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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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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 Awards
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

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 32 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 32 PIT NL WS BAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CHC NL 26 CF 3 2 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 0.69 0.33 1.000 2.63 2.27
1973 CHC NL 26 OF 3 2 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 1.38 0.67 1.000 2.22 1.97
1974 CHC NL 27 3B 19 13 125.0 38 12 23 3 3 .921 -4.7 -45.1 -4.7 -1.7 -3.0 0 2.52 1.84 .950 3.04 2.64
1974 CHC NL 27 OF 4 0 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -86.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 1.08 0.25 1.000 2.27 1.95
1974 CHC NL 27 CF 3 0 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -135.0 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 1.69 0.33 1.000 2.70 2.43
1974 CHC NL 27 2B 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.65
1974 CHC NL 27 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1975 OAK AL 28 DH 17
1975 OAK AL 28 OF 11 1 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 8.6 0.2 0.4 -0.3 0 2.25 0.64 .971 2.38 2.10
1975 OAK AL 28 RF 7 1 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -12.6 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 0 1.89 0.57 .975 2.13 1.84
1975 OAK AL 28 2B 3 0 3.0 3 0 2 1 1 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 0.67 .967 5.40 4.73
1975 OAK AL 28 CF 3 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 120.0 0.6 0.1 0.4 0 4.50 1.00 .967 2.85 2.53
1975 OAK AL 28 3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.24 2.80
1975 OAK AL 28 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1976 OAK AL 29 OF 23 4 76.2 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 14.1 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 2.70 1.00 .983 2.47 2.21
1976 OAK AL 29 DH 19
1976 OAK AL 29 RF 11 3 43.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 55.8 2.0 1.2 0.8 0 3.35 1.45 .981 2.22 1.92
1976 OAK AL 29 CF 7 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -77.1 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 0 1.93 0.43 1.000 2.96 2.60
1976 OAK AL 29 LF 7 1 19.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -12.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 0.92 0.29 1.000 2.24 1.91
1977 OAK AL 30 OF 31 2 78.2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -30.5 -1.0 -0.5 -0.4 -1 2.29 0.65 .980 2.35 2.03
1977 OAK AL 30 CF 17 2 47.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.5 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 2.64 0.82 .986 2.83 2.49
1977 OAK AL 30 SS 12 12 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.07
1977 OAK AL 30 RF 10 0 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -97.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1 -1 2.14 0.50 .980 2.10 1.71
1977 OAK AL 30 LF 7 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 0 0.90 0.14 1.000 2.07 1.74
1977 OAK AL 30 2B 4 0 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 3.00 0.75 .967 5.40 4.75
1977 OAK AL 30 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.70
1977 OAK AL 30 DH 1
1979 PIT NL 32 OF 11 2 31.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 38.3 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1 2.59 0.82 .978 2.33 2.00
1979 PIT NL 32 LF 6 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 -151.6 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 1.99 1.58
1979 PIT NL 32 CF 3 2 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 60.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.57 1.33 .975 2.83 2.43
1979 PIT NL 32 RF 3 0 11.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 120.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 1 4.09 1.67 .980 2.21 1.87
1979 PIT NL 32 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.50
1980 PIT NL 33 OF 4 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 109.1 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 4.91 1.50 .983 2.29 1.98
1980 PIT NL 33 CF 2 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 80.0 0.6 -0.1 0.7 0 5.00 2.50 .980 2.80 2.35
1980 PIT NL 33 LF 2 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 240.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.70
1980 PIT NL 33 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1981 PIT NL 34 OF 6 0 22.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 103.6 1.9 0.9 1.0 0 3.27 1.33 .975 2.33 2.02
1981 PIT NL 34 CF 3 0 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 70.6 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 3.18 2.00 .983 2.81 2.53
1981 PIT NL 34 LF 3 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 216.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 7.20 1.33 .975 2.16 1.80
8 Seasons OF 93 12 269.0 76 75 1 0 0 1.000 2.0 8.9 2.0 0.8 1.2 0 2.54 0.82 .980 2.37 2.07
8 Seasons CF 41 7 126.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 10.5 1.1 -0.6 1.6 0 2.64 0.90 .984 2.81 2.48
3 Seasons DH 37
5 Seasons RF 32 4 97.0 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 14.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0 2.78 0.94 .980 2.17 1.83
6 Seasons LF 26 1 46.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -7.8 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 0 1.76 0.35 .989 2.15 1.76
3 Seasons 3B 22 13 132.0 38 12 23 3 3 .921 -5.2 -47.3 -5.2 -2.2 -3.0 0 2.39 1.59 .950 3.05 2.66
2 Seasons SS 13 12 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.10
4 Seasons 2B 10 0 17.0 7 1 5 1 1 .857 -0.3 -21.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 0 3.18 0.60 .971 5.40 4.72
9 Seasons TOT 138 37 420.0 121 88 29 4 4 .967 -3.5 -10.0 -3.5 -1.4 -2.2 0 0 2.51 0.85 .937 2.72 2.55
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1968.

April 28, 1975: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Howell Copeland (minors).

March 31, 1978: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

September 1, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 29, 1982: Purchased by Mexico City Tigers (Mexican) from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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