Albert Pujols knows more about the numbers on the back of his baseball card than he lets on.
Though he usually deflects talk of personal achievements, stressing team goals over the accumulation of individual statistics, the Angels slugger is keenly aware of his accomplishments in the game and how they measure up to others.
But Pujols, who turned 37 in January, seemed genuinely surprised when told that Hank Aaron, who ranks second on baseball’s all-time list with 755 home runs, had only one more homer (592) entering his age-37 season than Pujols (591) has entering his.