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Matt Alexander
Matthew Alexander

Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 169 lb.

Born: January 30, 1947 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Bethune (Shreveport, LA)
School: Grambling State University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1973
Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1973	26	CHC	NL	12	6	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1974	27	CHC	NL	45	74	54	15	11	2	1	0	0	8	4	12	12	.204	.358	.278	.636	78	15	2	1	7	0	1	5/849
1975	28	OAK	AL	63	11	10	16	1	0	0	0	0	17	10	1	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	-17	1	0	0	0	0	0	D/94857
1976	29	OAK	AL	61	30	30	16	1	0	0	0	0	20	7	0	5	.033	.033	.033	.067	-80	1	0	0	0	0	0	D9/87
1977	30	OAK	AL	90	47	42	24	10	1	0	0	2	26	14	4	6	.238	.304	.262	.566	59	11	0	0	1	0	0	869/745D
1978	31	PIT	NL	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	32	PIT	NL	44	13	13	16	7	0	1	0	1	13	1	0	0	.538	.538	.692	1.231	228	9	0	0	0	0	0	/7896
1980	33	PIT	NL	37	3	3	13	1	1	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	170	2	0	0	0	0	0	/874
1981	34	PIT	NL	15	11	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	.364	.364	.364	.727	104	4	0	0	0	0	0	/87
9 Seasons				374	195	168	111	36	4	2	0	4	103	42	18	26	.214	.294	.262	.556	57	44	2	1	8	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	84	73	48	16	2	1	0	2	45	18	8	11	.214	.294	.262	.556	57	19	1	0	3	0	0

PIT (4 yrs)				103	27	27	36	12	1	1	0	1	30	7	0	1	.444	.444	.556	1.000	172	15	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (3 yrs)				214	88	82	56	12	1	0	0	2	63	31	5	12	.146	.195	.159	.354	2	13	0	0	1	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				57	80	59	19	12	2	1	0	1	10	4	13	13	.203	.356	.271	.627	76	16	2	1	7	0	1

NL (6 yrs)				160	107	86	55	24	3	2	0	2	40	11	13	14	.279	.380	.360	.740	105	31	2	1	7	0	1
AL (3 yrs)				214	88	82	56	12	1	0	0	2	63	31	5	12	.146	.195	.159	.354	2	13	0	0	1	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1973	26	CHC	NL	6	4	1	6.8	102	.250	.200	.270	.333	.341	.200	.402	.533	.743	48	.696	-0.3	-0.0	1.000	.600	.000	.0
1974	27	CHC	NL	74	56	6	2.9	97	.262	.204	.266	.358	.338	.278	.384	.636	.722	78	.330	-1.1	-0.1	.653	.370	.074	.0
1975	28	OAK	AL	11	19	-7	-9.9	91	.111	.100	.256	.182	.325	.100	.376	.282	.701	-17		-1.6	-0.2	.474	.800	.000	.0
1976	29	OAK	AL	30	36	-2	-1.5	82	.040	.033	.250	.033	.314	.033	.353	.067	.666	-80		-6.7	-0.7	.389	.433	.000	.0
1977	30	OAK	AL	47	47	0	0.0	97	.278	.238	.263	.304	.326	.262	.400	.566	.726	59	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.587	.405	.024	.0

1979	32	PIT	NL	13	7	7	26.9	104	.538	.538	.275	.538	.341	.692	.408	1.231	.749	228	.965	2.1	0.2	3.000	1.077	.154	.0
1980	33	PIT	NL	3	5	-5	-27.0	97	.333	.333	.270	.333	.333	.667	.392	1.000	.725	170		0.3	0.0	1.800	2.667	.333	.0
1981	34	PIT	NL	11	9	1	3.0	95	.400	.364	.267	.364	.333	.364	.383	.727	.716	104	.360	-0.0	0.0	.556	.091	.000	.0
9 Seasons				195	184	1	0.2	95	.254	.214	.263	.294	.330	.262	.384	.556	.715	57	.002	-9.6	-1.0	.705	.518	.048	.0
162 Game Avg.				84	80	0	0.2	95	.254	.214	.263	.294	.330	.262	.384	.556	.715	57	.002	-9.6	-1.0	.705	.518	.048

PIT (4 yrs)				27	22	3	3.7	99	.462	.444	.271	.444	.337	.556	.396	1.000	.733	172	.432	2.4	0.2	1.727	.963	.111	.0
OAK (3 yrs)				88	102	-9	-2.4	91	.171	.146	.257	.195	.322	.159	.380	.354	.701	2	nan	-10.5	-1.1	.495	.463	.012	.0
CHC (2 yrs)				80	60	7	3.1	97	.261	.203	.266	.356	.338	.271	.386	.627	.724	76	.365	-1.4	-0.1	.679	.390	.068	.0

