever Billy Wagner also repeated.
Chase Utley replaced Mark Loretta at second, and Miguel Cabrera took over from Aramis Ramirez at third. Cabrera was among the top three outfielders in 2003.
Rafael Furcal replaced Jimmy Rollins at shortstop, Chris Carpenter was the starting pitcher in place of Roy Oswalt and Jason Bay, Matt Holliday and Moises Alou were the top three outfielders, replacing Cabrera, Lance Berkman and Bobby Abreu.
In the AL, starting pitcher Johan Santana, reliever Mariano Rivera, catcher Victor Martinez and designated hitter Travis Hafner repeated. Alex Rodriguez was the top third baseman for the second straight year after leading shortstops for six straight seasons.
Paul Konerko replaced Mark Teixeira at first base, Brian Roberts took over from Placido Polanco at second, and Michael Young followed Derek Jeter at shortstop.
Ramirez was among the top three outfielders for the 10th time in 11 years, and Vladimir Guerrero repeated. Abreu, acquired by the Yankees in July, replaced teammate Hideki Matsui.
Rankings are used to decide whether players are Type A or B free agents, and what draft picks their former teams get as compensation if they sign elsewhere. The top 30 percent in each group get an A ranking, and the next 20 percent a B ranking.
Compensation from Type C players -- the group between 50 and 60 percent -- was eliminated in baseball's new labor contract. Clubs that sign Type B players won't give up any draft picks, but their former clubs will receive "sandwich" picks between rounds.
- diceisgod - 11-02-2006
he has a perfect olived-skinned ass as well...so i heard
- Keyser Soze - 11-02-2006
he sure wasn't the perfect player in the postseason.
- faceman802 - 11-02-2006
If you look real closely at his post-season numbers you'll see a huge ass world series ring on his finger
- Keyser Soze - 11-02-2006
he sure does, and he sure didn't impress anyone in the postseason.
- faceman802 - 11-02-2006
I'd still take the ring
- Keyser Soze - 11-02-2006
no thanks to him
- faceman802 - 11-02-2006
and if it weren't for him, they wouldn't have made it to the playoffs in the first place. He fell off tremendously in the playoffs and other guys stepped up to pick up the slack. Maybe if anybody other than beltran stepped up against the cards, they'de have the ring, but they didn't, so they lost. and now its, wait until next year, yet again
- Keyser Soze - 11-02-2006
they don't hand out rings for getting your team to the postseason, just ask the mets. they blew it against an 83 win team when it counted most.
he gets a ring because his team carried him.
which makes him an IM-perfect player.
- faceman802 - 11-02-2006
yep