Albert Pujols moving up the ranks of other important lists

A lot has been made of Albert Pujols recently passing Jimmie Foxx on the all-time home run list and then tying Mickey Mantle. Pujols and Mantle each have 536 career home runs and are tied for 16th-place all-time.

However, Pujols, 35, has also moved into elite territory for RBIs and extra base hits. Prior to Thursday’s game at Tampa Bay, Pujols had 1,633 RBIs, which put him 30th all-time, just three behind No. 29 Ernie Banks (1,636).

Pujols is 15th all-time in extra base hits with 1,121, just one behind No. 14 Manny Ramirez (1,122) and 10 behind No. 13 Tris Speaker (1,131).

As for home runs, it will take a bit of time for Pujols to reach the next rung as Mike Schmidt hit 548. But since Pujols already has 16 this season, there is a good chance he’ll get there in 2015.

One other interesting note, Pujols is one stolen base shy of becoming just the fourth player all time to have at least 500 home runs, a lifetime .300 batting average and 100 stolen bases. The others are Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.

No offense to Pujols, but at 35 and one of the slowest runners on the team, he may never reach that milestone.

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