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Jesus Alou
Jesus Maria Rojas Alou (Jay)
born Jesus Maria Rojas Alou
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 24, 1942 in Haina, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1963
Final Game: September 29, 1979
Relatives: Brother of Felipe Alou, Brother of Matty Alou, Cousin of Jose Sosa, Uncle of Moises Alou and Uncle of Mel Rojas
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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
1963 21 SFG NL 16 25 24 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 .250 .280 .292 .572 66 7 1 1 0 0 0 7/9
1964 22 SFG NL 115 398 376 42 103 11 0 3 28 6 6 13 35 .274 .305 .327 .632 77 123 9 4 5 0 2 97/8
1965 23 SFG NL 143 567 543 76 162 19 4 9 52 8 5 13 40 .298 .317 .398 .715 97 216 21 3 6 2 0 *9/7
1966 24 SFG NL 110 387 370 41 96 13 1 1 20 5 5 9 22 .259 .279 .308 .587 61 114 14 2 4 2 1 97
1967 25 SFG NL 129 534 510 55 149 15 4 5 30 1 7 14 39 .292 .316 .367 .683 96 187 10 4 6 0 2 *79
1968 26 SFG NL 120 436 419 26 110 15 4 0 39 1 4 9 23 .263 .278 .317 .596 78 133 20 1 5 2 3 97
1969 27 HOU NL 115 476 452 49 112 19 4 5 34 4 6 15 30 .248 .276 .341 .617 74 154 13 4 2 3 6 *79
1970 28 HOU NL 117 487 458 59 140 27 3 1 44 3 2 21 15 .306 .335 .384 .719 96 176 15 1 3 4 4 97
1971 29 HOU NL 122 455 433 41 121 21 4 2 40 3 7 13 17 .279 .305 .360 .666 90 156 11 4 3 2 3 *97
1972 30 HOU NL 52 102 93 8 29 4 1 0 11 0 2 7 5 .312 .366 .376 .743 114 35 3 1 1 0 4 97
1973 31 TOT MLB 64 169 163 17 46 5 0 2 19 0 0 3 12 .282 .304 .350 .653 86 57 5 2 1 0 2 79/D
1973 31 HOU NL 28 58 55 7 13 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 6 .236 .276 .327 .603 68 18 3 2 0 0 1 9/7
1973 31 OAK AL 36 111 108 10 33 3 0 1 11 0 0 2 6 .306 .318 .361 .679 96 39 2 0 1 0 1 7/D9
1974 32 OAK AL 96 232 220 13 59 8 0 2 15 0 0 5 9 .268 .288 .332 .620 83 73 9 2 3 2 1 D9/7
1975 33 NYM NL 62 108 102 8 27 3 0 0 11 0 1 4 5 .265 .299 .294 .593 69 30 4 1 1 0 2 7/9
1978 36 HOU NL 77 152 139 7 45 5 1 2 19 0 0 6 5 .324 .345 .417 .762 120 58 4 0 4 3 1 7/9
1979 37 HOU NL 42 49 43 3 11 4 0 0 10 0 0 6 7 .256 .347 .349 .696 96 15 4 0 0 0 1 /739
15 Seasons 1380 4577 4345 448 1216 170 26 32 377 31 46 138 267 .280 .305 .353 .658 86 1534 143 30 44 20 32
162 Game Avg. 162 537 510 53 143 20 3 4 44 4 5 16 31 .280 .305 .353 .658 86 180 17 4 5 2 4
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
HOU (7 yrs) 553 1779 1673 174 471 82 13 11 166 10 17 69 85 .282 .313 .366 .678 91 612 53 12 13 12 20
SFG (6 yrs) 633 2347 2242 243 626 74 13 18 174 21 28 58 162 .279 .301 .348 .649 84 780 75 15 26 6 8
OAK (2 yrs) 132 343 328 23 92 11 0 3 26 0 0 7 15 .280 .298 .341 .639 87 112 11 2 4 2 2
NYM (1 yr) 62 108 102 8 27 3 0 0 11 0 1 4 5 .265 .299 .294 .593 69 30 4 1 1 0 2
NL (14 yrs) 1248 4234 4017 425 1124 159 26 29 351 31 46 131 252 .280 .306 .354 .660 86 1422 132 28 40 18 30
AL (2 yrs) 132 343 328 23 92 11 0 3 26 0 0 7 15 .280 .298 .341 .639 87 112 11 2 4 2 2

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
1973 31 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 4 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 0 0 0
1973 31 OAK AL WS NYM W 7 20 19 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .158 .150 .211 .361 4 0 0 0 1 0
1974 32 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 32 OAK AL WS LAD W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 13 28 27 0 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .222 .214 .259 .474 7 0 0 0 1 0
2 ALCS 5 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 21 20 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .150 .143 .200 .343 4 0 0 0 1 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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 SFG NL 21 OF 12 3 48.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -1.8 -44.7 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 -1 1.30 0.58 .975 2.01 1.75
1963 SFG NL 21 LF 10 2 33.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 14.4 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 1.35 0.50 .980 1.81 1.38
1963 SFG NL 21 RF 4 1 15.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -2.2 -176.0 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 -1 1.20 0.50 1.000 1.86 1.60
1964 SFG NL 22 OF 108 83 812.1 185 172 8 5 2 .973 4.9 7.2 5.9 2.0 4.0 -1 1.99 1.67 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 SFG NL 22 RF 98 76 727.2 156 145 7 4 2 .974 1.6 2.6 3.6 -0.6 4.2 -2 1.88 1.55 .974 1.90 1.62
1964 SFG NL 22 LF 11 6 60.2 23 21 1 1 0 .957 4.4 87.0 3.4 3.4 0.0 1 3.26 2.00 .965 1.71 1.34
1964 SFG NL 22 CF 5 1 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -55.0 -1.1 -0.8 -0.2 0 1.88 1.00 .980 2.36 2.10
1965 SFG NL 23 OF 136 132 1147.1 250 238 7 5 0 .980 6.2 6.5 9.2 8.7 0.5 -3 1.92 1.80 .975 2.00 1.75
1965 SFG NL 23 RF 132 127 1106.0 239 227 7 5 0 .979 6.6 7.2 9.6 8.7 0.9 -3 1.90 1.77 .976 1.96 1.73
1965 SFG NL 23 LF 7 5 41.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -11.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.96 1.29 .967 1.70 1.39
1966 SFG NL 24 OF 100 91 822.1 150 141 4 5 1 .967 -7.4 -10.8 -7.4 -2.0 -5.4 0 1.59 1.45 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 SFG NL 24 RF 58 49 437.2 82 80 1 1 1 .988 -6.4 -17.5 -4.4 -2.3 -2.1 -2 1.67 1.40 .978 1.96 1.68
1966 SFG NL 24 LF 54 42 384.2 67 60 3 4 1 .940 -1.0 -3.1 -3.0 0.3 -3.3 2 1.47 1.17 .964 1.74 1.35
1967 SFG NL 25 OF 123 115 1051.0 211 195 5 11 2 .948 -5.3 -6.1 -1.3 -4.0 2.6 -4 1.71 1.63 .977 2.03 1.81
1967 SFG NL 25 LF 79 72 653.1 115 108 2 5 1 .957 -6.0 -11.0 -4.0 -2.4 -1.6 -2 1.52 1.39 .970 1.75 1.50
1967 SFG NL 25 RF 50 43 397.2 94 86 3 5 1 .947 0.7 2.1 2.7 -1.6 4.2 -2 2.01 1.78 .977 2.04 1.76
1968 SFG NL 26 OF 105 97 885.2 187 175 10 2 2 .989 -0.6 -0.8 0.4 -1.7 2.1 -1 1.88 1.76 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 SFG NL 26 RF 64 56 500.0 124 117 5 2 0 .984 3.8 9.1 3.8 0.2 3.6 0 2.20 1.91 .981 2.02 1.77
1968 SFG NL 26 LF 50 41 385.2 60 56 4 0 1 1.000 -4.4 -13.7 -3.4 -1.9 -1.5 -1 1.40 1.20 .962 1.64 1.38
1969 HOU NL 27 OF 112 108 946.0 195 173 8 14 1 .928 -9.4 -11.9 -6.4 -2.0 -4.4 -3 1.72 1.62 .974 2.02 1.75
1969 HOU NL 27 LF 65 56 494.2 89 81 4 4 1 .955 -2.3 -5.6 -2.3 -0.8 -1.5 0 1.55 1.31 .963 1.67 1.30
1969 HOU NL 27 RF 58 52 451.1 92 75 7 10 0 .891 -7.1 -18.9 -4.1 -1.2 -2.9 -3 1.64 1.41 .977 1.89 1.60
1970 HOU NL 28 OF 108 104 893.1 182 169 6 7 2 .962 -6.8 -9.1 -6.8 -1.8 -5.1 0 1.76 1.62 .976 2.07 1.78
1970 HOU NL 28 RF 89 84 689.0 136 122 8 6 1 .956 -6.3 -11.0 -6.3 -1.3 -5.0 0 1.70 1.46 .976 2.00 1.68
1970 HOU NL 28 LF 29 20 204.1 43 39 3 1 1 .977 -0.5 -2.9 -0.5 -0.5 -0.1 0 1.85 1.45 .970 1.75 1.38
1971 HOU NL 29 OF 109 103 897.1 240 229 7 4 3 .983 11.5 15.4 12.5 2.1 10.4 -1 2.37 2.17 .979 2.19 1.92
1971 HOU NL 29 RF 63 59 505.0 147 140 5 2 3 .986 9.9 23.5 9.9 1.8 8.1 0 2.58 2.30 .982 2.07 1.80
1971 HOU NL 29 LF 51 44 392.1 95 91 2 2 0 .979 1.6 4.9 2.6 0.3 2.3 -1 2.13 1.82 .969 1.87 1.53
1972 HOU NL 30 OF 23 14 144.2 33 32 0 1 0 .970 0.3 2.5 1.3 2.2 -0.9 -1 1.99 1.39 .979 2.18 1.96
1972 HOU NL 30 RF 14 8 86.1 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -0.6 -8.3 0.4 0.9 -0.5 -1 1.77 1.21 .978 2.03 1.74
1972 HOU NL 30 LF 10 6 58.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 18.5 0.9 1.3 -0.4 0 2.16 1.40 .971 1.91 1.67
1973 TOT MLB 31 OF 35 27 247.2 58 56 1 1 1 .983 0.1 0.5 1.1 -1.4 2.8 -1 2.07 1.63 .978 2.27 1.99
1973 TOT MLB 31 LF 19 17 147.0 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 1.1 9.0 1.1 0.4 0.8 0 2.27 1.95 .978 2.00 1.68
1973 TOT MLB 31 RF 17 10 100.2 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -1.0 -11.9 0.0 -1.8 2.0 -1 1.88 1.24 .977 2.03 1.76
1973 HOU NL 31 OF 14 7 82.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1.0 -14.6 0.0 -1.3 1.4 -1 1.76 1.14 .976 2.23 1.96
1973 HOU NL 31 RF 13 7 81.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -1.3 -19.3 -0.3 -1.3 1.1 -1 1.67 1.15 .975 2.01 1.77
1973 HOU NL 31 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
1973 OAK AL 31 OF 21 20 165.2 41 40 1 0 1 1.000 1.1 8.0 1.1 -0.1 1.4 0 2.23 1.95 .978 2.29 2.02
1973 OAK AL 31 LF 18 17 146.0 36 34 2 0 1 1.000 0.8 6.6 0.8 0.4 0.5 0 2.22 2.00 .978 2.00 1.68
1973 OAK AL 31 DH 6
1973 OAK AL 31 RF 4 3 19.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 18.3 0.3 -0.5 0.9 0 2.75 1.50 .983 2.11 1.72
1974 OAK AL 32 DH 41
1974 OAK AL 32 OF 25 9 113.2 38 35 3 0 1 1.000 4.1 43.3 2.1 2.3 -0.3 2 3.01 1.52 .979 2.41 2.12
1974 OAK AL 32 RF 16 8 91.2 32 28 4 0 1 1.000 2.7 35.3 0.7 1.9 -1.2 2 3.14 2.00 .975 2.18 1.86
1974 OAK AL 32 LF 9 1 22.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 76.4 1.4 0.4 0.9 0 3.68 1.00 .978 2.13 1.76
1975 NYM NL 33 OF 20 15 131.1 27 23 3 1 0 .963 -1.5 -13.7 -2.5 -1.5 -0.9 1 1.78 1.30 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 NYM NL 33 LF 15 10 87.1 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -9.6 -1.7 -0.8 -0.8 1 1.65 1.07 .975 2.10 1.71
