Felipe
Alou
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 12, 1935 in D.R., , HAINA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1960   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 23 SEM AL     5 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 8 8
1959 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 9 9
1960 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 9 9
1961 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 9 9
1962 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 7 3 2 3 9 9 9
1963 28 CLE AL $ 2,435,714   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 9 9
1964 29 CLE AL $ 2,435,714   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 9 9
1965 30 CLE AL $ 2,809,286   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 8 9
1966 31 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 2 3 9 9 9
1967 32 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 3 2 3 9 9 9
1968 33 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 2 3 9 9 9
1969 34 CLE AL $ 3,300,000   6 6 7 3 2 3 7 6 7 3 2 3 7 7 7
1970 35 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 2 3 8 7 7
1971 36 OAK AL     5 5 6 2 1 2 6 5 5 3 2 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 2 1 2 6 5 5 3 2 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,300,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 2 3 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 23 AAA   137 545 74 157 31 4 21 95 9 2 48 59 .288 .346 .475 .821 87.3  
1959 24 SEM AL 127 470 45 114 27 6 9 59 0 0 23 50 .243 .284 .383 .667 48.5 6.1
    AAA   26 100 13 26 4 1 6 17 3 0 7 3 .260 .308 .500 .808 15.9  
1960 25 SEM AL 154 636 76 189 43 4 21 74 3 2 30 59 .297 .329 .476 .805 88.7 17.0
1961 26 NYG NL 156 537 57 148 22 1 14 61 1 1 25 36 .276 .310 .399 .708 60.2 7.9
1962 27 CLE AL 156 612 56 180 38 4 9 49 1 2 19 28 .294 .318 .413 .731 71.2 12.5
1963 28 CLE AL 155 588 60 156 32 5 9 78 0 0 23 34 .265 .296 .383 .678 57.4 8.5
1964 29 CLE AL 128 336 43 105 20 0 9 45 0 1 11 25 .313 .343 .452 .795 48.3 11.6
1965 30 CLE AL 138 463 49 146 17 1 10 51 3 0 29 28 .315 .355 .421 .777 64.5 15.5
1966 31 CLE AL 153 585 66 174 31 3 10 55 2 2 22 44 .297 .323 .412 .735 70.5 11.3
1967 32 CLE AL 155 592 69 168 25 5 15 67 3 0 26 50 .284 .313 .419 .732 75.3 11.5
1968 33 CLE AL 153 576 58 145 27 1 3 57 0 1 34 31 .252 .295 .318 .613 46.1 4.8
1969 34 CLE AL 148 546 47 142 27 0 3 62 0 1 23 48 .260 .292 .326 .618 45.6 5.1
1970 35 OAK AL 61 205 20 59 15 0 4 28 0 0 12 29 .288 .329 .420 .748 26.5 5.5
    AAA   25 94 7 37 5 1 1 8 0 0 2 8 .394 .406 .500 .906 16.3  
1971 36 OAK AL 10 26 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 1.8 0.1
    AAA   108 425 39 138 28 0 4 48 4 0 24 56 .325 .361 .419 .780 60.2  
13 Years Sim 1694 6172 650 1732 324 30 116 687 13 10 278 466 .281 .314 .399 .713 704.5 117.4
4 Years AAA 296 1164 133 358 68 6 32 168 16 2 81 126 .308 .353 .459 .811 179.7  
162 Game Average 590 62 165 30 2 11 65 1 0 26 44 .281 .314 .399 .713 67.4  
Career Highs 156 636 76 189 43 6 21 78 3 2 34 59 .315 .355 .476 .805 88.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3699 414 993 193 20 72 424 8 3 150 295 .268 .299 .390 .689 409.1
vs LH   2473 236 739 131 10 44 263 5 7 128 171 .299 .335 .413 .748 320.8
Home 843 2992 310 836 148 15 53 299 6 5 128 227 .279 .310 .392 .703 344.5
Away 851 3180 340 896 176 15 63 388 7 5 150 239 .282 .316 .406 .722 385.4
RISP   1400 0 408 76 8 30 535 0 0 69 108 .291 .322 .421 .743 181.5
Pinch Hitting   122 11 38 7 1 4 18 0 2 3 8 .311 .331 .484 .814 17.2
Close/Late   733 52 181 35 1 15 71 0 0 38 52 .247 .287 .359 .646 72.8
Mar/Apr 263 959 114 261 53 2 20 92 2 1 49 94 .272 .312 .394 .707 111.7
May 285 1039 101 292 50 3 21 128 0 2 35 87 .281 .304 .396 .699 117.9
June 286 1036 113 309 58 7 16 115 1 3 57 67 .298 .335 .414 .749 134.9
July 270 1004 109 276 43 5 25 108 4 3 41 64 .275 .307 .402 .710 117.5
August 296 1062 113 299 61 10 19 121 4 1 48 77 .282 .313 .411 .725 129.7
Sep/Oct 294 1072 100 295 59 3 15 123 2 0 48 77 .275 .309 .378 .687 118.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 24 SEM AL RF 122 121 1033.0 223 5 3 2 .987 1.99   2.7
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 1 2 .857 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 25 SEM AL CF 119 118 1074.7 270 7 6 1 .979 2.32   5.3
    LF 30 30 268.3 59 2 3 0 .953 2.05    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 26 NYG NL CF 150 146 1247.3 268 7 8 2 .972 1.98   4.9
