José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (Spanish pronunciation: [puˈxols]; born January 16,1980) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "The Machine", he played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals for 11 seasons and the Los Angeles Angels for more than nine seasons before joining the Dodgers. With the Cardinals, Pujols was a three-time National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) (2005, 2008, 2009) and nine-time All-Star (2001, 2003–2010). After joining the Angels in 2012, he made one All-Star appearance, in 2015.