Albert Pujols as a high school senior: 33 official at-bats, 8 homers, 55 intentional walks - ThreadSky

codifybaseball.bsky.social • 50 days ago

Albert Pujols as a high school senior:
33 official at-bats, 8 homers, 55 intentional walks

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dosaces.bsky.social•50 days ago

The other 25 official at-bats were probably ground rule doubles!

jasperlovesjazz.bsky.social•50 days ago

I'm hearing all 55 intentional walks were issued by Brad Lidge...

drfunk99.bsky.social•50 days ago

Haha yeah he was 28 lol

pgottlieb.bsky.social•50 days ago

I haven't seen a high school athlete who looks this middle aged since Lebron

rjb44.bsky.social•50 days ago

How was he not a top pick in the draft?!

eephustosser.bsky.social•50 days ago

He was thirty-five years old.

rjb44.bsky.social•50 days ago

I don’t know why everyone is so hung up on that “detail”. Did he or did he not go on to being one of the greatest players we’ve ever seen? Lmfao

eephustosser.bsky.social•50 days ago

You asked why he wasn't drafted highly, based on his high school stats.

I suspect that, given a re-draft where we know he became "one of the greatest players we've ever seen," he'd fare considerably better.

rjb44.bsky.social•50 days ago

frightwig.bsky.social•50 days ago

And I'd guess that the Cards were aware that he was older than listed when they drafted him in the 13th round out of a community college, given that they moved him up from Class A to A+ to AAA in his one season in the minors, then gave him a spot in the lineup from Opening Day the next season.

yakirr.bsky.social•50 days ago

Absolutely mind-blowing.

simplecactusjack.bsky.social•50 days ago

“high school senior”

nuttynimz.bsky.social•50 days ago

Lmao. 33 years old, 8 homers, and 55 intentional walks, amirite?

nelli47.bsky.social•50 days ago

lol I actually did think that’s what read at first too haha

nelli47.bsky.social•50 days ago

That man with an aluminum bat seems dangerous! I mean that teenager

nelli47.bsky.social•50 days ago

😂

thormageddon.bsky.social•50 days ago

Well, he was 27 then.

stevendedalus.bsky.social•50 days ago

Could you imagine having to pitch to him? As a 17 year-old?

stevep10.bsky.social•50 days ago

Ed Farmer used to take with Darren Jackson about his high school exploits. IIRC he didn’t strike out his senior year. Major leaguers are just unbelievable compared to mere mortals.

billy-budapest.bsky.social•50 days ago

If I were pitching or an infielder and Pujols comes to the plate with a metal bat, I’m raising my hand with four fingers raised. Every. Time.

stevep10.bsky.social•50 days ago

When Frank Thomas was in college, a pitcher tried to catch a liner he hit. The pitcher’s glove landed somewhere past second base.

cjeisman.bsky.social•50 days ago

I am officially like a week older then Albert and still 25 years later, he looks older then me now in this photo

jawsrecliner.bsky.social•50 days ago

And the Royals still didn't think he was good enough to draft

thegratefulcub.bsky.social•50 days ago

This is one of the players on James Thurber's Sullivant Grammar School baseball team.

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