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Mateo Rojas "Matty" Alou (born December 22, 1938 in Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and San Diego Padres. He was the middle baseball-playing brother of the trio that included Felipe and Jesús.

Alou was a platoon player for the Giants for several years and was mostly unremarkable. His finest moment in San Francisco came in 1962 when his pinch-hit bunt single in the final game of a three-game tie-breaking playoff with the Dodgers began the rally that won the game and the pennant for the Giants. He hit .333 in the Giants' losing effort against the Yankees in that year's World Series. After Alou was traded to the Pirates before the 1966 season, he received instruction from expert hitting instructor Harry "the Hat" Walker that helped turn him into a formidable batter. He won the batting title in 1966 with a .342 average and finished in the top five in hitting four more times after that (1967-69, 1971). He also led the league in at bats twice (1969-70), hits once (1969) and doubles once (1969). After leaving Major League baseball following the 1974 season, he played three seasons in Japan (Taiheiyo Club Lions) and managed in the Dominican Winter League.

YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS 1960 Giants 21 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1961 Giants 22 81 200 38 62 7 2 6 3.00 24 15 18 3 2 .310 .455 .356 .811 1962 Giants 23 78 195 28 57 8 1 3 1.54 14 14 17 3 1 .292 .390 .349 .739 1963 Giants 24 63 76 4 11 1 0 0 0.00 2 2 13 0 1 .145 .158 .177 .335 1964 Giants 25 110 250 28 66 4 2 1 0.40 14 11 25 5 3 .264 .308 .302 .610 1965 Giants 26 117 324 37 75 12 2 2 0.62 18 17 28 10 2 .231 .299 .274 .573 1966 Pirates 27 141 535 86 183 18 9 2 0.37 27 24 44 23 15 .342 .421 .373 .793 1967 Pirates 28 139 550 87 186 21 7 2 0.36 28 24 42 16 10 .338 .413 .372 .785 1968 Pirates 29 146 558 59 185 28 4 0 0.00 52 27 26 18 10 .332 .396 .362 .758 1969 Pirates 30 162 698 105 231 41 6 1 0.14 48 42 35 22 8 .331 .411 .369 .780 1970 Pirates 31 155 677 97 201 21 8 1 0.15 47 30 18 19 11 .297 .356 .329 .685 1971 Cardinals 32 149 609 85 192 28 6 7 1.15 74 34 27 19 10 .315 .415 .352 .767 1972 Cardinals 33 108 404 46 127 17 2 3 0.74 31 24 23 11 4 .314 .389 .353 .742 A's 33 32 121 11 34 5 0 1 0.83 16 11 12 2 1 .281 .347 .341 .688 TOTALS 140 525 57 161 22 2 4 0.76 47 35 35 13 5 .307 .379 .350 .729 1973 Yankees 34 123 497 59 147 22 1 2 0.40 28 30 43 5 2 .296 .356 .338 .694 Cardinals 34 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 .273 .273 .333 .606 TOTALS 134 508 60 150 22 1 2 0.39 29 31 43 5 2 .295 .354 .338 .693 1974 Padres 35 48 81 8 16 3 0 0 0.00 3 5 6 0 0 .198 .235 .241 .476 TOTALS 1667 5789 780 1777 236 50 31 0.54 427 311 377 156 80 .307 .381 .345 .726 LG AVERAGE 5431 669 1414 217 41 128 2.36 621 514 826 80 48 .260 .386 .326 .712 POS AVERAGE 5512 748 1489 234 50 145 2.63 645 511 904 127 67 .270 .410 .334 .744

YEAR TEAM RC RCAA RCAP OWP RC/G TB EBH ISO SEC BPA IBB HBP SAC SF GIDP OUTS PA POS 1960 Giants 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 LF 1961 Giants 32 6 -2 .594 5.92 91 15 .145 .225 .477 2 0 1 1 4 146 217 RF 1962 Giants 27 1 -2 .517 5.10 76 12 .097 .179 .434 0 3 1 0 3 143 213 LF 1963 Giants 2 -8 -9 .050 0.79 12 1 .013 .026 .165 0 1 1 0 1 68 80 LF 1964 Giants 23 -7 -10 .370 3.22 77 7 .044 .096 .340 3 3 2 1 3 193 267 LF 1965 Giants 24 -24 -22 .214 2.36 97 16 .068 .145 .318 2 2 8 0 15 274 351 LF 1966 Pirates 84 21 13 .624 5.89 225 29 .079 .138 .456 4 4 12 3 3 385 578 CF 1967 Pirates 85 26 19 .656 6.02 227 30 .075 .129 .448 1 6 3 1 3 381 584 CF 1968 Pirates 79 23 13 .648 5.28 221 32 .065 .127 .420 6 2 7 4 10 404 598 CF 1969 Pirates 109 35 26 .664 6.08 287 48 .080 .160 .456 9 2 1 3 5 484 746 CF 1970 Pirates 79 -8 -16 .450 4.24 241 30 .059 .115 .384 3 4 4 3 9 503 718 CF 1971 Cardinals 89 16 12 .587 5.35 253 41 .100 .171 .445 3 4 6 7 9 449 660 CF 1972 Cardinals 54 5 -3 .539 4.94 157 22 .074 .151 .412 2 1 1 1 12 295 431 1B A's 15 3 2 .585 4.40 42 6 .066 .165 .400 1 1 1 2 1 92 136 RF TOTALS 69 8 -1 .549 4.81 199 28 .072 .154 .409 3 2 2 3 13 387 567 1973 Yankees 57 -3 -4 .472 4.07 177 25 .060 .127 .367 0 3 6 2 18 378 538 RF Cardinals 0 -1 -2 .000 0.00 3 0 .000 .091 .167 1 0 0 0 2 10 12 CF TOTALS 57 -4 -6 .461 3.97 180 25 .059 .126 .362 1 3 6 2 20 388 550 1974 Padres 4 -7 -8 .133 1.54 19 3 .037 .099 .241 1 0 1 1 3 70 88 LF TOTALS 763 78 7 .544 4.82 2206 317 .074 .141 .410 38 36 55 29 101 4277 6220 LG AVERAGE 690 0 0 .500 4.35 2098 387 .126 .226 .424 66 35 48 40 124 4277 6068 POS AVERAGE 763 71 0 .539 4.81 2258 429 .140 .243 .453 56 40 43 39 105 4277 6144

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