Pujols’s Sabermetric MVP history
Albert Pujols won his third Most Valuable Player Award from the Base Ball Writers Association of America. He also won his third Sabermetric MVP, although they haven’t been in the same years. Following is a list of our NL Sabermetric winners alongside the writers’ choices (italics denotes where the two picks differed). Pujols’s Sabermetric score and rank is also shown.
| Year | Sabermetric | MVP score | BBWAA | MVP score | Pujols MVP score (rank) |
| 2001 | Barry Bonds | 24.13 | Barry Bonds | 24.13 | 10.93 (12) |
| 2002 | Barry Bonds | 23.86 | Barry Bonds | 23.86 | 10.36 (12) |
| 2003 | Barry Bonds | 18.72 | Barry Bonds | 18.72 | 14.93 (2) |
| 2004 | Barry Bonds | 24.92 | Barry Bonds | 24.92 | 14.35 (3) |
| 2005 | Derrek Lee | 12.57 | Albert Pujols | 11.93 | 11.93 (3) |
| 2006 | Albert Pujols | 17.28 | Ryan Howard | 15.04 | 17.28 (1) |
| 2007 | David Wright | 12.55 | Jimmy Rollins | 9.39 | 12.47 (3) |
| 2008 | Albert Pujols | 15.30 | Albert Pujols | 15.30 | 15.30 (1) |
| 2009 | Albert Pujols | 16.64 | Albert Pujols | 16.64 | 16.64 (1) |
In addition to the remarkable achievement of winning three MVPs (by each standard), Pujols has finished in the top three of the Sabermetric rankings for the last seven years; he has a similar record with the writers, though they regrettably voted him ninth in 2007. Pujols’s 2009 Sabermetric MVP score was the second-best of his career and of any winner since the chemically-altered seasons of Barry Bonds:
