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Matty Alou | Major Leaguer 1960-1974

Full Name: Mateo Rojas Alou
Born: December 22,1938 in Haina, Dominican Republic
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College:

Brother of Felipe Alou, Brother of Jesus Alou, Uncle of Moises Alou, Uncle of Mel RojasBaseball Lists: Toughest Players to Strike Out ... Singles Leaders ... Relatives Playing Together on Same team

Debut: September 26,1960

Transactions: [Jan 1,1957] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Giants. [Dec 1,1965] - Traded by Giants to Pirates for Joe Gibbon and Ozzie Virgil. [Jan 29,1971] - Traded by Pirates with George Brunet to Cardinals for Vic Davalillo and Nelson Briles. [Aug 27,1972] - Traded by Cardinals to Athletics for Steve Easton and Bill Voss. [Nov 24,1972] - Traded by Athletics to Yankees for Rich McKinney and Rob Gardner. [Sep 6,1973] - Purchased by Cardinals from Yankees. [Oct 25,1973] - Purchased by Padres from Cardinals. [Jul 11,1974] - Released by Padres.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1965	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	13.50	0.00	4.50	13.50	2.00	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	13.50	0.00	4.50	13.50	2.00	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1957	Mich City	Midw	18	Nyg	A			124	481	79	119	15	1	6	46										.247	---	.320	---	--
1958	St. Cloud	Northern	19	Sf	A			121	448	92	144	13	5	4	52										.321	---	.400	---	--
1959	Springfiel	East	20	Sf	A			121	489	93	141	30	7	11	57										.288	---	.446	---	--
1960	Tacoma	PCL	21	Sf	AAA			150	627	97	192	39	8	14	73										.306	---	.461	---	--
	SF Giants	NL	21	Sf	MLB	of	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	0%
1961	SF Giants	NL	22	Sf	MLB	of	3	81	200	38	62	7	2	6	24	3	2	15	18	0	2	1	1	4	.310	.356	.455	811	47%
1962	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	of	9,3,2	78	195	28	57	8	1	3	14	3	1	14	17	3	0	1	0	3	.292	.349	.390	739	57%
1963	Tacoma	PCL	24	Sf	AAA			25	83	6	26	2	1	2	10										.313	---	.434	---	--
	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	of	9	63	76	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	13	1	0	1	0	1	.145	.177	.158	335	51%
1964	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	of	1,2,9	110	250	28	66	4	2	1	14	5	3	11	25	3	3	2	1	3	.264	.302	.308	610	49%
1965	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	of	2	117	324	37	75	12	2	2	18	10	2	17	28	2	2	8	0	15	.231	.274	.299	573	63%
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	of	1	141	535	86	183	18	9	2	27	23	15	24	44	4	4	12	3	3	.342	.373	.421	794	57%
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	of	1	139	550	87	186	21	7	2	28	16	10	24	42	6	1	3	1	3	.338	.372	.413	785	55%
1968	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	of	3,5	146	558	59	185	28	4	0	52	18	10	27	26	2	6	7	4	10	.332	.362	.396	758	62%
1969	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	of	1	162	698	105	231	41	6	1	48	22	8	42	35	2	9	1	3	5	.331	.369	.411	780	63%
1970	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	of	1	155	677	97	201	21	8	1	47	19	11	30	18	4	3	4	3	9	.297	.329	.356	685	61%
1971	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	of-1b	2,3	149	609	85	192	28	6	7	74	19	10	34	27	4	3	6	7	9	.315	.352	.415	767	56%
1972	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	1b-of	3	108	404	46	127	17	2	3	31	11	4	24	23	1	2	1	1	12	.314	.353	.389	742	56%
	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	MLB	of	3	32	121	11	34	5	0	1	16	2	1	11	12	1	1	1	2	1	.281	.341	.347	688	61%
1973	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	of-1b	3,2	123	497	59	147	22	1	2	28	5	2	30	43	3	0	6	2	18	.296	.338	.356	694	56%
	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	of	8,9	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.273	.333	.273	606	29%
1974	San Diego	NL	35	Sd	MLB	of	9	48	81	8	16	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	6	0	1	1	1	3	.198	.241	.235	476	55%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)								1667	5789	780	1777	236	50	31	427	156	80	311	377	36	38	55	29	101	.307	.345	.381	726	58%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								541	2128	367	622	99	22	37	238										.292	---	.412	---	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1962	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	Ws	6	12	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.417	750	--
1970	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	Ch	3	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.333	690	--
1972	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	Ch	5	21	2	8	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.381	.571	952	--
	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	Ws	7	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.042	.148	.042	190	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						21	69	5	16	6	0	0	3	2	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.284	.319	603	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1960	SF Giants	NL	21	Sf	MLB	OF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1961	SF Giants	NL	22	Sf	MLB	OF	58			85	2	2	89	0	-	-	-	.978	--

1962	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	OF	57			80	3	2	85	0	-	-	-	.976	--

1963	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	OF	20			19	1	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	--

1964	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	OF	80			120	2	3	125	1	-	-	-	.976	--

1965	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	P	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1965	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	OF	103			139	6	2	147	1	-	-	-	.986	--

1966	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	OF	136			264	11	8	283	3	-	-	-	.972	--

1967	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	1B	1			3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	OF	134			249	9	3	261	3	-	-	-	.989	--

1968	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	OF	144			298	8	5	311	0	-	-	-	.984	--

1969	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	OF	162			327	10	8	345	4	-	-	-	.977	--

1970	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	OF	153			297	15	8	320	1	-	-	-	.975	--

1971	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	1B	57			507	27	5	539	42	-	-	-	.991	--
1971	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	OF	94			203	8	4	215	0	-	-	-	.981	--

1972	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	MLB	1B	1			9	1	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1972	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	MLB	OF	32			48	2	0	50	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1972	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	1B	66			535	40	7	582	53	-	-	-	.988	--
1972	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	OF	39			52	4	0	56	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1973	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	1B	40			376	20	8	404	44	-	-	-	.980	--
1973	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	OF	85			146	6	4	156	2	-	-	-	.974	--
1973	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--
1973	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	1B	1			3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1973	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	OF	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1974	San Diego	NL	35	Sd	MLB	1B	2			15	0	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1974	San Diego	NL	35	Sd	MLB	OF	13			18	0	1	19	0	-	-	-	.947	--

Awards

[1966] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #9) [1968] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #11), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1969] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #23), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1980] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (5 votes - 1.3%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Brother of Felipe Alou and Jesus Alou...Uncle of Moises Alou...Uncle of Mel Rojas...Cousin of Jose Sosa...Named outfielder on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1969) ...Played in 2 all-star games during his career (1968-1969)...Member of the World Series Champion Oakland Athletics in 1972.

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