Matty Alou Stats

Matty Alou was born on Thursday, December 22, 1938, in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. Alou was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 26, 1960, with the San Francisco Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Matty Alou baseball stats page.
"Alou's career blossomed in 1966 after he was traded to Pittsburgh, where Pirates Manager Harry Walker helped the left-handed-hitting Alou revamp his swing. Alou choked up on a heavier bat and often hit off his front foot, flicking his wrists at pitches and flaring many balls to left field. His unorthodox style wasn't pretty. Hall of Famer Ted Williams, among the greatest hitters in baseball history, told the Sporting News that Alou 'violates every hitting principle I ever taught,' and Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton once called Alou 'the worst .300 hitter I've ever seen.' But it worked. Alou hit .342 with 18 doubles, nine triples and 86 runs in 1966 and edged out his brother, Felipe, for the batting title." - By Mike DiGiovanna in the Los Angeles Times (11/03/2011, 'Matty Alou dies at 72; one of three baseball-star brothers', Source)

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Matty Alou

Matty Alou Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#30)

Matty Alou Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#30)
 

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Birth Name:   Mateo Rojas (Alou)
Nickname:   Matty
Born On:   12-22-1938  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-03-2011 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Cemetery:   Jardin Memorial, Haina, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
High School:   Santo Domingo Escuela (Santo Domingo, DR)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   09-26-1960 (Age 21)
Last Game:   06-21-1974
Draft:   Not Applicable
Matty Alou

Matty Alou Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1965 27 Giants 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.0 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1 Year 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.0 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -
Matty Alou

Matty Alou Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1960 22 Giants 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1961 23 Giants 81 200 38 62 7 2 6 0 24 15 2 18 1 1 0 4 .310 .356 .455
1962 24 Giants 78 195 28 57 8 1 3 0 14 14 0 17 1 0 3 3 .292 .349 .390
1963 25 Giants 63 76 4 11 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 1 0 1 1 .145 .177 .158
1964 26 Giants 110 250 28 66 4 2 1 0 14 11 3 25 2 1 3 3 .264 .302 .308
1965 27 Giants 117 324 37 75 12 2 2 0 18 17 2 28 8 0 2 15 .231 .274 .299
1966 28 Pirates 141 535 86 183 18 9 2 0 27 24 4 44 12 3 4 3 .342 .373 .421
1967 29 Pirates 139 550 87 186 21 7 2 0 28 24 1 42 3 1 6 3 .338 .372 .413
1968 30 Pirates 146 558 59 185 28 4 0 0 52 27 6 26 7 4 2 10 .332 .362 .396
1969 31 Pirates 162 698 105 231 41 6 1 0 48 42 9 35 1 3 2 5 .331 .369 .411
1970 32 Pirates 155 677 97 201 21 8 1 0 47 30 3 18 4 3 4 9 .297 .329 .356
1971 33 Cardinals 149 609 85 192 28 6 7 0 74 34 3 27 6 7 4 9 .315 .352 .415
1972 34 Cardinals 108 404 46 127 17 2 3 0 31 24 2 23 1 1 1 12 .314 .353 .389
1972 34 Athletics 32 121 11 34 5 0 1 0 16 11 1 12 1 2 1 1 .281 .341 .347
1973 35 Yankees 123 497 59 147 22 1 2 0 28 30 0 43 6 2 3 18 .296 .338 .356
1973 35 Cardinals 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .333 .273
1974 36 Padres 48 81 8 16 3 0 0 0 3 5 1 6 1 1 0 3 .198 .241 .235
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 1,667 5,789 780 1,777 236 50 31 0 427 311 38 377 55 29 36 101 .307 .345 .381
Matty Alou

