How good is Pujols?

Also, by WAR here is a list of things that Pujols was better than in 2008...

-The Padres starting infield
-The Padres starting rotation
-The Cardinals starting rotation
-2 Ryan Howards
-3 Carlos Delgados
-All of the Red's position players combined
-All of the Nationals pitchers combined
-All of the starting first basemen in the NL East combined
-4 Brad Lidges
-The pitching staffs of the Orioles and Pirates combined
-Tom Haudricourt

almost 3 years ago vivaelpujols 22 comments 11 recs |

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Ahahahahahaha

I think Pujols by himself could get more wins for the Padres then the rest of their team

My avatar is 3 years into the future for sure...

by Taskmaster on Feb 27, 2009 5:12 PM EST reply actions

nice

2 Ryan Howards!!!

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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 27, 2009 5:44 PM EST reply actions

It was actually closer to 3

vivaelbeñsheets

by vivaelpujols on Feb 27, 2009 7:56 PM EST up reply actions

what was Haudricourt's WAR?

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and....BEN SHEETS!!! **

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by mattyfrommo on Feb 27, 2009 11:45 PM EST up reply actions

Probably -7.

For the place vote he put El Hombre in the MVP balloting.

I mean . . . dude. Tommy! You gotta be kidding me, right?

Personally I’d have just ASSIGNED him a WAR of . . . oh, I dunno. Negative Eleventy Billion or something.

"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields

by Donut King on Feb 27, 2009 11:54 PM EST up reply actions

For Haudricourt I actually used WAAD (wins above average douchebag)

He was worth about 8 WAAD, so he gave Pujols a run for his money.

vivaelbeñsheets

by vivaelpujols on Feb 28, 2009 6:58 AM EST up reply actions

also, hot fudge sundaes, warm puppy kisses, and hawaiian pizza.

by tom s. on Mar 2, 2009 5:52 PM EST reply actions

We should just measure baseball players with a new stat: the Albert Pujols

An Albert Pujols (AP for short) of 1.000 is defined as how valuable Albert Pujols is, and we can safely assume that this is the maximum AP attainable (possibly by mathematical certainty). A player’s AP represents how close they come to being as valuable as Albert; an AP of .350, for example, is quite respectable. An AP of .600 would be a career year for most players. We can use WAR or a similar value stat as the basis for AP. This would make the scale somewhat resembling OBP or SLG, so it would be fairly easy for new users to understand. Although it is an assumption that nobody can exceed an AP of 1.000, I wouldn’t put it past Albert Pujols to find a way to do it.

by mattybobo on Mar 3, 2009 12:54 PM EST reply actions 17 recs