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Matty Alou	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 5' 9'' Weight: 180   Born: December 22, 1938 in D.R., , HAINA

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1962

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1960	21	MIN	AL					9	9	8	1	1	1	5	6	6	2	3	3	9	9	9
1961	22	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				10	10	9	1	1	1	6	7	6	2	3	3	9	10	10
1962	23	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	1	1	1	5	6	6	2	3	2	8	9	8
1963	24	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	1	1	1	5	6	5	2	3	2	8	9	8
1964	25	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	1	1	1	5	6	5	2	2	2	8	8	8
1965	26	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	1	1	1	5	6	5	2	2	2	8	8	8
1966	27	MIN	AL	$ 482,143				9	9	8	1	1	1	4	5	5	2	2	2	8	8	8
1967	28	MIN	AL	$ 1,700,000				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	2	3	2	8	8	8
1968	29	MIN	AL	$ 1,700,000				10	10	9	2	2	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	8	8	8
1969	30	MIN	AL	$ 1,250,000				10	10	9	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	8	8	8
1970	31	MIN	AL	$ 1,250,000				10	10	9	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	8	8	8
1971	32	MIN	AL	$ 1,250,000				10	10	9	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	7	8	8
1972	33	MIN	AL	$ 1,990,000				10	10	9	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	7	7	7
1973	34	MIN	AL	$ 1,990,000				10	10	9	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	7	7	7
1974	35	MIN	AL	$ 860,000				9	9	8	1	1	1	4	5	4	2	2	2	7	7	7
1975	36	MIN	AL	$ 860,000				8	8	7	1	1	1	4	5	4	2	2	2	6	6	6
1976	37	MIN	AL	$ 540,000				7	7	6	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	5	5	5
1977	38	MIN	AL	$ 540,000				4	4	4	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								4	4	4	1	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 1,990,000				10	10	9	2	2	2	6	7	6	2	3	3	9	10	10

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
1960	21	AAA		137	549	68	153	35	5	3	64	18	4	34	38	.279	.321	.377	.698	65.2
1961	22	MIN	AL	23	98	20	31	2	2	2	7	3	1	2	8	.316	.330	.439	.769	13.0	3.0
		AAA		134	574	78	182	25	4	2	40	30	8	36	37	.317	.357	.385	.742	78.0
1962	23	MIN	AL	90	372	55	117	19	4	3	25	11	3	11	15	.315	.335	.411	.746	47.1	10.3
1963	24	MIN	AL	61	111	17	25	3	0	1	10	7	1	6	11	.225	.265	.279	.544	7.8	0.4
1964	25	MIN	AL	109	242	22	63	10	0	1	20	9	3	10	23	.260	.291	.314	.605	21.7	2.2
1965	26	MIN	AL	120	356	57	123	18	3	0	37	16	9	15	27	.346	.368	.413	.781	50.3	13.3
1966	27	MIN	AL	129	473	55	146	22	4	2	40	26	6	17	43	.309	.333	.385	.718	60.0	10.0
1967	28	MIN	AL	59	218	32	68	5	2	0	13	7	4	7	24	.312	.333	.353	.687	24.2	4.0
1968	29	MIN	AL	154	628	75	202	26	5	5	46	22	15	25	55	.322	.349	.403	.751	79.7	17.4
1969	30	MIN	AL	156	637	83	210	20	1	4	55	30	11	31	59	.330	.360	.383	.743	85.7	19.9
1970	31	MIN	AL	154	608	77	189	17	0	1	47	24	7	22	56	.311	.335	.344	.679	65.8	11.3
1971	32	MIN	AL	152	617	82	193	18	4	2	45	35	6	26	75	.313	.346	.365	.710	78.2	14.7
1972	33	MIN	AL	151	642	74	176	24	3	3	57	31	10	26	82	.274	.304	.335	.638	62.4	8.2
1973	34	MIN	AL	152	624	72	201	25	0	4	57	23	13	23	77	.322	.349	.381	.730	77.9	10.3
1974	35	MIN	AL	155	627	65	190	21	2	2	65	18	9	17	99	.303	.322	.352	.675	61.8	5.4
1975	36	MIN	AL	151	588	70	174	13	2	0	42	13	11	29	88	.296	.331	.325	.656	58.7	5.9
1976	37	MIN	AL	134	471	46	125	19	0	0	39	15	11	18	72	.265	.295	.306	.601	39.7	2.5
1977	38	MIN	AL	47	94	6	24	3	1	0	6	6	4	4	19	.255	.283	.309	.591	7.6	0.0
17 Years Sim				1997	7406	908	2257	265	33	30	611	296	124	289	833	.305	.332	.362	.694	841.4	138.8
2 Years AAA				271	1123	146	335	60	9	5	104	48	12	70	75	.298	.341	.381	.722	143.2
162 Game Average					600	73	183	21	2	2	49	24	10	23	67	.305	.332	.362	.694	68.3
Career Highs				156	642	83	210	26	5	5	65	35	15	31	99	.346	.368	.439	.781	85.7

