Pujols had a career .328 batting average after 6,312 at-bats at the end of the 2011 regular season. He's currently a career .298 hitter at the Major League level. I remember posting something similar to how I have never seen a hitter with that high of a batting average on that many at-bats to go under .300. So it seems like he's the only guy to have that high of a batting average in that many at-bats to fall under .300. The later part of his career came at a tough time for hitters. Pitchers were back to dominating and saving the upper hand on hitters for the first time since the early 1990s (1990, 1991, and 1992). Pujols also had the deal with the marine layer at Angel Stadium. So many outs for him would have been hits without the coldness.