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Matty Alou
Mateo Rojas Alou
born Mateo Rojas Alou

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 26, 1960
  vs. LAD 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 21, 1974
Born December 22, 1938 in Haina, D.R.

Brother of Felipe Alou, Brother of Jesus Alou, Cousin of Jose Sosa, Uncle of Moises Alou, and Uncle of Mel Rojas

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 21 SFG NL   4    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   88    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 22 SFG NL  81  200   38   62   7  2   6   24   3  2  15  18  .310  .356  .455  117   91   1   1   2   0   4
 1962 23 SFG NL  78  195   28   57   8  1   3   14   3  1  14  17  .292  .349  .390   99   76   1   0   0   3   3
 1963 24 SFG NL  63   76    4   11   1  0   0    2   0  1   2  13  .145  .177  .158   -2   12   1   0   0   1   1
 1964 25 SFG NL 110  250   28   66   4  2   1   14   5  3  11  25  .264  .302  .308   71   77   2   1   3   3   3
 1965 26 SFG NL 117  324   37   75  12  2   2   18  10  2  17  28  .231  .274  .299   59   97   8   0   2   2  15
 1966 27 PIT NL 141  535   86  183  18  9   2   27  23 15  24  44  .342  .373  .421  121  225  12   3   4   4   3 MVP-9
 1967 28 PIT NL 139  550   87  186  21  7   2   28  16 10  24  42  .338  .372  .413  125  227   3   1   1   6   3
 1968 29 PIT NL 146  558   59  185  28  4   0   52  18 10  27  26  .332  .362  .396  130  221   7   4   6   2  10 MVP-11,AS
 1969 30 PIT NL 162  698  105  231  41  6   1   48  22  8  42  35  .331  .369  .411  121  287   1   3   9   2   5 MVP-23,AS
 1970 31 PIT NL 155  677   97  201  21  8   1   47  19 11  30  18  .297  .329  .356   87  241   4   3   3   4   9
 1971 32 STL NL 149  609   85  192  28  6   7   74  19 10  34  27  .315  .352  .415  114  253   6   7   3   4   9
 1972 33 TOT    140  525   57  161  22  2   4   47  13  5  35  35  .307  .350  .379  112  199   2   3   3   2  13
         STL NL 108  404   46  127  17  2   3   31  11  4  24  23  .314  .353  .389  112  157   1   1   2   1  12
         OAK AL  32  121   11   34   5  0   1   16   2  1  11  12  .281  .341  .347  110   42   1   2   1   1   1
 1973 34 TOT    134  508   60  150  22  1   2   29   5  2  31  43  .295  .338  .354   98  180   6   2   1   3  20
         NYY AL 123  497   59  147  22  1   2   28   5  2  30  43  .296  .338  .356   99  177   6   2   0   3  18
         STL NL  11   11    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .273  .333  .273   70    3   0   0   1   0   2
 1974 35 SDP NL  48   81    8   16   3  0   0    3   0  0   5   6  .198  .241  .235   37   19   1   1   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1667 5789  780 1777 236 50  31  427 156 80 311 377  .307  .345  .381  105 2206  55  29  38  36 101
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   76  173  23  5   3   41  15  8  30  37  .307  .345  .381  105  214   5   3   4   3  10
 Career High    162  698  105  231  41  9   7   74  23 15  42  44  .342  .373  .421  130  287  12   7   9   6  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 21 SFG NL    3    2    0   0.0    95| .333  .257| .333  .322| .333  .395| .666  .717|  88  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1961 22 SFG NL  217  146   32   5.9   103| .310  .266| .356  .332| .455  .415| .811  .747| 117  .603   4.5   0.4  60%
 1962 23 SFG NL  213  143   27   5.0   102| .292  .269| .349  .336| .390  .408| .739  .744|  99  .547  -0.1   0.0  75%
 1963 24 SFG NL   80   68    2   0.8    88| .145  .253| .177  .315| .158  .378| .335  .693|  -2  .051 -10.0  -1.1   0%
 1964 25 SFG NL  267  193   23   3.2    95| .264  .266| .302  .324| .308  .394| .610  .718|  71  .390 -10.0  -1.1  62%
 1965 26 SFG NL  351  274   24   2.4    97| .231  .263| .274  .327| .299  .397| .573  .724|  59  .265 -18.4  -1.9  83%
 1966 27 PIT NL  578  385   84   5.9    96| .342  .265| .373  .323| .421  .399| .794  .722| 121  .647  14.2   1.5  60%
 1967 28 PIT NL  584  381   85   6.0    90| .338  .258| .372  .320| .413  .379| .785  .699| 125  .682  16.6   1.8  61%
