Luis Pujols
| Luis Pujols | |||
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| Aberdeen IronBirds – No. 55 | |||
| Catcher / Manager / Coach | |||
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Born: November 18, 1955 Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Rodríguez Province, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 22, 1977, for the Houston Astros | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 22, 1985, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .193 | ||
| Hits | 164 | ||
| Home runs | 6 | ||
| Runs batted in | 81 | ||
| Managerial record | 55–100 | ||
| Winning % | .355 | ||
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Luis Bienvenido Pujols Toribio (born November 18, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager. Though he batted just .193 over his career, he managed to put together a nine-year career as a back-up catcher thanks to his exceptional defensive abilities. He is the cousin of Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols.
Seventeen-year-old Pujols signed with the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 1973. He batted .230 with five home runs and 107 runs batted in over five seasons in their farm system when he made his debut as a September call-up in 1977. He got one hit in fifteen at-bats over the remainder of the season. More importantly, he caught four of eight attempted base stealers.
He started the 1978 season in the minors, but was brought up mid-season around the time the Astros dealt starting catcher Joe Ferguson to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He platooned behind the plate with former first round draft pick Bruce Bochy, who was also called up at around the same time, for the remainder of the season. Pujols batted a modest .131 with one home run and eleven RBIs.
The Astros acquired Alan Ashby from the Toronto Blue Jays to assume the starting catcher job in 1979. Bochy was given the back-up catcher job, and Pujols was reassigned to the triple A Charleston Charlies. In Charleston, he put together his finest season at any level, batting .249 with six home runs and 41 RBIs. He was called up to Houston in late August to again platoon with Bochy after Ashby injured himself in a game against the Montreal Expos, and was lost for the season. He was the hero of his second game back in the majors. In a tight race for the National League West, Pujols hit a triple and a double, driving in two and scoring one run to lead his team to a 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also had a three RBI game against the Atlanta Braves on September 25. For the season, he batted .227 with eight RBIs as the Astros finished a game and a half back of the Cincinnati Reds.
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