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Matty Alou
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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