 1968 29 PIT NL  598  404   79   5.3    80| .332  .250| .362  .308| .396  .352| .758  .660| 130  .672  20.0   2.2  64%
 1969 30 PIT NL  746  484  109   6.0    93| .331  .257| .369  .327| .411  .381| .780  .708| 121  .663  19.4   2.0  73%
 1970 31 PIT NL  718  503   79   4.2   101| .297  .263| .329  .336| .356  .402| .685  .738|  87  .456 -14.2  -1.4  63%
 1971 32 STL NL  660  449   89   5.3    96| .315  .264| .352  .331| .415  .387| .767  .718| 114  .621  10.4   1.1  65%
 1972 33 TOT     567  387   69   4.8    88| .307  .252| .350  .320| .379  .370| .729  .690| 112  .588   8.0   0.8  72%
         STL NL  431  295   54   5.0    91| .314  .255| .353  .323| .389  .377| .742  .701| 112  .590   6.0   0.6  73%
         OAK AL  136   92   15   4.4    79| .281  .241| .341  .309| .347  .348| .688  .656| 110  .585   2.0   0.2  66%
 1973 34 TOT     550  388   58   4.0    91| .295  .256| .338  .324| .354  .377| .692  .701|  98  .464  -0.9   0.0  71%
         NYY AL  538  378   57   4.0    91| .296  .256| .338  .324| .356  .376| .694  .701|  99  .468  -0.5   0.0  71%
         STL NL   12   10    1   2.7    97| .273  .263| .333  .332| .273  .390| .606  .722|  70  .300  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1974 35 SDP NL   88   70    4   1.5    90| .198  .256| .241  .327| .235  .371| .476  .698|  37  .134  -6.7  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     6220 4277  764   4.8    93| .307  .259| .345  .325| .381  .385| .726  .710| 105  .565  32.7   3.6  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1965 26 SFG NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    3    0    0   0    1    3   0   0    10   0   0  0.00  3.61  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    3    0    0   0    1    3   0   0    10   0   0  0.00  3.61  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  136.0  204    0    0   0   68  204   0   0   680   0   0  0.00  3.61  inf 2.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 21 SFG NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1961 22 SFG NL OF 58 85 2 2 0 .978 .978 1.50 1.86 1.90 2.16 41 411.7 RF 40 57 2 2 0 .967 .974 1.48 1.60 1.77 1.93 33 300.0 LF 16 21 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.31 1.50 2.04 1.88 6 92.7 CF 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 2.27 3.79 2.65 2 19.0 1962 23 SFG NL OF 57 80 3 2 0 .976 .974 1.46 1.79 1.93 2.07 40 387.0 LF 35 33 2 1 0 .972 .967 1.00 1.37 1.63 1.82 20 193.3 RF 21 39 1 1 0 .976 .976 1.90 1.65 2.45 1.90 16 146.7 CF 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 2.27 1.15 2.47 4 47.0 1963 24 SFG NL OF 20 19 1 1 0 .952 .976 1.00 1.75 2.12 2.01 6 85.0 LF 13 6 1 1 0 .875 .972 0.54 1.38 1.91 1.80 1 33.0 RF 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.61 1.71 1.82 4 42.0 CF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.10 3.60 2.34 1 10.0 1964 25 SFG NL OF 80 120 2 3 1 .976 .973 1.52 1.72 2.16 1.99 49 509.3 LF 44 50 1 0 1 1.000 .966 1.16 1.34 2.37 1.71 17 194.0 RF 35 39 0 1 0 .975 .975 1.11 1.62 1.67 1.90 22 210.7 CF 18 29 1 2 0 .938 .977 1.67 2.10 2.58 2.35 10 104.7 1965 26 SFG NL OF 103 139 6 2 1 .986 .975 1.41 1.75 1.85 2.00 66 705.3 LF 72 83 3 1 1 .989 .966 1.19 1.38 1.70 1.72 42 456.0 RF 23 25 3 1 0 .966 .976 1.22 1.74 1.68 1.96 13 150.0 CF 12 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.17 2.01 2.36 2.31 11 99.3 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1966 27 PIT NL OF 136 264 11 8 3 .972 .974 2.02 1.78 2.23 2.03 121 1111.7 CF 135 264 11 8 3 .972 .980 2.04 2.11 2.23 2.38 121 1109.7 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1967 28 PIT NL CF 134 255 9 3 3 .989 .981 1.97 2.04 2.12 2.30 125 1120.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.80 13.50 9.90 0 2.0 1968 29 PIT NL CF 144 292 7 5 0 .984 .978 2.08 2.18 2.17 2.39 134 1238.0 AS 1969 30 PIT NL OF 162 327 10 8 4 .977 .973 2.08 1.75 2.14 2.02 161 1417.7 AS CF 162 282 9 8 3 .973 .977 1.80 2.04 1.86 2.27 160 1410.7 AS LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 1.67 1 7.0 AS 1970 31 PIT NL OF 153 297 15 8 1 .975 .976 2.04 1.78 2.05 2.07 153 1366.7 CF 152 290 15 8 1 .974 .978 2.01 2.07 2.02 2.34 152 1358.