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Matty Alou

Mateo Rojas Alou
born Mateo Rojas Alou

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 22, 1938 in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1960 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants/Cardinals/Yankees/Padres/... 1960-1974

Final Game: June 21, 1974 (Age 35)
Died: November 3, 2011 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Buried: Jardin Memorial, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Relatives: Brother of Felipe Alou, Brother of Jesus Alou, Cousin of Jose Sosa, Uncle of Moises Alou and Uncle of Mel Rojas
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #553. Jim Sundberg… #554. Del Crandall… #555. Willie Kamm… #556. MATTY ALOU… #557. Jeff Cirillo… #558. Walker Cooper… #559. Kevin McReynolds… 

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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
1960 21 SFG NL 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1961 22 SFG NL 81 217 200 38 62 7 2 6 24 3 2 15 18 .310 .356 .455 .811 118 91 4 0 1 1 2 97/8
1962 23 SFG NL 78 213 195 28 57 8 1 3 14 3 1 14 17 .292 .349 .390 .739 99 76 3 3 1 0 0 79/8
1963 24 SFG NL 63 80 76 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 13 .145 .177 .158 .335 -2 12 1 1 1 0 0 7/98
1964 25 SFG NL 110 267 250 28 66 4 2 1 14 5 3 11 25 .264 .302 .308 .610 71 77 3 3 2 1 3 798
1965 26 SFG NL 117 351 324 37 75 12 2 2 18 10 2 17 28 .231 .274 .299 .573 60 97 15 2 8 0 2 798/1
1966 27 PIT NL 141 578 535 86 183 18 9 2 27 23 15 24 44 .342 .373 .421 .793 121 225 3 4 12 3 4 *8 MVP-9
1967 28 PIT NL 139 584 550 87 186 21 7 2 28 16 10 24 42 .338 .372 .413 .785 125 227 3 6 3 1 1 *8/3
1968 29 PIT NL 146 598 558 59 185 28 4 0 52 18 10 27 26 .332 .362 .396 .758 130 221 10 2 7 4 6 *8 AS,MVP-11
1969 30 PIT NL 162 746 698 105 231 41 6 1 48 22 8 42 35 .331 .369 .411 .780 121 287 5 2 1 3 9 *8/7 AS,MVP-23
1970 31 PIT NL 155 718 677 97 201 21 8 1 47 19 11 30 18 .297 .329 .356 .685 87 241 9 4 4 3 3 *8/9
1971 32 STL NL 149 660 609 85 192 28 6 7 74 19 10 34 27 .315 .352 .415 .767 114 253 9 4 6 7 3 839
1972 33 TOT MLB 140 567 525 57 161 22 2 4 47 13 5 35 35 .307 .350 .379 .729 112 199 13 2 2 3 3 93/7
1972 33 STL NL 108 431 404 46 127 17 2 3 31 11 4 24 23 .314 .353 .389 .742 112 157 12 1 1 1 2 39
1972 33 OAK AL 32 136 121 11 34 5 0 1 16 2 1 11 12 .281 .341 .347 .688 110 42 1 1 1 2 1 9/73
1973 34 TOT MLB 134 550 508 60 150 22 1 2 29 5 2 31 43 .295 .338 .354 .693 99 180 20 3 6 2 1 93/8D
1973 34 NYY AL 123 538 497 59 147 22 1 2 28 5 2 30 43 .296 .338 .356 .694 100 177 18 3 6 2 0 93/D
1973 34 STL NL 11 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .273 .333 .273 .606 70 3 2 0 0 0 1 /38
