Pujols Jumps Ruth in RBI's and Mays in Home Runs

[biggunsbob]

Albert moves ahead of Ruth into fifth place with 1993. Lou Gehrig,is next at 1994, and Bonds is at 1996. Alex Rodriguez is at 2086, and Hank Aaron was at 2297.


http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26569928/pujols-jumps-ruth-5th-place-1993-rbis

 

[thehippo73]

Edit*** I finally read the "official stat" part.

This is from Baseball Reference. It shows Pujols has a long way to go to catch Ruth. Did I miss something?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/RBI_career.shtml

 

[byco42]

Edit*** I finally read the "official stat" part.

This is from Baseball Reference. It shows Pujols has a long way to go to catch Ruth. Did I miss something?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/RBI_career.shtml

RBIs not an official stat until 1920, yet BR counts those? Makes no sense to me. How can Cap Anson even be on the list at #4?

 

[Rebbiv]

From MLB's website:


http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1556051431433&split=&season=2019&game_type='R'&playerType=ALL&timeframe=&season_type=ALL&active_sw=&sortColumn=rbi&sortOrder='desc'&extended=0&league_code='MLB'


Cap Anson RBI totals are different depending on source and when RBIs were originally recognized. His totals varies from 1,879-2,075. MLB credits him with 1,879. Baseball Reference credits him with 2,075. That is the only difference I see. All the sites I have been to cite Ruth as #2. ESPN sucks!

 

[motownwebguy]

Albert moves ahead of Ruth into fifth place with 1993. Lou Gehrig,is next at 1994, and Bonds is at 1996. Alex Rodriguez is at 2086, and Hank Aaron was at 2297.


http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26569928/pujols-jumps-ruth-5th-place-1993-rbis

Had Ruth played in these bandboxes of today and was awarded with all the home runs that were either disallowed or called foul in those years, already the greatest player that ever lived, would be held today on an ever bigger pedestal.
Example: Today, Ruth would have hit 900+ homers and probably remained a viable pitcher too.

Historians say that if Ruth chose pitching-only, he could have won 200+ games.

The Greatest Player ever! and played a 1000 games with a terrible hangover.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-pujols-fifth-all-time-career-home-runs
Pujols hits HRs 661, 662, tops Mays for 5th.
MLB.com

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...t-pujols-passes-willie-mays-all-home-run-list
Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols passes Willie Mays on all-time home run list.
espn

Albert Pujols hit his 661st and 662nd home runs on Friday night, lifting him past Willie Mays and into fifth place on the all-time list. Mays had 660 home runs in 12,497 plate appearances. Pujols has 12,376 plate appearances.
A few other numbers:
Mays had 3,283 hits, Pujols has 3,235 hits.
Mays had 6,066 total bases, Pujols has 5,922 total bases.
Mays had a 154 wRC+. Pujols has a 143 wRC+.
Mays had 149.9 WAR. Pujols has 88 WAR.
Fangraphs