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.03 1.97 1 8.7 1971 32 STL NL OF 94 203 8 4 0 .981 .979 2.24 1.92 2.54 2.19 88 749.0 CF 73 163 5 4 0 .977 .982 2.30 2.30 2.50 2.64 73 606.0 1B 57 507 27 5 42 .991 .992 9.37 8.58 9.93 9.88 54 484.0 RF 20 38 2 0 0 1.000 .983 2.00 1.80 2.52 2.07 15 143.0 1972 33 TOT OF 71 100 6 0 0 1.000 .980 1.49 1.94 1.67 2.20 67 570.3 TOT RF 70 98 6 0 0 1.000 .979 1.49 1.75 1.68 2.07 66 558.3 TOT 1B 67 544 41 7 54 .988 .992 8.73 8.41 9.66 9.73 62 545.0 STL NL 1B 66 535 40 7 53 .988 .992 8.71 8.42 9.62 9.73 62 538.0 RF 39 53 4 0 0 1.000 .979 1.46 1.74 1.72 2.03 36 298.0 OAK AL OF 32 48 2 0 0 1.000 .982 1.56 1.91 1.65 2.22 31 272.3 RF 31 45 2 0 0 1.000 .979 1.52 1.76 1.63 2.12 30 260.3 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 0.75 1.88 1 12.0 1B 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 .990 10.00 8.00 12.86 9.77 0 7.0 1973 34 TOT OF 86 146 7 4 2 .975 .979 1.78 2.02 1.92 2.29 83 716.7 TOT 1B 41 379 20 8 44 .980 .992 9.73 8.27 10.36 9.86 39 346.7 NYY AL RF 87 144 6 5 2 .968 .976 1.72 1.73 1.89 2.09 83 715.7 1B 40 376 20 8 44 .980 .992 9.90 8.27 10.34 9.86 39 344.7 DH 1 STL NL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.40 13.50 9.90 0 2.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1974 35 SDP NL LF 13 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 1.38 1.55 1.67 1.99 11 97.0 1B 2 15 0 0 0 1.000 .993 7.50 8.35 9.85 9.92 1 13.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 28 PIT NL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.80 13.50 9.90 0 2.0 1971 32 STL NL 1B 57 507 27 5 42 .991 .992 9.37 8.58 9.93 9.88 54 484.0 1972 33 TOT 1B 67 544 41 7 54 .988 .992 8.73 8.41 9.66 9.73 62 545.0 STL NL 1B 66 535 40 7 53 .988 .992 8.71 8.42 9.62 9.73 62 538.0 OAK AL 1B 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 .990 10.00 8.00 12.86 9.77 0 7.0 1973 34 TOT 1B 41 379 20 8 44 .980 .992 9.73 8.27 10.36 9.86 39 346.7 NYY AL 1B 40 376 20 8 44 .980 .992 9.90 8.27 10.34 9.86 39 344.7 STL NL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.40 13.50 9.90 0 2.0 1974 35 SDP NL 1B 2 15 0 0 0 1.000 .993 7.50 8.35 9.85 9.92 1 13.7 1961 22 SFG NL CF 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 2.27 3.79 2.65 2 19.0 1962 23 SFG NL CF 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 2.27 1.15 2.47 4 47.0 1963 24 SFG NL CF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.10 3.60 2.34 1 10.0 1964 25 SFG NL CF 18 29 1 2 0 .938 .977 1.67 2.10 2.58 2.35 10 104.7 1965 26 SFG NL CF 12 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.17 2.01 2.36 2.31 11 99.3 1966 27 PIT NL CF 135 264 11 8 3 .972 .980 2.04 2.11 2.23 2.38 121 1109.7 1967 28 PIT NL CF 134 255 9 3 3 .989 .981 1.97 2.04 2.12 2.30 125 1120.0 1968 29 PIT NL CF 144 292 7 5 0 .984 .978 2.08 2.18 2.17 2.39 134 1238.0 1969 30 PIT NL CF 162 282 9 8 3 .973 .977 1.80 2.04 1.86 2.27 160 1410.7 1970 31 PIT NL CF 152 290 15 8 1 .974 .978 2.01 2.07 2.02 2.34 152 1358.0 1971 32 STL NL CF 73 163 5 4 0 .977 .982 2.30 2.30 2.50 2.64 73 606.0 1973 34 STL NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1973 34 NYY AL DH 1 1960 21 SFG NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1961 22 SFG NL LF 16 21 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.31 1.50 2.04 1.88 6 92.7 1962 23 SFG NL LF 35 33 2 1 0 .972 .967 1.00 1.37 1.63 1.82 20 193.3 1963 24 SFG NL LF 13 6 1 1 0 .875 .972 0.54 1.38 1.91 1.80 1 33.0 1964 25 SFG NL LF 44 50 1 0 1 1.000 .966 1.16 1.34 2.37 1.71 17 194.0 1965 26 SFG NL LF 72 83 3 1 1 .989 .966 1.19 1.38 1.70 1.72 42 456.0 1966 27 PIT NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 4.50 1.80 0 2.0 1969 30 PIT NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 1.67 1 7.0 1972 33 OAK AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 0.75 1.88 1 12.0 1974 35 SDP NL LF 13 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 