Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols joined a very exclusive club when he drove in his 2,000th career run with a solo home run against the Detroit Tigers this afternoon.
Pujols joins Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez and Cap Anson as the only members of the 2,000 RBI club. However, MLB doesn't recognize Ruth or Anson's membership in this club because the RBI wasn't an official statistic until 1920. To this I say humbug.
But there's no humbug where it concerns Pujols who has had 14 100 plus RBI seasons. Amazingly, Pujols only led the league in RBI once when he drove in 118 runs in 2010 when he finished runner up to Joey Votto in NL MVP voting.
Hank Aaron has the all-time RBI lead with 2297. Pujols is signed with the Angels through 2021 so he has an outside shot at the record although he is not the run producer he was earlier in his career. Even if this doesn't come to pass if 2,000 RBI doesn't get you into the Hall of Fame then nothing will.
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