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Slugger Albert Pujols designated for assignment by Angels

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Los Angeles Angels Albert Pujols walks to the dugout after he was called out on strikes during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Albert Pujols has been designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels, abruptly ending the 41-year-old superstar slugger’s decade with his second major league team.

Pujols is fifth in major league history with 667 career homers, and he is 13th in major league history with 3,253 hits. T

he oldest active player in the majors, he is batting .198 this season with five homers and 12 RBIs.

Pujols joined the Angels in late 2011 after 11 successful seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Angels have not won a playoff game during the concurrent tenures of Pujols and three-time AL MVP Mike Trout.

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