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How Does Albert Pujols' Fantasy Season Stack Up Historically?

Through 80 games, Pujols has 30 homers and 10 steals, putting him on a pace to be the majors' first ever 60/20 player.

Baseball's had 20-plus homer/double-digit steal totals exceed 80 before. Jose Canseco was the first 40/40 player, and ARod, Barry Bonds and Alfonso Soriano, the only possible non-steroid user to accomplish the feat, followed suit.

But Bonds also put up a 73/13 season in 2001, and Sammy Sosa went 66/18 in 1998. Babe Ruth also came close, going 59/17 in 1921. (Ruth also scored 177 runs that year and drove in 171, while batting .378). Larry Walker had a 49/33/.366 season in 1997, making him the only player in major league history to go 40/30/.360. ARod also had a 54/24 year in 2007.

Ken Griffey, Jr. had back to back years of 56/15 and 56/20, and then a third of 48/24 in the late '90s, Willie Mays had a 51/24 season in 1955 and Brady Anderson had a 50/21 season in 1996.

Ricky Henderson had a 24/80 season in 1985 and a 28/87 one in '86, the latter accounting for 115 HR/SB, the most among players with 20 or more homers. And Joe Morgan went 26/67 in 1973, 22/58 in 1974 and 27/60 in 1976. Say what you want about him as a broadcaster, but you'd have spent top dollar on him for your fantasy team.

More recently, Hanley Ramirez went 29/51 in 2007, just falling short of becoming the second 30/50 player ever. The only one to do that was Eric Davis, going 37/50 in 1987.

So while Pujols is having a monster year, and has a decent chance to win the Triple Crown, his season will probably fall just short of the top-10 all time for fantasy. (I'm also leaving out some other monster seasons like Ty Cobb's 83-steal .400-plus one, Hack Wilson's 56/191/.356 year or Chuck Klein's 40/170/.386 year with 158 runs scored.)

Make no mistake, however, a 60/20/.340 Triple Crown would belong in the conversation.