Matty Alou Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1960 Giants LF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1961 Giants CF 3 2 57 8 2.7 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.79
1961 Giants LF 16 6 278 21 1.3 21 21 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.04
1961 Giants RF 40 33 900 61 1.5 59 57 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .967 1.77
1962 Giants CF 9 4 141 6 0.7 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.15
1962 Giants LF 35 20 580 36 1.0 35 33 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .972 1.63
1962 Giants RF 21 16 440 41 2.0 40 39 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.45
1963 Giants CF 2 1 30 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1963 Giants LF 13 1 99 8 0.6 7 6 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.91
1963 Giants RF 7 4 126 8 1.1 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.71
1964 Giants CF 18 10 314 32 1.8 30 29 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.58
1964 Giants LF 44 17 582 51 1.2 51 50 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.37
1964 Giants RF 35 22 632 40 1.1 39 39 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 1.67
1965 Giants CF 12 11 298 26 2.2 26 26 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.36
1965 Giants LF 72 42 1,368 87 1.2 86 83 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .989 1.70
1965 Giants P 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1965 Giants RF 23 13 450 29 1.3 28 25 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.68
1966 Pirates CF 136 121 3,341 283 2.1 275 264 11 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.22
1967 Pirates 1B 1 0 6 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
1967 Pirates CF 134 125 3,360 267 2.0 264 255 9 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.12
1968 Pirates CF 144 134 3,717 311 2.2 306 298 8 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.22
1969 Pirates CF 162 160 4,232 345 2.1 337 327 10 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.15
1969 Pirates LF 1 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1970 Pirates CF 151 151 4,074 313 2.1 305 290 15 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.02
1970 Pirates RF 1 1 26 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.04
1971 Cardinals 1B 57 54 1,453 539 9.5 534 507 27 5 42 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.92
1971 Cardinals CF 73 73 1,817 172 2.4 168 163 5 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.50
1971 Cardinals RF 20 15 429 40 2.0 40 38 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.52
1972 Cardinals 1B 66 62 1,614 582 8.8 575 535 40 7 53 n/a n/a n/a .988 9.62
1972 Athletics LF 2 1 36 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.75
1972 Cardinals RF 39 36 894 57 1.5 57 53 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.72
1972 Athletics RF 31 30 781 47 1.5 47 45 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.62
1972 Athletics 1B 1 0 21 10 10.0 10 9 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.86
1973 Yankees 1B 40 39 1,034 404 10.1 396 376 20 8 44 n/a n/a n/a .980 10.34
1973 Yankees RF 85 83 2,147 155 1.8 150 144 6 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.89
1973 Cardinals 1B 1 0 6 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
1973 Cardinals CF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1974 Padres 1B 2 1 41 15 7.5 15 15 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.88
1974 Padres LF 13 11 291 19 1.5 18 18 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.67
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
CF Totals 845 792 21,384 1,767 2.1 1,729 1,670 59 38 11 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.18
RF Totals 302 253 6,825 479 1.6 469 449 20 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.86
LF Totals 197 99 3,261 224 1.1 220 213 7 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 1.82
1B Totals 168 156 4,175 1,556 9.3 1,536 1,448 88 20 140 n/a n/a n/a .987 9.93
P Totals 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
15 Years 1,514 1,300 35,651 4,430 2.9 4,350 3,780 174 72 155 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.99
Matty Alou

Matty Alou Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1960 Giants 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1961 Giants 3 2 .600 25 2 n/a 33.3 11.1 8.3 - - -
1962 Giants 3 1 .750 26 2 n/a 65.0 11.5 13.9 - - -
1963 Giants 0 1 .000 48 1 n/a 0.0 5.8 38.0 - - -
1964 Giants 5 3 .625 35 8 n/a 250.0 10.0 17.9 - - -
1965 Giants 10 2 .833 22 5 n/a 162.0 11.6 18.0 3.00 13.50 4.50
1966 Pirates 23 15 .605 7 5 n/a 267.5 12.2 19.8 - - -
1967 Pirates 16 10 .615 11 1 n/a 275.0 13.1 19.6 - - -
1968 Pirates 18 10 .643 4 0 n/a 0.0 21.5 10.7 - - -
1969 Pirates 22 8 .733 0 0 n/a 698.0 19.9 14.5 - - -
1970 Pirates 19 11 .633 2 0 n/a 677.0 37.6 14.4 - - -
1971 Cardinals 19 10 .655 7 0 n/a 87.0 22.6 8.2 - - -
1972 Cardinals 11 4 .733 10 0 n/a 134.7 17.6 13.0 - - -
1972 Athletics 2 1 .667 0 0 n/a 121.0 10.1 7.6 - - -
1973 Yankees 5 2 .714 0 0 1 248.5 11.6 17.8 - - -
1973 Cardinals 0 0 .000 11 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 11.0 - - -
1974 Padres 0 0 .000 34 2 n/a 0.0 13.5 27.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 156 80 .661 245 26 1 186.7 15.4 13.6 3.00 13.50 4.50
Matty Alou

Matty Alou Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1960 San Francisco Giants 26 Undetermined - -
1961 San Francisco Giants 41 Undetermined - -
1962 San Francisco Giants 41 Undetermined - Stats
1963 San Francisco Giants 41 Undetermined - -
1964 San Francisco Giants 41 $14,000.00 - -
1965 San Francisco Giants 41 Undetermined - -
1966 Pittsburgh Pirates 18 Undetermined - -
1967 Pittsburgh Pirates 18 Undetermined - -
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates 18 Undetermined Stats -
1969 Pittsburgh Pirates 18 Undetermined Stats -
1970 Pittsburgh Pirates 18 Undetermined - -
1971 St. Louis Cardinals 17 Undetermined - -
1972 St. Louis Cardinals 17 $100,000.00 - Stats
1972 Oakland Athletics 14 "     "     - Stats
1973 New York Yankees 2 $70,000.00 - -
1973 St. Louis Cardinals 4 "     "     - -
1974 San Diego Padres 32 $70,000.00 - -




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