‘THE MACHINE’ ON THE MARCH!
With 700 Career HRs in the Books, Pujols Closes in on Babe Ruth’s 2nd-Place All-Time RBI Total
Cardinals’ legend needs to drive in 7 runs to surpass the ‘Bambino’
Albert Pujols did more than become only the fourth player in Major League Baseball history to hit 700 or more home runs in his career — Pujols’ two homers and five RBIs Friday night at Dodger Stadium gave him a very real chance at overtaking Babe Ruth for second-place among the game’s all-time RBI leaders.
Pujols now sits in third place on the all-time list with 2,208 RBIs in his illustrious 22-season career. That’s 22 more RBIs than Alex Rodriguez accumulated and a mere six RBIs short of Babe Ruth’s second-place total of 2,214.
Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron leads the pack with 2,297 career RBIs.
Can Pujols do it?
Of course he can, and it would be great to see it happen. But whether Pujols, nicknamed “The Machine” early in his career, does or doesn’t blast pass Ruth for the second spot among all-time RBI leaders, his 2022 season has been something to witness.
Only the most optimistic fans envisioned a season like the one Pujols is having now. Cardinal fans knew he still had at…