    LF 5 0 11.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.09    
    1B 3 0 11.3 19 0 0 2 1.000 15.09   0.0
1962 27 CLE AL RF 116 115 978.0 200 4 4 1 .981 1.88   2.7
    1B 35 32 289.7 360 25 3 36 .992 11.96   0.5
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1963 28 CLE AL RF 74 73 615.7 105 5 3 0 .973 1.61   4.7
    CF 72 72 610.7 152 1 4 0 .975 2.25    
    1B 2 0 17.0 20 1 0 3 1.000 11.12   0.0
    LF 3 0 11.3 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.18    
1964 29 CLE AL 1B 36 32 298.3 357 32 3 38 .992 11.74   0.6
    RF 27 25 201.3 32 0 1 0 .970 1.43   0.8
    CF 15 12 116.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    LF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1965 30 CLE AL RF 110 109 910.7 151 7 7 0 .958 1.56   1.7
    CF 8 4 46.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    1B 5 3 31.0 39 2 0 3 1.000 11.90   0.1
    LF 5 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1966 31 CLE AL RF 134 131 1126.7 214 7 8 2 .965 1.77   3.2
    1B 11 8 78.7 89 9 2 11 .980 11.21   0.1
    CF 6 2 28.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.93    
1967 32 CLE AL RF 98 97 823.3 152 2 4 0 .975 1.68   1.8
    CF 52 51 451.0 110 4 3 2 .974 2.27    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1968 33 CLE AL RF 124 124 1071.3 216 10 4 3 .983 1.90   1.7
    1B 25 24 205.3 248 9 1 22 .996 11.26   0.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 34 CLE AL RF 146 146 1222.3 260 5 8 0 .971 1.95   1.7
    CF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 35 OAK AL 1B 46 46 399.7 464 30 7 37 .986 11.12   0.7
    CF 6 4 40.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.13   0.1
    RF 5 2 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1971 36 OAK AL CF 5 3 28.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.2
    RF 3 1 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
    LF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
  RF 959 944 8025.3 1565 45 42 8 .975 1.81   21.0
  CF 437 412 3655.3 851 19 23 5 .974 2.14   10.5
  1B 167 145 1338.0 1604 108 17 154 .990 11.52   2.2
  LF 55 32 340.3 76 3 3 1 .963 2.09    
Career Totals   1618 1533 13358.9 4096 175 85 168 .980 2.88   33.6
Career Highs   158 148 1344.0 563 32 11 38 1.000 9.63    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 29 CLE AL 13 39 6 18 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 .462 .475 .667 1.142
1965 30 CLE AL 4 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 .250 .267 .517
1970 35 OAK AL 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 21 61 7 23 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 3 .377 .381 .508 .889
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1960-6-.297
1965-4-.314*
Games
1961-6-156
1962-9-156
At-Bats
1960-1-636
1962-5-612
1963-9-588
1966-8-585
1967-3-592
Hits
1960-1-189
1962-3-180
1966-5-174
1967-6-168
Total Bases
1960-5-303
Singles
1960-8-121
1962-5-129
1965-6-118
1966-7-130
1967-8-123
Doubles
1960-1-43
1962-6-38
1963-5-32
Triples
1959-7-6
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Seattle in 1958
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1959, off Ernie Broglio (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1959, off Ernie Broglio (STL)
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 7/30/1960
Traded from Seattle to New York (N) on 2/13/1961 (Going to SEM: LF Pete Whisenant. Going to NYG: CF Felipe Alou)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/21/1962 (Going to NYG: P Gus Keriazakos. Going to CLE: P Gerry Arrigo, RF Felipe Alou, P Ron Nischwitz, RF Bob Borkowski, P Duke Maas)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 8/7/1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 5/27/1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/17/1964 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/24/1964 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,809,286 through salary arbitration
10/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Colorado on 8/1/1966
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 4/20/1967
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1970 to a minor league contract
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 9/22/1970
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1971 to a minor league contract
Injured on 5/15/1971 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/14/1971 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days