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Albert Pujols #5 | First Baseman | St. Louis Cardinals
Height: 6-3    Weight: 225    Throws: R    Bats: R
Born: Jan 16, 1980, Santo Domingo,
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September 21, 2005
Although Albert Pujols turned an ankle Wednesday night, he stayed in the game, according to the AP. "Albert rolled his ankle," manager Tony La Russa said. "He's fine."
September 18, 2005
The Cardinals plan to give Albert Pujols occasional days off over the final two weeks of the season to prevent the plantar fasciitis in his right foot from worsening, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. However, Pujols wants to keep playing, though he's expected to rest on Sunday, regardless. "I'm going to go for it," Pujols said. "I'm not going to sit down. I'm going to keep playing."
September 13, 2005
Albert Pujols was out of the starting lineup for the second straight game on Tuesday with soreness in his upper right leg, according to the AP.
September 13, 2005
Albert Pujols will be given a couple of days out of the starting lineup to rest a strained leg muscle that prevented him from starting last night, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
September 12, 2005
The AP reports that Albert Pujols is suffering from a sore upper right leg and team trainers have advised giving him "a day or two" off. "Every once in a while he tweaks it and then he gets some relief," manager Tony La Russa said. "It hasn't been unrelenting. He'll make a move and all of a sudden jolt it." Pujols was out of the lineup Monday against the Pirates.
September 4, 2005
The same foot pain that led Albert Pujols to have ultrasound treatment last winter has resurfaced, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He may get several games off later this month for additional treatment.
August 11, 2005
Albert Pujols was given a routine day off Wednesday to rest up, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
August 5, 2005
Albert Pujols hit his 30th home run of the year Friday and became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in each of his first five seasons, according to the AP. "He is a classic high-average hitter because he takes a relentless approach every at-bat," manager Tony La Russa said. "Every at-bat he's the same way. He battles the great pitchers, he battles the real good ones, the good ones, the ones that are trying to make it." Pujols is hitting .341 on the season.
July 24, 2005
When asked if he would return Sunday from a mildly sprained shoulder, Albert Pujols said, "I'm pretty sure," according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Pujols wasn't in the startling lineup Saturday but pinch hit in the seventh and stayed in the game.
July 23, 2005
Albert Pujols was scratched from the starting lineup Saturday with a mild left shoulder strain, but he appeared as a pinch-hitter in the seventh, drawing an intentional walk, and then stayed in the game.
July 21, 2005
Tony La Russa has contemplated moving Albert Pujols from the No. 3 spot in the Cardinals' lineup to cleanup because of all the injuries the team has suffered, but so far he has resisted, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Have I thought about it? Yeah, I've thought about. But I doubt it will happen," La Russa said.
July 8, 2005
Albert Pujols was held out of the starting lineup Thursday for a routine day of rest, though he entered the game as a pinch-hitter, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
May 24, 2005
Albert Pujols was ejected for arguing a called third strike in the sixth inning Tuesday night.
May 14, 2005
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa plans to give Albert Pujols Sunday off to rest up, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
April 19, 2005
Albert Pujols said his foot was fine after he landed on it awkwardly Sunday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Pujols also said that the plantar fasciitis that ailed him last season has not been a hindrance yet in 2005.
February 21, 2005
Albert Pujols has no plans to take it easy during spring training, even though his running might be restricted because of a heel injury that hindered him much of last season, according to the AP.
February 11, 2005
Albert Pujols will open spring training on time and without limitations after undergoing a second non-invasive procedure to relieve plantar fasciitis in his left foot, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
January 17, 2005
Albert Pujols says the chronic plantar fasciitis on his left heel is still painful, according to the AP. Pujols originally decided to undergo sound wave treatment instead of surgery and while the pain subsided for a time, it has returned. "It's still bothering me," Pujols said. "It's something I'm pretty sure I'm going to go through again this year because it's too late for surgery. I don't want to miss spring training, and I don't want to miss the first month and a half of the season."