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Pujols
wins the 2008 NL MVP award!!
Pujols
& Ludwick earn Silver Slugger awards!!
Molina earns his first Gold Glove!
Pujols
wins Roberto Clemente Award!!
Pujols
earns the Sporting News' Player of the Year!
The Cards lead the NL with a .281 team batting average! The Cards last led
the NL in batting average in 2004 (.278) and have not batted .280 or higher
since 1954 (.281)
Troy Glaus led the majors in fielding with a .982 (7 E's) fielding percentage,
among third basemen and broke Ken Reitz's club record of .980 (9 E's) set in
1977.
Skip Schumaker
collected 6 hits against the Mets (7/26). The first
time it had been done in nearly 73 years! (Terry
Moore, 9/5/1935)
Albert Pujols led the team in batting for the 8th straight season - something no
other Cardinal has ever done.
Albert Pujols
and Ryan Ludwick lead the team in HRs with 37.
Some more of Albert's unbelievable stats!
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30 Homers - Has 30 or more HRs in all 8 of his MLB seasons. (Twice
as long as the next-longest, four seasons by Mark McGwire, 1987-90)
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100 RBIs - Joined only two other players in MLB history to have at
least 100 RBIs in each of their first 8 MLB seasons. (Al Simmons, 11 seasons &
Ted Williams, 8 seasons)
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30 Homers & 100 RBIs - Extended his MLB record streak to 8
seasons.
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100 Walks - Had his first 100 walk season.
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100 Runs - For the 7th time in 8 seasons (99 last year), he has
scored at least 100 runs.
Pujols
- A Rare Bird!
Pujols earns player of the week
(September 22nd) honors!
Remembering the Summer of 98
10 years later: McGwire on No. 62
Pujols earns player of the week
(August 18th) honors!
Ludwick earns player of the week
(August 4th) honors!
Schumaker collects six hits in single game against the Mets
Boston trip
Cooperstown trip
Wellemeyer earns pitcher of the month honors for May!
4-H Day
The Cards set a team record with 18 wins in April!
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2008
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