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Matty Alou

Birthdate:

12/22/1938

Height / Weight:

5' 9" / 160 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Haina, , D.R.

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

The 5ft 9, 160 lb., Matty Alou possessed excellent bat control and finished his career with a .307 life-time batting mark. Matty lined hits to all fields and batted over .300 seven times and played in two All-Star games. His fine all-around play helped the San Francisco Giants win the pennant in 1962 and Matty hit .333 in the World Series vs. the Yankees. As a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Matty Alou led the league in batting at .342 in 1966. Matty was the fastest and best hitter for average of the Alou brothers - Felipe and Jesus. As a late pickup by the Oakland A's in 1972, he hit .381 in the League Championship Series which helped the A's to their first ever World Title. Matty Alou's career stats: .307 BA, .346 on-base-pct, 1777 hits, 236 doubles and 156 stolen bases. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1965	SFG (NL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.00
17 years		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1960	SFG (NL)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
1961	SFG (NL)	81	200	38	62	7	2	6	24	15	18	3	2	2	0	1	1	.310	.356	SLG
1962	SFG (NL)	78	195	28	57	8	1	3	14	14	17	3	1	0	3	1	0	.292	.349	SLG
1963	SFG (NL)	63	76	4	11	1	0	0	2	2	13	0	1	0	1	1	0	.145	.177	SLG
1964	SFG (NL)	110	250	28	66	4	2	1	14	11	25	5	3	3	3	2	1	.264	.302	SLG
1965	SFG (NL)	117	324	37	75	12	2	2	18	17	28	10	2	2	2	8	0	.231	.274	SLG
1966	PIT (NL)	141	535	86	183	18	9	2	27	24	44	23	15	4	4	12	3	.342	.373	SLG
1967	PIT (NL)	139	550	87	186	21	7	2	28	24	42	16	10	1	6	3	1	.338	.372	SLG
1968	PIT (NL)	146	558	59	185	28	4	0	52	27	26	18	10	6	2	7	4	.332	.362	SLG
1969	PIT (NL)	162	698	105	231	41	6	1	48	42	35	22	8	9	2	1	3	.331	.369	SLG
1970	PIT (NL)	155	677	97	201	21	8	1	47	30	18	19	11	3	4	4	3	.297	.329	SLG
1971	STL (NL)	149	609	85	192	28	6	7	74	34	27	19	10	3	4	6	7	.315	.352	SLG
1972	OAK (AL)	32	121	11	34	5	0	1	16	11	12	2	1	1	1	1	2	.281	.341	SLG
1972	STL (NL)	108	404	46	127	17	2	3	31	24	23	11	4	2	1	1	1	.314	.353	SLG
1973	STL (NL)	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.333	SLG
1973	NYY (AL)	123	497	59	147	22	1	2	28	30	43	5	2	0	3	6	2	.296	.338	SLG
1974	SDP (NL)	48	81	8	16	3	0	0	3	5	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	.198	.241	SLG
17 years		1667	5789	780	1777	236	50	31	427	311	377	156	80	38	36	55	29	.307	.345	.SLG

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