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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
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   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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  1. Randy Elliott (946)
  2. Cleon Jones (942)
  3. Curt Flood (942)
  4. Cito Gaston (927)
  5. Chet Lemon (915)
  6. Pete Lacock (913)
  7. Larry Hisle (911)
  8. Wally Moon (910)
  9. Ollie Brown (910)
  10. Ron Northey (908)
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
 
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