José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (IPA: /ˡpuˌhoʊlz/), (born January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), (nickname Prince Albert (Sir Albert), Phat Albert, The Machine, or El Hombre) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the game today. With Barry Bonds unsigned as of the beginning of the 2008 season, Pujols was voted the runaway winner as the Most Feared Hitter in baseball in a poll of all 30 big-league managers. He already ranks 118th on the List of the Top 500 home run hitters in the history of the game.