The Dominican Albert Pujols, of the St. Louis Cardinalsreached the Top 10 of maximum hitters by connecting his single 3,314 for life, according to data from the Major Leagues (MLB, for its acronym in English).
THE RECORD MACHINE! ALBERT PUJOLS!
His 3,314th career hit places him in the all-time Top 10 of #The majors. pic.twitter.com/Xgx5y1vFGP
– The Mayores (@TheMayores) May 19, 2022
The Latin figure of the MLB reached that figure thanks to connecting a couple of singles on Wednesday night against the New York Mets.
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At the top of the 2nd. entrance, “The Machine” hit Max Scherzer, starter for the Queens team, an unstoppable two-run RBI.
3,313 hits and counting…???? pic.twitter.com/w99PcRDXok
— Cardinals (@cardinals) May 18, 2022
Later, two chapters later, he hit an uncatchable split bat to center field against Scherzer himself. In this way, the native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, left Paul Molitor behind, according to the MLB.
3,314. pic.twitter.com/EamC2ap1ry
— Cardinals (@cardinals) May 19, 2022
confusing data
Despite the MLB announcement, the page Baseball Reference keeps Pujols in the 12th position of players with the most hits in baseball history with 3,314.
The website specializing in collecting data from the “Big Tent” establishes the list as follows: Pete Rose (4,256), Ty Cobb (4,189), Henry Aaron (3,771), Stan Musial (3,630), Tris Speaker (3,514) , Derek Jeter (3,465), Cap Ason (3,435), Honus Wagner (3,420), Carl Yastrzemski (3,419), Paul Molitor (3,319), and Eddie Collins (3,315).
The mistake or the difference is that the MLB is not taking into account Cap Ason’s figure and has Collins with one less single.
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Pujols, 42, returned to the team with which he began his walk in the “Big Show” to put an end to his career.
Despite the positive day of the future Hall of Fame, the Mets ended up taking the win (11 to 4). Now the Metropolitan team is 25-14 and remains atop the NL East.
