Matty Alou — Wikipedia

Mateo Rojas Alou , known as Matty Alou (born the December 22, 1938 in Bajos de Haina, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic and died November 3, 2011 in Saint-Domingue in the Dominican Republic ^{[ first ]} ) is a baseball player evolving in the position of aerobatic in the major leagues from 1960 to 1974.

Baseball striking champion in 1966 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Honoré of two selections in the Star Match, Matty Alou is part of a famous trio of outdoor field players among the Giants of San Francisco from 1963 alongside his brothers Felipe Alouou And Jesús Alou. He won the 1972 world series with Oakland Athletics.

Matty Alou is also the uncle of Moisés Alou and Mel Rojas.

Giants of San Francisco [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Matty Alou signed his first professional contract with the New York Giants of the National Baseball League in 1957. The franchise is about to move to the American West Coast and become the Giants of San Francisco in 1958. It is therefore in San Francisco that Alou made his debut in major baseball the September 26, 1960 .

After playing four games for the giants in 1960, Alou is one of the occasional voltigeurs of the team for three seasons, before playing on a more regular basis in the 1964 and 1965 seasons. In 1962, he played six games in World series and maintains an average of, 333 with four strokes in 12 sticks in the stick despite the defeat of the Giants in the hands of the New York Yankees.

The September 15, 1963 In the last two rounds of a match between San Francisco and Pittsburgh, the exterior field of the Giants is made up of Matty Alou in the left field, Felipe Alou in the Center field and Jesús Alou in the right field ^{[ 2 ]} . This is the first time that a trio of brothers has rubbed shoulders in the field in this way in the major leagues, and the thing has never happened again, except when the same three brothers have patrolled the outside field to another Resumption at the end of this season. Another unprecedented situation: the September 22, 1963 In San Francisco against the New York Mets, the Giants send in turn to the Bâton Matty, Jesús and Felipe during the seventh round of the match ^{[ 3 ]} .

Pirates de Pittsburgh [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

On December 1, 1965, the Giants exchanged Matty Alou to Pittsburgh Pirates in return from the third goal player Ozzie Virgil and the left launcher Joe Gibbon. Alou’s career really takes off in Pittsburgh. From his first season with the Pirates in 1966, he became the first Dominican player to win a hinged championship. This year he displays the best average of the stick (, 342) in major baseball. He also ranked sixth among national goals with his career record of 23 goals stolen in one season. Considered as a player par excellence of his league, he takes the 9 ^{It is} Rank of the vote won by his teammate Roberto Clemente ^{[ 4 ]} .

Alou continues several very good seasons for pirates. He took third row of the national league strikers in 1967 with an average of, 338. In 1968, he strikes for the second best average (, 332) conceding the title of the strikers to Pete Rose (, 335) ^{[ 5 ]} . In 1969, he was 4 ^{It is} From the league with, 331 on average in the stick and leads the major baseball for safe strokes (231), doubles (41), stick passages (746) and the largest number of official appearances in the stick (698) . He honors his two selections in the Star Match in 1968 and 1969. Finally, in 1970, in his last season in Pittsburgh, he hits 201 sure but his average stick (, 297) fell for the time of his stay in this City under the, 300.

Cardinals of Saint-Louis [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The January 29, 1971 , the pirates transfer Alou and the left-handed launcher George Brunet to the Cardinals of Saint-Louis for the right-handers Nelson Briles and the Vic Davalillo voltiseur. He had a good 1971 season with, 315 on average in the stick and 192 strokes in 149 games played.

Athletics d’Oakland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

He began the 1972 season in Saint-Louis but on August 27, he spent cardinals at the Oakland Athletics in return from the Bill Voss voltiseur and a minor league launcher, Steve Easton. This allows him to play in the playoffs for the third time, after the failure of the giants in the world series 1962 and the elimination of pirates in the 1970 championship series. Alou hits 8 strokes in 21 for an average of, 381 with two Product points in the 1972 American league championship between Oakland and Detroit. Despite a single safe blow in seven world series games 1972, he savor the conquest of the title with the Athletics, which prevail over the Reds of Cincinnati.

Last seasons [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Passed to the New York Yankees, Alou has the 1973 season with this club before being repatriated by the cardinals during the year. He ended his career in the major in the Padres in San Diego in 1974.

Career in Japan [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Alou plays nearly three seasons in the Pacific League of Japan with the Taiheiyo Club Lions. He joined the lions after leaving the Padres de San Diego from the major league in June 1974 ^{[ 6 ]} And played there until 1976 ^{[ 7 ]} .

Track record [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Matty Alou played 1667 games in the major baseball leagues, striking 1,777 strokes, including 236 doubles, 50 triples and 31 circuit strokes. His middle stick for life is, 307. It has 780 points scored, 427 points produced and 156 stolen goals.

Alou dies the November 3, 2011 at the age of 72 in Miami, Florida ^{[ 8 ]} .