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Albert Pujols Children: Ezra Pujols, Sophia Pujols & Others – As one of the most-established Baseball players in America, Albert Pujols has really made a name for himself.
Aside from winning quite a number of an overwhelming number of sporting awards, he has an adorable family and in this article, we will be looking at his children.
Albert Pujols Biography
Albert Pujols is a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman and design ated hitter who played 22 seasons (MLB).
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He played his first 11 seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, then for the Los Angeles Angels for more than nine seasons before joining the Los Angeles Dodgers for half a season. He was nicknamed “The Machine” or “La Máquina” in Spanish. He returned to the Cardinals for his final season in 2022.
Pujols was a highly regarded hitter who displayed a “combination of contact-hitting ability, patience, and raw power” for a long time.
He was named National League (NL) MVP in 2005, 2008, and 2009, and he is an 11-time All-Star (2001, 2003–2010, 2015, 2022).
Pujols was raised by his grandmother whose name was given as America Pujols, and ten of his uncles and aunts in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and at that period, Albert was the only child in the family.
Bienvenido Pujols was his father, who was a softball pitcher who heavily struggled with alcoholism.
This meant that Pujols had to take up the task to drive his father home after games, and due to his love for baseball, Pujols played baseball with limes for balls and a milk carton for a glove during his formative years.
He received a baseball scholarship to Maple Woods Community College after graduating from high school a semester early in December 1998.
In the first game of his lone college season, Pujols hit a grand slam and turned an unassisted triple play.
As a freshman, he batted.461 with 22 home runs before declaring for the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.
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Only Henry Aaron has more runs batted in and total bases in major league history than Pujols.
He and Aaron are the only two players with more than 2,200 RBIs. (Babe Ruth has more than 2,200 RBIs, but only unofficially because he played six seasons before RBIs were recognized as a statistic.)
Only two other players have more than 6,000 total bases (Stan Musial and Willie Mays). Pujols ranks fourth in home runs and fifth in doubles in his career.
With 185 assists in 2009, Pujols set the major league single-season record for assists by a first baseman.
Who are Albert Pujols Children
On January 1, 2000, Pujols married Deidre Pujols. They have five children: Isabella, who happens to be Deidre’s daughter from a previous relationship’, Albert Jr., Sophia, Ezra, and Esther Grace. Pujols filed for divorce on April 4, 2022, after 22 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
Isabella Pujols
As previously stated, Isabella Pujols is Deidre Pujols’ previous relationship’s daughter; however, after she married Albert, he adopted her and added his surname to hers. Isabella Pujols has Down syndrome, and as a result of her condition, Albert and Deidre formed the Pujols Family Foundations to support people with Down syndrome.
Sophia Pujols
Five years after Albert and Deidre got married, they were blessed with Sophia. Her birthday is November 5, 2005.
Ezra Pujols
Ezra’s birth was much publicized and this is due to the fact that his parents have quite a number of well-wishers across the globe. He was born in 2010 and he happens to be the third child of the couple.
Esther Grace Pujols
Esther is the fourth child of Albert and Deidre. Esther was born two years after the birth of her brother, Ezra Pujols, in 2012.
Albert Pujols Jr.
The youngest of the Pujols family is Albert Pujols Jr. He was named after his father.
Source: www.ghgossip.com
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