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Topnotchsy
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It's been a "down year" by Pujols standards, but because stats in the NL has been somewhat down across the board, he's actually only a single homer, and a few batting average points away from the Triple Crown. Pretty crazy how he could win it, and it's been such a quiet season by his standards.
Just an interesting tidbit, if you take the leaders in the 3 categories considered for the Triple Crown and (using ESPN) extrapolate those numbers to a full season you'd come out with .322 (Votto) 43 homers (Dunn) and 120 RBI (Pujols.)
Pujols's stats from 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2009 would have won him the triple crown had he put those numbers up this season. In 2005 he would have been 2 homers and 3 RBI off. Crazy!!
Just an interesting tidbit, if you take the leaders in the 3 categories considered for the Triple Crown and (using ESPN) extrapolate those numbers to a full season you'd come out with .322 (Votto) 43 homers (Dunn) and 120 RBI (Pujols.)
Pujols's stats from 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2009 would have won him the triple crown had he put those numbers up this season. In 2005 he would have been 2 homers and 3 RBI off. Crazy!!