ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols
has had surgery on his right elbow, and the team expects the 2005
NL MVP to be ready for spring training.
Pujols' operation, performed by Cardinals team physician Dr.
George Paletta, included decompression and transposition of the
ulnar nerve. It did not require reconstruction of the medial
collateral ligament.
Pujols was second in the NL with a .357 average and led the
Cardinals with 37 homers and 116 RBIs.
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