The Perfect Player

Yesterday, Albert Pujols destroyed Mets pitching. Pujols hit two home runs, drove in four runs, scored four runs, and got on base four times. Performances like this have become commonplace for Pujols, who is one of the best players in all of baseball.

Obviously, the Cardinals manager has many reasons to gush over his star first baseman. Without Pujols, the Cardinals are toast. But perhaps LaRussa's opinion of Pujols is even further elevated than I originally thought.

ESPN.com:

""Perfect player, in my opinion," manager Tony La Russa said. "We're lucky to have him, believe me.""

Pujols is a phenomenal player and probably the best hitter in baseball today. But by no means is he the perfect player because well, that's an impossible title.

Even in the face of impossibility, I thought it'd be interesting to create the "perfect player" using the various skills and talents of the best current ball players.

Here is my "perfect ballplayer," loaded with tons of intangibles:

SPEED: Jose Reyes

POWER: Adam Dunn

SWING: Albert Pujols

LEADERSHIP: Derek Jeter

HEART: Aaron Rowand

HUSTLE: Dustin Pedroia

ARM STRENGTH: Rick Ankiel

RAW TALENT: Josh Hamilton

DEFENSE: Torii Hunter

CLUTCH: David Oritz

Combine all those talents into one player, and that my friends, would be an amazing position player. I would pay big bucks to watch this guy play.

What makes up your "perfect player"? (position players only!)

Discuss in the comments.