Matty Alou

Center Field

1960—1974

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

Mateo Rojas
GIVEN NAME
Alou
SURNAME
December 22, 1938, in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, D.R.
BORN
November 3, 2011, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
DIED
1960—1974
Playing Career
Played from 21-35
PLAYING AGE
San Francisco Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Oakland A's
New York Yankees
San Diego Padres
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Pittsburgh Pirates
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 160
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
September 26, 1960
Major League Debut
June 21, 1974
FINAL GAME

Related Content

WHO IS Matty Alou?

One of three Alou brothers to play in the big leagues, with Felipe and Jesus. With the Pirates, Matty was a speedy leadoff man.
Matty’s 231 hits in 1969 remain the highest total by a National League batter since Joe Medwick had 237 in 1937.
  • Matty Alou Scouting Report

60

HITTING

30

POWER

60

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1667
1777
31
427
.307
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
23.2
60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.726
.742
98.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.307
.345
.381

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Tony Gonzalez
Willie Davis
Vada Pinson
Tommie Agee

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Matty Alou Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Alou
558
171
75
23
5
3
41
30
36
15
213
205
.307
.345
.381
726
AVG CF
539
145
75
23
5
14
49
84
13
220
198
.270
.333
.409
.742

Matty Alou Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
94
NR
93
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Matty Alou PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
23.0
23.4
16.8
13.8
2.23
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Matty Alou
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
181.1
149.3
UNK
74.1
17.5
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Matty Alou
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF