How high on the all-time home run list will Albert Pujols end up?
With two home runs Monday in Anaheim, Albert Pujols passed Reggie Jackson to take sole possession of 13th place on the all-time home run list, with 565 since his debut in 2001.
After the game, Pujols said of his steady climb up the all-time list: "I leave that to (reporters), so you guys can have something to do."
We're more than happy to oblige.
The 36-year-old is signed for five more years after this one.
Pujols averaged 37 home runs across the first 15 years of his career, only twice hitting less than 30, in 2013 and 2014.
If Pujols hits 34 home runs per season for the remainder of his contract, he would end up with 764, surpassing all-time leader Barry Bonds’ 762.
An average of 33 homers would give him 758, passing Hank Aaron and his 755 career home runs. If Pujols hits 26 home runs a season, he would end up with 716, two more than Babe Ruth.
By the end of this season, Pujols will likely move up to ninth on the all-time list, where Frank Robinson's 586 home runs currently reside.
"To be able to even put my name with those legends in baseball before me is pretty special," Pujols said. "I could have never thought in my entire life that I could do that. ... I've done some crazy things in this game and passed some unbelievable names.”