1.38 1.55 1.67 1.99 11 97.0 1960 21 SFG NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1961 22 SFG NL OF 58 85 2 2 0 .978 .978 1.50 1.86 1.90 2.16 41 411.7 1962 23 SFG NL OF 57 80 3 2 0 .976 .974 1.46 1.79 1.93 2.07 40 387.0 1963 24 SFG NL OF 20 19 1 1 0 .952 .976 1.00 1.75 2.12 2.01 6 85.0 1964 25 SFG NL OF 80 120 2 3 1 .976 .973 1.52 1.72 2.16 1.99 49 509.3 1965 26 SFG NL OF 103 139 6 2 1 .986 .975 1.41 1.75 1.85 2.00 66 705.3 1966 27 PIT NL OF 136 264 11 8 3 .972 .974 2.02 1.78 2.23 2.03 121 1111.7 1967 28 PIT NL OF 134 249 9 3 3 .989 .976 1.93 1.81 2.07 2.03 125 1120.0 1968 29 PIT NL OF 144 298 8 5 0 .984 .975 2.12 1.82 2.22 2.02 134 1238.0 1969 30 PIT NL OF 162 327 10 8 4 .977 .973 2.08 1.75 2.14 2.02 161 1417.7 1970 31 PIT NL OF 153 297 15 8 1 .975 .976 2.04 1.78 2.05 2.07 153 1366.7 1971 32 STL NL OF 94 203 8 4 0 .981 .979 2.24 1.92 2.54 2.19 88 749.0 1972 33 TOT OF 71 100 6 0 0 1.000 .980 1.49 1.94 1.67 2.20 67 570.3 STL NL OF 39 52 4 0 0 1.000 .977 1.44 1.96 1.69 2.18 36 298.0 OAK AL OF 32 48 2 0 0 1.000 .982 1.56 1.91 1.65 2.22 31 272.3 1973 34 TOT OF 86 146 7 4 2 .975 .979 1.78 2.02 1.92 2.29 83 716.7 NYY AL OF 85 146 6 4 2 .974 .979 1.79 2.02 1.91 2.29 83 715.7 STL NL OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 35 SDP NL OF 13 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 1.38 1.96 1.67 2.27 11 97.0 1965 26 SFG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1961 22 SFG NL RF 40 57 2 2 0 .967 .974 1.48 1.60 1.77 1.93 33 300.0 1962 23 SFG NL RF 21 39 1 1 0 .976 .976 1.90 1.65 2.45 1.90 16 146.7 1963 24 SFG NL RF 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.61 1.71 1.82 4 42.0 1964 25 SFG NL RF 35 39 0 1 0 .975 .975 1.11 1.62 1.67 1.90 22 210.7 1965 26 SFG NL RF 23 25 3 1 0 .966 .976 1.22 1.74 1.68 1.96 13 150.0 1970 31 PIT NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.03 1.97 1 8.7 1971 32 STL NL RF 20 38 2 0 0 1.000 .983 2.00 1.80 2.52 2.07 15 143.0 1972 33 TOT RF 70 98 6 0 0 1.000 .979 1.49 1.75 1.68 2.07 66 558.3 STL NL RF 39 53 4 0 0 1.000 .979 1.46 1.74 1.72 2.03 36 298.0 OAK AL RF 31 45 2 0 0 1.000 .979 1.52 1.76 1.63 2.12 30 260.3 1973 34 NYY AL RF 87 144 6 5 2 .968 .976 1.72 1.73 1.89 2.09 83 715.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1312 2346 88 51 15 .979 .976 1.86 1.82 2.09 2.08 1145 10487.3 198 845 304# CF* 845 1619 57 38 10 .978 .979 1.98 2.11 2.12 2.36 793 7123.3 RF* 304 449 20 10 2 .979 .977 1.54 1.70 1.86 2.02 253 2275.0 LF* 198 214 7 4 2 .982 .968 1.12 1.39 1.83 1.78 99 1089.0 1B* 168 1448 88 20 140 .987 .992 9.14 8.44 9.94 9.82 156 1391.3 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1481 3794 176 71 155 .982 .982 2.68 2.57 3.01 2.98 1301 11881
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1962   WS    SFG NYY     L   6  12   2   4  1  0  0   1   0   1  .333  .333  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
 1970   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   3  12   1   3  1  0  0   0   2   1  .250  .357  .333   0  1   0   0   0 
 1972   ALCS  OAK DET     W   5  21   2   8  4  0  0   2   0   2  .381  .409  .571   1  1   1   0   1 
        WS    OAK CIN     W   7  24   0   1  0  0  0   0   3   0  .042  .148  .042   1  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   8  33   3  11  5  0  0   2   2   3  .333  .389  .485   1  2   1   0   1 
  2 World Series        1-1  13  36   2   5  1  0  0   1   3   1  .139  .205  .167   1  0   1   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2  21  69   5  16  6  0  0   3   5   4  .232  .293  .319   2  2   2   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1968   PIT NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1969   PIT NL   *   4   1   2  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   5   1   3  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .600  .667  .600 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1968 *
1969 (CF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1966-NL-9-0.13
1968-NL-11-0.11
1969-NL-23-0.02
Car-636-0.26 shares

