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Felipe Rojas Alou (born May 12, 1935 in Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former outfielder and current manager in Major League Baseball.

Alou has been manager of the San Francisco Giants since the 2003 season.

Alou played seventeen seasons for the Giants, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, and Milwaukee Brewers. He has previously managed the Expos. Alou is the eldest of the baseball-playing trio of brothers that included Jesús and Matty. He currently manages the San Francisco Giants.

Alou lived in poverty in the Dominican Republic and dreamed of escaping it by becoming a doctor. However, a last minute switch from track and field to baseball at the Pan-American Games revealed a talent for the game as the Dominican team took gold. He still pursued a university career a while longer, but was finally forced to sign with the Giants in November 1955 for only $200 due to family financial problems.

Alou made his major league debut in 1958 and was an All-Star in 1962, when he batted .316 with 25 home runs and 98 RBI.

In 1959, Alou was joined by both of his brothers, who became the first all-brother outfield and the first brothers to bat and be retired in order.

Alou was traded to the Braves before 1964. Two years later he enjoyed his best season, when he batted .327 with 31 home runs and led the league in at bats (666), runs (122), hits (218), and total bases (355). He also had a good year in 1968, batting .317 and leading the league in at bats (662) and hits (210). He made the All-Star team both years. Alou continued to play with several more teams through 1974, though he never again approached this level of success.

After the end of his player career, Alou became a batting coach and a minor league manager in the Montreal system. The Giants offered him the manager's spot in 1985, but he remained with the Expos out of loyalty. His loyalty paid off in 1992 when he became the Expos manager. The Expos were developing a core of young talent during this period including Larry Walker, John Wetteland, Delino DeShields, and Alou's own son, Moisés. In 1994 the Expos had the best record in the majors and Alou was named the NL Manager of the Year. However, the strike that year denied the Expos a chance at getting to their first World Series and ownership soon began dealing all their young talent to cut payroll. The Dodgers tried to lure him away in 1998, but he declined to leave Montreal. Eventually, Alou became the winningest manager in team history.

Despite Alou's popularity in Montreal, the Expos' dismal record eventually led to his dismissal by new owner Jeffrey Loria who replaced him with Jeff Torborg during the 2001 season. Several teams tried to lure Alou out of retirement, including the Red Sox, but he would not budge. He finally agreed to serve a single year as the bench coach for the Tigers rookie manager Luis Pujols (2002). Prior to the 2003 season, Alou was named manager of the Giants, the team where he began his professional baseball career, replacing Dusty Baker who had left to manage the Cubs. In his first season in San Francisco, he managed his team into the playoffs, where they were defeated by the Florida Marlins in the NLDS in 4 games. The Marlins went on to win the World Series.

In 2005, the Giants signed Moisés Alou to a one-year contract with an option for the 2006 season, reuniting him professionally with his father after seven seasons apart. The two plan to finish their respective careers together.

Despite his team's poor performance, the Giants signed the elder Alou to a one-year contract extension midway through the 2005 season, bringing him back for his fourth season as the team's manager. During the season, Alou applauded the firing of local radio host Larry Krueger for Krueger's perceived insensitve comments made towards Giants hitters of Caribbean/Latin origin. He called Krueger "Satan" and a racist. However, while he played a role in Krueger's firing, Alou himself was not penalized for his comments comparing Krueger to Satan.

YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS 1958 Giants 23 75 182 21 46 9 2 4 2.20 16 19 34 4 2 .253 .390 .325 .715 1959 Giants 24 95 247 38 68 13 2 10 4.05 33 17 38 5 3 .275 .466 .318 .784 1960 Giants 25 106 322 48 85 17 3 8 2.48 44 16 42 10 2 .264 .410 .299 .709 1961 Giants 26 132 415 59 120 19 0 18 4.34 52 26 41 11 4 .289 .465 .333 .798 1962 Giants 27 154 561 96 177 30 3 25 4.46 98 33 66 10 7 .316 .513 .356 .869 1963 Giants 28 157 565 75 159 31 9 20 3.54 82 27 87 11 2 .281 .474 .319 .793 1964 Braves 29 121 415 60 105 26 3 9 2.17 51 30 41 5 2 .253 .395 .306 .701 1965 Braves 30 143 555 80 165 29 2 23 4.14 78 31 63 8 4 .297 .481 .338 .819 1966 Braves 31 154 666 122 218 32 6 31 4.65 74 24 51 5 7 .327 .533 .361 .894 1967 Braves 32 140 574 76 157 26 3 15 2.61 43 32 50 6 5 .274 .408 .318 .726 1968 Braves 33 160 662 72 210 37 5 11 1.66 57 48 56 12 11 .317 .438 .365 .803 1969 Braves 34 123 476 54 134 13 1 5 1.05 32 23 23 4 6 .282 .345 .319 .663 1970 A's 35 154 575 70 156 25 3 8 1.39 55 32 31 10 5 .271 .367 .308 .675 1971 A's 36 2 8 0 2 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .375 .250 .625 Yankees 36 131 461 52 133 20 6 8 1.74 69 32 24 5 5 .289 .410 .334 .744 TOTALS 133 469 52 135 21 6 8 1.71 69 32 25 5 5 .288 .409 .333 .742 1972 Yankees 37 120 324 33 90 18 1 6 1.85 37 22 27 1 0 .278 .395 .326 .721 1973 Yankees 38 93 280 25 66 12 0 4 1.43 27 9 25 0 1 .236 .321 .256 .577 Expos 38 19 48 4 10 1 0 1 2.08 4 2 4 0 1 .208 .292 .240 .532 TOTALS 112 328 29 76 13 0 5 1.52 31 11 29 0 2 .232 .317 .254 .571 1974 Brewers 39 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 2082 7339 985 2101 359 49 206 2.81 852 423 706 107 67 .286 .433 .328 .761 LG AVERAGE 7022 866 1827 281 53 173 2.47 807 658 1057 96 61 .260 .389 .325 .715 POS AVERAGE 7173 976 1964 313 60 227 3.16 946 696 1146 101 64 .274 .429 .340 .769

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