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		5244	682	1686	195	28	19	449	224	92	223	524	.322	.350	.380	.730	664.0
vs LH		2162	226	571	70	5	11	162	72	32	66	309	.264	.288	.316	.604	186.4
Home	996	3658	465	1153	143	19	18	322	142	70	140	398	.315	.342	.379	.721	445.4
Away	1001	3748	443	1104	122	14	12	289	154	54	149	435	.295	.322	.344	.666	405.0
RISP		1479	0	475	49	5	5	559	0	0	59	158	.321	.343	.371	.714	179.4
Pinch Hitting		126	9	29	1	0	2	17	3	0	4	19	.230	.258	.286	.543	9.2
Close/Late		830	118	282	30	8	8	84	0	0	39	106	.340	.370	.424	.794	120.1
Mar/Apr	325	1252	151	367	46	6	6	114	49	17	54	145	.293	.324	.354	.678	139.3
May	373	1407	149	396	37	3	3	118	44	23	50	170	.281	.307	.318	.625	131.1
June	353	1284	145	400	58	11	1	78	59	19	50	148	.312	.339	.376	.715	156.3
July	318	1155	150	344	39	5	6	112	54	18	45	130	.298	.324	.356	.680	130.3
August	319	1180	154	381	52	4	7	104	52	24	48	115	.323	.350	.392	.742	152.0
Sep/Oct	309	1128	159	369	33	4	7	85	38	23	42	125	.327	.352	.382	.734	141.4

