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Albert Pujols Wiki Biography

Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara was born on the 16^th January 1980, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He has earned his popularity and net worth playing baseball in the American Major League for teams the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles of Anaheim under the short name Albert Pujols. During his career, Albert has won numerous prestigious awards, including six times Silver Slugger award, he was named three times the NL MVP and he was chosen 10 times for the All Star game among others. He has been active as a baseball player since 1999.

Have you ever wondered how rich Albert Pujols is? According to sources, it is estimated that Albert Pujols`s overall net worth is $90 million, an amount accumulated almost exclusively through his successful career in the MLB.

Albert grew up in Santo Domingo with his grandmother; however, his family emigrated to USA, specifically to New York in 1996, and soon moved to Independence, Missouri. Regarding his education, Pujols attended Fort Osage High School, where he first showed his baseball skills and was voted All-Star Athlete twice. He graduated in 1998, and earned a full scholarship to the Mapple Woods Community College. He continued to develop further his baseball skills in college, and soon entered the 1999 MLB Draft, being selected by the St. Louis Cardinals as a 402^nd pick overall. He spent two years in their minor league team, and in 2001 he was brought up to the major league. He made his MLB debut against the Colorado Rockies on 2^nd April 2001.

Ever since his debut appearance, Albert`s career has only gone up; even in his first year he won the Rookie Award and was named for the All Star game. He continued with his successful career, and from 2003 to 2010 he was a constant participant of the All Star game, in 2001 he also won his first Silver Slugger award, and in 2004 he won the NLCS MVP award.

Because of these achievements Pujols was offered a new contract worth $100 million for a period of seven years in 2004. In 2005 he won his first NL MVP award, and in 2006 came his first World Series Championship with the team. Before his contract had expired with the Cardinals, he won one more World Series Championship, in 2011, and two more NL MVP awards in 2008 and 2009.

In December 2011, he signed a contract with Los Angeles Of Anaheim worth $254 million for a period of 10 years, however, in his first year on the team, his numbers were not even close to those while he was with the St. Louis Cardinals, and then in the 2013 season he suffered a knee injury which kept him sidelined for the entire season. As of the 2015 season his numbers have improved, and Pujols was again selected for the All Star game.

Overall, his career is rather successful, other than already mentioned awards, he has also been named six times NL Player Of The Month and 11 times NL Player Of The Week. Adding to his net worth, Pujols is also the owner of the restaurant “Pujols 5 Westport Grill” located at Westport Plaza in Maryland Heights, Missouri.

Regarding his life off the diamonds, in 2007Albert became an American citizen, as he had a perfect score on the citizenship test. He is the founding member of the non-profit organization “Pujols Family Foundation” which helps people who are suffering with Downs syndrome.

When it comes to his family life, Albert has been married to Deidre since January 2000. They have four children, one of whom was born with Downs syndrome, encouraging Albert and his wife to start the above-mentioned organization.

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Albert Pujols Important Facts

• Left the Cardinals in December of 2011, signing a 10 year/$254 Million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
• Nicknamed El Hombre (Spanish for The Man); Pujois has requested that people stop calling him that in respect of Stan ‘The Man” Musial, saying that “there is only one man”.
• Has won the Silver Slugger Award five times.
• Won the National League MVP Award for the third time in 2009 – one of only ten players to have won the award at least three times.
• 2008 National League MVP.
• Became a US citizen in February 2007. He scored a perfect score on his test.
• He and his wife Deidre have five children: Isabella (Deidre’s daughter from a previous relationship), Albert, Jr., Sophia, Ezra, and Esther Grace.
• Baseball Digest’s Player of the Year for 2005.
• 2005 National League MVP
• Named to Baseball Digest magazine’s 2001 Rookie All-Star Team.
• Made major league debut on 2 April 2001.
• All-star baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals, 2001-present.
• In 2003, led the National League in batting, runs, hits, total bases, doubles, and extra-base hits
• 2003 National League Batting Champion with a .359 average
• Has played first base, third base, shortstop, left field, right field, and designated hitter for the Cardinals
• 2001 National League Rookie of the Year

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