Born December 22, 1938
Bajos de Haina, San Cristóbal, D.R.
He had hit .231 for San Francisco in 1965 and been traded to Pittsburgh, where Harry Walker told him to choke up, use a heavier bat and hit the ball on the ground to the left side. He hit .342 in 1966, the best average in the National League. Felipe Alou hit .327 for Atlanta and finished second. No two brothers have ever run one-two like that.
He hit .330 or better in four straight seasons and led the league in hits and doubles in 1969, with 231 and 41. Fifteen seasons gave him 1,777 hits, 236 doubles, 156 stolen bases and a .307 average, with two All-Star selections.
He played beside both of his brothers in a San Francisco outfield in 1963, which had never happened, and finished with Oakland, the Yankees and San Diego. He played in Japan after that. The 1980 ballot gave him five votes of 385. He died in 2011, at seventy-two.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 2 | 1968, 1969 |
| The Sporting News All-Star | 1 | 1969 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | SFG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| 1961 | SFG | 81 | 200 | 38 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 3 | .310 |
| 1962 | SFG | 78 | 195 | 28 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 3 | .292 |
| 1963 | SFG | 63 | 76 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .145 |
| 1964 | SFG | 110 | 250 | 28 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 5 | .264 |
| 1965 | SFG | 117 | 324 | 37 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 28 | 10 | .231 |
| 1966 | PIT | 141 | 535 | 86 | 183 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 44 | 23 | .342 |
| 1967 | PIT | 139 | 550 | 87 | 186 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 42 | 16 | .338 |
| 1968 | PIT | 146 | 558 | 59 | 185 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 27 | 26 | 18 | .332 |
| 1969 | PIT | 162 | 698 | 105 | 231 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 42 | 35 | 22 | .331 |
| 1970 | PIT | 155 | 677 | 97 | 201 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 30 | 18 | 19 | .297 |
| 1971 | STL | 149 | 609 | 85 | 192 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 74 | 34 | 27 | 19 | .315 |
| 1972 | OAK/STL | 140 | 525 | 57 | 161 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 35 | 35 | 13 | .307 |
| 1973 | NYY/STL | 134 | 508 | 60 | 150 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 43 | 5 | .295 |
| 1974 | SDP | 48 | 81 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .198 |
| Career | — | 1667 | 5789 | 780 | 1777 | 236 | 50 | 31 | 427 | 311 | 377 | 156 | .307 |
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | SFG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Career | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
Bajos de Haina, San Cristóbal, D.R.
Matty Alou made a major-league debut on September 26, 1960.
Matty Alou played a final major-league game on June 21, 1974.
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