Matty Alou
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Mateo Rojas "Matty" Alou (born December 22 1938 in Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and San Diego Padres. He was the middle baseball-playing brother of the trio that included Felipe and Jesús.
Alou was a platoon player for the Giants for several years and was mostly unremarkable. His finest moment in San Francisco came in 1962 when his pinch-hit bunt single in the final game of a three-game tie-breaking playoff against the Los Angeles Dodgers began the rally that won the game and the pennant for the Giants. He batted .333 in the Giants' losing effort against the Yankees in that year's World Series. After Alou was traded to the Pirates before the 1966 season, he received instruction from expert hitting instructor Harry "the Hat" Walker that helped turn him into a formidable batter. He won the batting title with a .342 average, with his brother Felipe finishing second, and finished in the top five in hitting four more times after that (1967-69, 1971). He also led the league in at bats twice (1969-70), hits once (1969) and doubles once (1969). After leaving the major leagues following the 1974 season, he played three seasons in Japan (Taiheiyo Club Lions) and managed in the Dominican Winter League.
YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS
1960 Giants 21 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1961 Giants 22 81 200 38 62 7 2 6 3.00 24 15 18 3 2 .310 .455 .356 .811
1962 Giants 23 78 195 28 57 8 1 3 1.54 14 14 17 3 1 .292 .390 .349 .739
1963 Giants 24 63 76 4 11 1 0 0 0.00 2 2 13 0 1 .145 .158 .177 .335
1964 Giants 25 110 250 28 66 4 2 1 0.40 14 11 25 5 3 .264 .308 .302 .610
1965 Giants 26 117 324 37 75 12 2 2 0.62 18 17 28 10 2 .231 .299 .274 .573
1966 Pirates 27 141 535 86 183 18 9 2 0.37 27 24 44 23 15 .342 .421 .373 .793
1967 Pirates 28 139 550 87 186 21 7 2 0.36 28 24 42 16 10 .338 .413 .372 .785
1968 Pirates 29 146 558 59 185 28 4 0 0.00 52 27 26 18 10 .332 .396 .362 .758
1969 Pirates 30 162 698 105 231 41 6 1 0.14 48 42 35 22 8 .331 .411 .369 .780
1970 Pirates 31 155 677 97 201 21 8 1 0.15 47 30 18 19 11 .297 .356 .329 .685
1971 Cardinals 32 149 609 85 192 28 6 7 1.15 74 34 27 19 10 .315 .415 .352 .767
1972 Cardinals 33 108 404 46 127 17 2 3 0.74 31 24 23 11 4 .314 .389 .353 .742
A's 33 32 121 11 34 5 0 1 0.83 16 11 12 2 1 .281 .347 .341 .688
TOTALS 140 525 57 161 22 2 4 0.76 47 35 35 13 5 .307 .379 .350 .729
1973 Yankees 34 123 497 59 147 22 1 2 0.40 28 30 43 5 2 .296 .356 .338 .694
Cardinals 34 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 .273 .273 .333 .606
TOTALS 134 508 60 150 22 1 2 0.39 29 31 43 5 2 .295 .354 .338 .693
1974 Padres 35 48 81 8 16 3 0 0 0.00 3 5 6 0 0 .198 .235 .241 .476
TOTALS 1667 5789 780 1777 236 50 31 0.54 427 311 377 156 80 .307 .381 .345 .726
LG AVERAGE 5431 669 1414 217 41 128 2.36 621 514 826 80 48 .260 .386 .326 .712
POS AVERAGE 5512 748 1489 234 50 145 2.63 645 511 904 127 67 .270 .410 .334 .744
YEAR TEAM RC RCAA RCAP OWP RC/G TB EBH ISO SEC BPA IBB HBP SAC SF GIDP OUTS PA POS
1960 Giants 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 LF
1961 Giants 32 6 -2 .594 5.92 91 15 .145 .225 .477 2 0 1 1 4 146 217 RF
1962 Giants 27 1 -2 .517 5.10 76 12 .097 .179 .434 0 3 1 0 3 143 213 LF
1963 Giants 2 -8 -9 .050 0.79 12 1 .013 .026 .165 0 1 1 0 1 68 80 LF
1964 Giants 23 -7 -10 .370 3.22 77 7 .044 .096 .340 3 3 2 1 3 193 267 LF
1965 Giants 24 -24 -22 .214 2.36 97 16 .068 .145 .318 2 2 8 0 15 274 351 LF
1966 Pirates 84 21 13 .624 5.89 225 29 .079 .138 .456 4 4 12 3 3 385 578 CF
1967 Pirates 85 26 19 .656 6.02 227 30 .075 .129 .448 1 6 3 1 3 381 584 CF
1968 Pirates 79 23 13 .648 5.28 221 32 .065 .127 .420 6 2 7 4 10 404 598 CF
1969 Pirates 109 35 26 .664 6.08 287 48 .080 .160 .456 9 2 1 3 5 484 746 CF
1970 Pirates 79 -8 -16 .450 4.24 241 30 .059 .115 .384 3 4 4 3 9 503 718 CF
1971 Cardinals 89 16 12 .587 5.35 253 41 .100 .171 .445 3 4 6 7 9 449 660 CF
1972 Cardinals 54 5 -3 .539 4.94 157 22 .074 .151 .412 2 1 1 1 12 295 431 1B
A's 15 3 2 .585 4.40 42 6 .066 .165 .400 1 1 1 2 1 92 136 RF
TOTALS 69 8 -1 .549 4.81 199 28 .072 .154 .409 3 2 2 3 13 387 567
1973 Yankees 57 -3 -4 .472 4.07 177 25 .060 .127 .367 0 3 6 2 18 378 538 RF
Cardinals 0 -1 -2 .000 0.00 3 0 .000 .091 .167 1 0 0 0 2 10 12 CF
TOTALS 57 -4 -6 .461 3.97 180 25 .059 .126 .362 1 3 6 2 20 388 550
1974 Padres 4 -7 -8 .133 1.54 19 3 .037 .099 .241 1 0 1 1 3 70 88 LF
TOTALS 763 78 7 .544 4.82 2206 317 .074 .141 .410 38 36 55 29 101 4277 6220
LG AVERAGE 690 0 0 .500 4.35 2098 387 .126 .226 .424 66 35 48 40 124 4277 6068
POS AVERAGE 763 71 0 .539 4.81 2258 429 .140 .243 .453 56 40 43 39 105 4277 6144
MATTY ALOU LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS
1965 NL WORST RCAA 6TH -24; WORST RCAP T7TH -22
1966 NL HITS T5TH 183; SINGLES 3RD 154; TRIPLES 7TH 9; STOLEN BASES 6TH 23; CAUGHT STEALING T3RD 15; AVERAGE 1ST .342; OBA 8TH .373; SACRIFICES T6TH 12
1967 NL HITS T4TH 186; SINGLES 2ND 156; CAUGHT STEALING T5TH 10; AVERAGE 3RD .338
1968 NL HITS T6TH 185; SINGLES T4TH 153; STOLEN BASES T7TH 18; CAUGHT STEALING T7TH 10; AVERAGE 2ND .332; OBA 8TH .362
1969 NL GAMES T2ND 162; AT BATS 1ST 698; RUNS 5TH 105; HITS 1ST 231; SINGLES 1ST 183; DOUBLES 1ST 41; STOLEN BASES 8TH 22; AVERAGE 4TH .331; RUNS CREATED 9TH 109; OWP 10TH .664; PLATE APPEARANCES 1ST 746; OUTS 4TH 484
1970 NL AT BATS 1ST 677; HITS 5TH 201; SINGLES 1ST 171; CAUGHT STEALING T9TH 11; PLATE APPEARANCES 4TH 718; OUTS 1ST 503
1971 NL HITS T5TH 192; SINGLES 4TH 151; CAUGHT STEALING 4TH 10; AVERAGE 8TH .315; SACRIFICE FLIES T6TH 7
1973 AL AVERAGE 9TH .296; GIDP T10TH 18
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