Batting Average
1966 NL-.342-1
1967 NL-.338-3
1968 NL-.332-2
1969 NL-.331-4
1971 NL-.315-8
1973 AL-.296-10

On-base %
1966 NL-.373-8
1968 NL-.362-8

Games
1969 NL-162-2

At Bats
1969 NL-698-1
1970 NL-677-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1969 NL-746-1
1970 NL-718-4

Runs
1969 NL-105-5

Hits
1966 NL-183-5
1967 NL-186-4
1968 NL-185-6
1969 NL-231-1
1970 NL-201-5
1971 NL-192-5

Doubles
1969 NL-41-1

Triples
1966 NL-9-7

Stolen Bases
1966 NL-23-6
1968 NL-18-7
1969 NL-22-8

Singles
1966 NL-154-3
1967 NL-156-2
1968 NL-153-4
1969 NL-183-1
1970 NL-171-1
1971 NL-151-4

Runs Created
1969 NL-109-9

Times on Base
1969 NL-275-5

Sac. Hits
1966 NL-12-6

Sac. Flies
1971 NL-7-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1973 AL-18-10

Caught Stealing
1966 NL-15-3
1967 NL-10-5
1968 NL-10-7
1970 NL-11-9
1971 NL-10-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1966 NL-12.2-9
1967 NL-13.1-4
1968 NL-21.5-3
1969 NL-19.9-3
1970 NL-37.6-1
1971 NL-22.6-2
1973 AL-11.6-7

Outs
1969 NL-484-4
1970 NL-503-1

     

Black Ink: Batting - 11 (208) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 57 (430) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.0 (615) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 53.0 (351) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  1. Walt Williams (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Jigger Statz (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Doc Cramer (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Charlie Jamieson (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Charlie Jamieson (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charlie Jamieson (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Doc Cramer (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charlie Jamieson (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1965: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ozzie Virgil and Joe Gibbon.

January 29, 1971: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with George Brunet to the St. Louis Cardinals for Nelson Briles and Vic Davalillo.

August 27, 1972: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Bill Voss and Steve Easton (minors).

November 24, 1972: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Rob Gardner. The New York Yankees sent Rich McKinney (December 1, 1972) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

September 6, 1973: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the New York Yankees.

October 25, 1973: Purchased by the San Diego Padres from the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 11, 1974: Released by the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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