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Albert Pujols Textured Brush Stroke
Alberto Pujols was raised in the Dominican Republic. The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Pujols in the 13th round of the 1999 draft. In 2001, he won a spot on the Opening Day roster. In June of his rookie year, he was named to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the first Cardinal rookie selected since 1955. Pujols' phenomenal rookie season helped the Cardinals tie for the National League Central Division title. Pujols was unanimously named the National League Rookie of the Year. His 130 RBIs set an NL rookie record. In 2003, he won the National League batting title, leading the league in runs, hits, doubles, extra base hits and total bases. At the incredible age of 23, Pujols became the youngest NL batting champion since 1962 and joined Rogers Hornsby as the only players in Cardinals history to record 40+ homers and 200+ hits in the same season. His performance in 2005 earned him the National League Most Valuable Player award. On July 4th, 2008, Albert hit his 300th career home run becoming the fifth-youngest player in MLB history to reach that milestone. On September 1st 2008, Pujols hit his 30th home run of the season to start his career with eight consecutive 30 HR seasons, the first player to do so in MLB history. Pujols hit his 100th RBI on, September 11th to become the first player in MLB history to start his career with eight seasons of at least 30 HR and 100 RBI. • Seven-time All-Star (2001, 2003-08) • Became the fastest player to get career home run 300 from their 1st • Became only the second player to hit 300 home runs in his first eight seasons. As it stands today, Albert Pujol’s career rankings among active players and on the All-Time lists, respectively, are as follows (as of August 31, 2008): • .3347 Batting average - 1st and 23rd • .4250 On-base percentage - 2nd and 13th • .6224 Slugging average - 1st and 4th The next best thing to a photograph is a magnificent digitally re-mastered artistic Textured Brush Stroke style portrait of St. Louis Cardinals Albert Pujols. Share the celebration of a true sports hero with a magnificent digitally re-mastered sports wall art, print or poster to decorate your home, entertainment room, office, business or wherever you call your man-cave. This image can be produced in either photo gloss paper or traditional artist studio canvas. The biggest advantage of canvas prints over regular photographic prints is that unlike paper, canvas does not lose color and does not react easily to environmental factors. Each piece will be signed and dated by the artist. Your “wicked cool” sports wall art, print or poster is only a click away! Print Facts: • Prints produced on Photo Gloss Paper or Artist Studio Canvas • Can be purchased Framed or Unframed • Various Sizes to fit a variety of wall spaces; 11”x17”, 24”x36”, 36”x54” |
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