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Originally Posted by raybec 4
Speaking of Albert he's 5 dingers away from 600, and 141 hits away from 3000. His production dropped off significantly when he went to Anaheim, if he could have hit at his Stl pace he would have reached both of those numbers by now. Those are some incredible numbers for a guy who's only played for 17 years though.
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Well, if he kept his St. Louis pace he'd be the greatest hitter ever, because he had the greatest 10-year start to his career of anyone in MLB history (which, ironically, will be surpassed by Mike Trout).
He had 77 WAR in his first ten years and his lowest wRC in any of those years was 150, which would have been 8th in baseball last year.
I watch the team now, and it's a decent team, but the excitement around his every at-bat when he was in his prime was truly special, and I really miss it.
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