Albert Pujols and Deidre Pujols have a 23-year-old daughter with Down syndrome.
Albert Pujols was an 18-year-old community college shortstop when he met Deidre.
Deidre told Albert that she had an infant daughter, Isabella, who had Down syndrome on their first date at the Cheesecake Factory in Kansas City.
Two years later, the pair married, and Pujols became a father.
Following their marriage, they established the Pujols Family Foundation, which benefits people with Down syndrome, disabilities, and/or life-threatening illnesses as well as children and families living in impoverished conditions in the Dominican Republic. In 2008, he won the Roberto Clemente Award for his community service.
The foundation has its headquarters in St. Louis, where Pujols spent the first 11 years of his career, however, when he signed with the Angels prior to the 2012 season, he expanded its operations to Orange County, where he, Deidre and his children reside.