{"id":1100600,"date":"2020-02-12T12:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1100600"},"modified":"2020-02-12T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:18:53","slug":"albert-pujols-crushes-his-mlb-competition-in-a-key-statistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/albert-pujols-crushes-his-mlb-competition-in-a-key-statistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert Pujols Crushes His MLB Competition in a Key Statistic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pitchers and catchers are reporting this week<\/a>, soon to be followed by the rest of their teammates. And judging by last season\u2019s Major League Baseball statistics, the hurlers can use the extra work when it comes to keeping the ball in the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One can make the case that nothing excites fans more in the course of a game that seeing a ball explode off the bat and land beyond the outfield fence. It happened a record number<\/a> of times last season, extending a trend evident throughout the century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez<\/a>, and Ken Griffey Jr.<\/a> are among the retired stars who cashed in on the trend relatively recently to finish with huge career numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, some of the game\u2019s\nbiggest active stars continue to roll up huge career numbers. Of those still\nplaying, no one has swatted the ball out of the park more than Albert Pujols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home runs have been going up, up, up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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