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF	RSA	RTO	RTO%	PB	DWS
1961	22	MIN	AL	LF	22	22	172.0	33	0	0	0	1.000	1.73	0	0	.000	0	0.3
				RF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0
				CF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0
				1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1962	23	MIN	AL	CF	88	86	727.0	208	4	6	4	.972	2.62	0	0	.000	0	1.7
				LF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
				1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				RF	2	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
1963	24	MIN	AL	CF	11	11	88.0	30	0	3	0	.909	3.07	0	0	.000	0	0.4
				RF	11	10	82.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.32	0	0	.000	0
				LF	3	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.38	0	0	.000	0
				1B	1	0	5.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	10.80	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1964	25	MIN	AL	RF	22	21	171.0	31	0	1	0	.969	1.63	0	0	.000	0	0.9
				CF	24	22	169.0	45	0	1	0	.978	2.40	0	0	.000	0
				LF	21	19	156.0	38	0	0	0	1.000	2.19	0	0	.000	0
				1B	6	0	7.7	11	0	0	0	1.000	12.92	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1965	26	MIN	AL	LF	82	75	608.0	121	1	2	0	.984	1.81	0	0	.000	0	2.1
				CF	14	10	94.7	25	2	0	2	1.000	2.57	0	0	.000	0
				RF	7	1	23.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.57	0	0	.000	0
1966	27	MIN	AL	RF	108	103	894.7	176	1	9	1	.952	1.78	0	0	.000	0	2.2
				CF	6	4	48.0	13	0	1	0	.929	2.44	0	0	.000	0
				LF	8	0	16.7	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.16	0	0	.000	0
				3B	1	0	8.3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.24	0	0	.000	0	0.1
1967	28	MIN	AL	RF	49	47	403.7	81	4	3	1	.966	1.90	0	0	.000	0	1.4
				CF	5	5	39.0	19	0	1	0	.950	4.38	0	0	.000	0
				LF	4	0	10.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.60	0	0	.000	0
				1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1968	29	MIN	AL	CF	152	149	1307.3	305	4	13	1	.960	2.13	0	0	.000	0	3.0
				RF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
1969	30	MIN	AL	CF	150	147	1317.7	358	12	14	5	.964	2.53	0	0	.000	0	4.7
				RF	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
				1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1970	31	MIN	AL	CF	152	148	1304.7	353	3	16	1	.957	2.46	0	0	.000	0	4.0
				1B	1	0	2.7	4	1	0	1	1.000	16.92	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0
1971	32	MIN	AL	RF	151	151	1309.7	299	6	12	4	.962	2.10	0	0	.000	0	3.1
1972	33	MIN	AL	RF	151	150	1307.3	267	5	11	1	.961	1.87	0	0	.000	0	2.7
				1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1973	34	MIN	AL	RF	57	53	455.3	101	4	6	1	.946	2.08	0	0	.000	0	1.0
				CF	3	1	11.7	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.09	0	0	.000	0
				LF	3	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.60	0	0	.000	0
1974	35	MIN	AL	RF	140	137	1209.0	264	7	11	5	.961	2.02	0	0	.000	0	4.6
				CF	9	8	65.7	20	0	0	0	1.000	2.74	0	0	.000	0
				C	2	1	20.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.80	1	0	.000	2	0.0
				LF	4	2	18.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	0	0	.000	0
				1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1975	36	MIN	AL	RF	139	138	1179.3	267	1	9	0	.968	2.05	0	0	.000	0	2.2
				1B	6	3	34.3	40	2	0	5	1.000	11.01	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				LF	2	2	15.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	4.20	0	0	.000	0
				2B	1	1	9.0	4	3	0	2	1.000	7.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				CF	4	0	7.3	2	0	1	0	.667	2.46	0	0	.000	0
1976	37	MIN	AL	LF	129	128	1049.0	226	9	4	2	.983	2.02	0	0	.000	0	2.5
				1B	4	0	7.0	7	1	0	1	1.000	10.29	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				RF	1	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	5.42	0	0	.000	0
1977	38	MIN	AL	RF	15	13	112.3	18	1	3	1	.864	1.52	0	0	.000	0	0.4
				CF	12	11	87.0	21	2	2	0	.920	2.38	0	0	.000	0
				LF	7	1	22.7	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.59	0	0	.000	0
				1B	4	0	7.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	12.86	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				2B	1	0	2.0	0	3	0	1	1.000	13.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				RF	857	824	7155.0	1523	29	65	14	.960	1.95	0	0	.000	0	18.6
				CF	631	602	5268.0	1404	27	58	13	.961	2.44	0	0	.000	0	13.8
				LF	289	249	2085.3	446	10	6	2	.987	1.97	0	0	.000	0	5.0
				1B	28	3	72.7	85	6	0	8	1.000	11.27	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				C	2	1	20.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.80	1	0	.000	2	0.0
				2B	2	1	11.0	4	6	0	3	1.000	8.18	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				3B	1	0	8.3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.24	0	0	.000	0	0.1
				SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
Career Totals					1811	1680	14622.2	3468	80	129	40	.965	2.18	1	0	.000	2	37.7
Career Highs					156	151	1321.0	359	12	16	7	1.000	2.63	1	0	.000	2

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
1965	26	MIN	AL	10	43	6	19	0	1	0	3	3	2	2	1	.442	.467	.488	.955
1970	31	MIN	AL	5	18	2	6	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.389	.722
Career Post-Season Batting				15	61	8	25	1	1	0	6	4	2	2	2	.410	.429	.459	.888

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 1966-8-.304* 1968-2-.322 1969-1-.330 1970-2-.311 1971-6-.313 1973-5-.322 XR 1969-10-85.7 Games 1969-7-156 1974-10-155 At-Bats 1968-1-628 1969-1-637 1970-2-608 1971-2-617 1972-3-642 1973-3-624 1974-2-627 Runs 1969-10-83 Hits 1968-1-202 1969-1-210 1970-1-189 1971-2-193 1972-10-176 1973-3-201 1974-6-190 Singles 1966-9-118 1968-1-166 1969-1-185 1970-1-171 1971-1-169 1972-3-146 1973-2-172 1974-1-165 1975-3-159 CAR-10-1929 Stolen Bases 1969-7-30 1971-7-35 1972-10-31 CAR-49-296 Caught Stealing 1968-6-15 1973-8-13 CAR-47-124

Black Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1960

Had first career hit on 9/2/1961, off Bob Anderson (SEM)

Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 9/13/1961

Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1961, off Barry Latman (SEM)

Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game

Injured on 7/18/1962 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season

2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $482,143 through salary arbitration

2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration

2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration

6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $1,250,000 per year, for 3 years

Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1969, hitting .483 with 0 HR, 7 RBI

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 7/6/1969

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1969, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

4/2/1971: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $1,990,000 per year, for 2 years

Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1973, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 9 RBI

9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $860,000 per year, for 2 years

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 5/22/1974

Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/7/1975

Had 2000th career hit on 6/9/1975, off Burt Hooton (DET)

7/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $540,000 per year, for 2 years

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