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Several media outlets reported Sunday night that Pujols and the
Cardinals have settled on a one-year contract that is worth $2.5
million.
The return of the designated hitter to the National League could
provide Pujols with opportunities against left-handed pitchers,
as well as the pinch-hitting role he filled at times last season
with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Pujols sits fifth all time in homers with 679 and third in RBIs
with 2,150 over a career that included nine-plus seasons with
the Los Angeles Angels and most of last season with the Dodgers.
He played for the Cardinals from 2001 to 2011.
He is a career .297 hitter with an on-base mark of .375 and a
.544 slugging percentage. After making the All-Star team in nine
of his 11 seasons with the Cardinals, he was named just once
with the Angels after signing a 10-year deal worth about $250
million following the 2011 season.
In 2009, his third MVP season with the Cardinals, he led the
majors with 47 home runs and 124 runs scored. He also hit .327
with a National League-best .443 on-base mark and led the majors
in both slugging (.658) and on-base plus slugging (1.101).
The Pujols-led Cardinals won the World Series in 2006 and 2011.
--Field Level Media
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