NL (6 yrs)				107	82	10	3.3	98	.333	.279	.268	.380	.338	.360	.389	.740	.727	105	.384	1.0	0.1	.987	.570	.081	.0
AL (3 yrs)				88	102	-9	-2.4	91	.171	.146	.257	.195	.322	.159	.380	.354	.701	2	nan	-10.5	-1.1	.495	.463	.012	.0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	R	CS
1979	32	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	W	1	1	0
1979	32	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	1	0	1
1 Season (2 Series)							2	1	1
1 NLCS							1	1	0
1 WS							1	0	1

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1973	26	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0	5.0	0.00	67%
1974	27	CHC	NL	74	0.0%	16.2%	16.2%	4.1%	27%	1.00	4.5		3.22	57%
1975	28	OAK	AL	11	0.0%	9.1%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	10.0		1.33	82%
1976	29	OAK	AL	30	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0		1.88	83%
1977	30	OAK	AL	47	0.0%	12.8%	8.5%	2.1%	10%	1.50	7.0	21.0	1.08	77%

1979	32	PIT	NL	13	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7.7%	14%			13.0	2.50	100%
1980	33	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%					100%
1981	34	PIT	NL	11	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		11.0		0.67	91%
9 Seasons				195	0.0%	13.3%	9.2%	3.1%	17%	1.44	6.5	42.0	1.73	73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	26	CHC	NL	0	0	200%	15	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1974	27	CHC	NL	2	0	63%	36	8	4	67%	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	36%	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	2	2
1975	28	OAK	AL	1	0	800%	46	17	10	63%	17	9	0	1	0	0	6	2	4	5	78%	2	1	1	2	0	2	5	1	4
1976	29	OAK	AL	1	0	1600%	43	20	7	74%	18	7	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	46%	3	2	1	3	2	1	7	3	4
1977	30	OAK	AL	0	0	171%	74	26	14	65%	24	14	2	0	0	0	6	2	2	8	82%	5	1	4	0	0	0	6	1	5

1979	32	PIT	NL	0	0	229%	42	13	1	93%	12	1	1	0	0	0	5	1	3	6	75%	5	2	3	0	0	0	7	1	6
1980	33	PIT	NL	0	0	1300%	38	10	3	77%	10	3	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	4	56%	3	2	1	2	0	2	4	2	2
1981	34	PIT	NL	1	0	125%	18	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
9 Seasons				5	0	202%	318	103	42	71%	97	41	6	1	0	0	25	8	19	32	62%	29	15	14	7	2	5	38	11	27
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1973	26	CHC	NL	6	100%	1			0	0	0	0	0.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1974	27	CHC	NL	74	100%	11			11	3	0	0	1.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	100%	16	2	13%	8	6	75%	42	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1975	28	OAK	AL	11	100%	1			2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1976	29	OAK	AL	30	100%	1			2	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	1	100%	14	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1977	30	OAK	AL	47	100%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	5	2	40%	21	2	10%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0

1979	32	PIT	NL	13	100%	7			1	0	0	0	0.65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1980	33	PIT	NL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1981	34	PIT	NL	11	100%	4			4	3	0	0	0.41	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Seasons				195	100%	36			20	6	0	0	0.70	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	100%	29	2	7%	16	9	56%	92	5	5%	6	1	17%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1973	26	12	6	5	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	48	1	0	0	0	0
1974	27	57	80	59	19	12	2	1	1	10	4	13	13	.203	.356	.271	.627	76	16	2	1	7	1
1975	28	120	91	69	35	13	2	1	1	27	14	14	14	.188	.333	.246	.580	63	17	2	1	7	1
1976	29	181	121	99	51	14	2	1	1	47	21	14	19	.141	.254	.182	.436	25	18	2	1	7	1
1977	30	271	168	141	75	24	3	1	3	73	35	18	25	.170	.269	.206	.474	35	29	2	1	8	1
1978	31	278	168	141	77	24	3	1	3	77	36	18	25	.170	.269	.206	.474	35	29	2	1	8	1
1979	32	322	181	154	93	31	3	2	4	90	37	18	25	.201	.289	.247	.536	52	38	2	1	8	1
1980	33	359	184	157	106	32	4	2	4	100	40	18	25	.204	.290	.255	.545	54	40	2	1	8	1
1981	34	374	195	168	111	36	4	2	4	103	42	18	26	.214	.294	.262	.556	57	44	2	1	8	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	26	12	8	6	5	2	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	12
1974	27	45	71	56	17	13	2	1	0	0	9	14	12	.232	.394	.304	.698	7	45
1975	28	63	11	10	16	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	1	.000	.091	.000	.091	-8	63
1976	29	61	30	30	16	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-3	61
1977	30	90	46	42	24	0	0	0	0	2	26	4	6	.000	.087	.000	.087	0	90

1979	32	44	13	13	15	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	44
1980	33	37	3	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-5	37
1981	34	23	17	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	15
8 Seasons		375	199	177	113	15	2	1	0	4	104	21	27	.085	.186	.107	.293	1	367
162 Game Avg.		162	86	76	49	6	1	0	0	2	45	9	12	.085	.186	.107	.293	0	367

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1977 AL--26--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1977 AL--14--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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