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 |