1975 NYM NL 33 RF 5 5 44.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -0.8 -21.8 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0 2.25 2.20 .975 2.05 1.74
1978 HOU NL 36 OF 28 27 205.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -3.8 -22.2 -3.8 -3.3 -0.5 0 1.79 1.46 .981 2.31 1.94
1978 HOU NL 36 LF 27 26 198.2 39 37 1 1 0 .974 -3.7 -22.3 -3.7 -3.2 -0.5 0 1.72 1.41 .977 1.99 1.55
1978 HOU NL 36 RF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.19 1.80
1979 HOU NL 37 OF 6 1 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 60.0 0.9 0.6 0.3 0 3.00 1.00 .983 2.35 2.00
1979 HOU NL 37 LF 5 1 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 63.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 0 3.18 1.20 .967 2.01 1.58
1979 HOU NL 37 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1979 HOU NL 37 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
15 Seasons OF 1050 929 8364.2 1812 1691 63 58 15 .968 -8.6 -1.2 4.4 -0.6 5.2 -13 1.89 1.67 .976 2.07 1.82
15 Seasons RF 670 579 5160.0 1159 1072 48 39 9 .966 0.8 0.2 13.8 2.6 11.3 -13 1.95 1.67 .977 1.98 1.71
15 Seasons LF 441 349 3180.2 627 585 24 18 6 .971 -8.3 -3.1 -8.3 -2.4 -5.9 0 1.72 1.38 .968 1.78 1.45
2 Seasons DH 47
1 Season CF 5 1 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -55.0 -1.1 -0.8 -0.2 0 1.88 1.00 .980 2.36 2.10
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
15 Seasons TOT 1051 929 8366.2 1814 1693 63 58 16 .968 -8.7 -1.2 4.3 -0.6 5.1 -13 1.89 1.67 .944 2.07 1.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1985 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

Singles s c a p y
1965 NL  130 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 NL  21 (2nd)
1968 NL  20 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1965 NL  13.6 (3rd)
1967 NL  13.1 (5th)
1970 NL  30.5 (7th)**
Career  16.3 (201st)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2532), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 25, 1958: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1968: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the San Francisco Giants as the 13th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

January 22, 1969: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Donn Clendenon to the Houston Astros for Rusty Staub. Donn Clendenon refused to report to his new team on April 8, 1969. The Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham (April 8, 1969), Skip Guinn (April 8, 1969) and $100,000 (April 8, 1969) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

July 31, 1973: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Houston Astros.

March 28, 1975: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

April 12, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

March 30, 1976: Released by the New York Mets.

December 19, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

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