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Albert won't beat A-rod in "age to hit 500". Though he just turned 30, he has 366 on his career and would need to have record breaking, back-to-back, seasons to reach 500 faster. A-Rod broke the 500 plain at 32 years 8 days old and it didn't hurt that his birthday is during the baseball season. Since Albert was born in January, he'd have to his 134 home runs over the next two seasons.
Albert Pujols dob 1/16/80 home runs = 366
Alex Rodriguez dob 7/27/75 home runs = 583
Side by side comparison of total home runs in a season over the last 5 years
Year / AP / AR
2009 / 47 / 30
2008 / 37 / 35
2007 / 32 / 54
2006 / 49 / 35
2005 / 41 / 48
Total / 206 / 202
Certainly they are neck & neck with a slight edge to AP, but he has never had a 50 HR season, while A-rod has had 3. A-rod didn't come on the scene as quickly as AP either hitting only 5 HR's in his first 2 seasons, while AP had 71.
I love AP and would rather have him. I think he's better and a better all around hitter, but A-rod will hang on to his record for several years.
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