1974 35 SDP NL 48 88 81 8 16 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 6 .198 .241 .235 .476 37 19 3 0 1 1 1 7/3
15 Yrs 1667 6220 5789 780 1777 236 50 31 427 156 80 311 377 .307 .345 .381 .726 105 2206 101 36 55 29 38
162 Game Avg. 162 604 563 76 173 23 5 3 41 15 8 30 37 .307 .345 .381 .726 105 214 10 3 5 3 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
SFG (6 yrs) 453 1131 1048 136 272 32 7 12 72 21 9 59 101 .260 .304 .338 .642 77 354 26 9 13 2 7
PIT (5 yrs) 743 3224 3018 434 986 129 34 6 202 98 54 147 165 .327 .360 .398 .758 115 1201 30 18 27 14 23
STL (3 yrs) 268 1103 1024 132 322 45 8 10 106 30 14 59 50 .314 .352 .403 .756 113 413 23 5 7 8 6
SDP (1 yr) 48 88 81 8 16 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 6 .198 .241 .235 .476 37 19 3 0 1 1 1
NYY (1 yr) 123 538 497 59 147 22 1 2 28 5 2 30 43 .296 .338 .356 .694 100 177 18 3 6 2 0
OAK (1 yr) 32 136 121 11 34 5 0 1 16 2 1 11 12 .281 .341 .347 .688 110 42 1 1 1 2 1
NL (15 yrs) 1512 5546 5171 710 1596 209 49 28 383 149 77 270 322 .309 .345 .384 .729 106 1987 82 32 48 25 37
AL (2 yrs) 155 674 618 70 181 27 1 3 44 7 3 41 55 .293 .339 .354 .693 102 219 19 4 7 4 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1960 21 SFG NL 4 3 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /7
1961 22 SFG NL 81 217 4 1 2 -0 -3 4 0.4 8 12 1.2 .504 .502 1.2 -0.3 12 97/8
1962 23 SFG NL 78 213 1 2 1 1 -3 2 0.2 8 10 1.0 .502 .501 0.9 -0.2 9 79/8
1963 24 SFG NL 63 80 -10 -0 0 1 -1 -10 -1.2 3 -7 -0.9 .481 .493 -1.0 0.1 -8 7/98
1964 25 SFG NL 110 267 -7 1 1 5 -4 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .496 .497 -0.0 0.2 1 798
1965 26 SFG NL 117 351 -14 0 -1 -0 -5 -20 -2.3 13 -7 -1.0 .480 .486 -0.9 -0.6 -7 798/1
1966 27 PIT NL 141 578 17 1 1 -8 -1 10 1.3 21 31 3.4 .508 .507 4.2 -0.9 39 *8 MVP-9
1967 28 PIT NL 139 584 21 2 0 -9 -1 14 1.8 21 35 3.9 .512 .510 4.7 -1.0 44 *8/3
1968 29 PIT NL 146 598 21 3 1 -0 -1 23 3.2 20 44 5.3 .520 .518 5.1 0.0 44 *8 AS,MVP-11
1969 30 PIT NL 162 746 19 5 1 -3 -1 20 2.3 23 43 4.7 .514 .514 4.9 -0.4 47 *8/7 AS,MVP-23
1970 31 PIT NL 155 718 -10 0 2 -18 -1 -27 -2.6 23 -4 -0.4 .482 .483 1.3 -1.8 14 *8/9
1971 32 STL NL 149 660 12 -1 3 -2 -5 6 0.9 21 28 3.0 .505 .505 3.2 -0.8 30 839
1972 33 STL NL 108 431 4 2 -0 0 -6 0 0.1 14 14 1.5 .500 .500 1.3 -0.6 14 39
1972 33 OAK AL 32 136 1 -1 0 1 -2 -0 -0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.4 -0.1 4 $100,000 9/73
1973 34 NYY AL 123 538 1 2 1 -4 -6 -6 -0.5 19 13 1.3 .495 .496 1.7 -0.9 16 $70,000 93/D
1973 34 STL NL 11 12 -1 -0 -0 -0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /38
1974 35 SDP NL 48 88 -7 -0 -0 -2 -0 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .478 .493 -0.6 -0.2 -5 $70,000 7/3
15 Seasons 1667 6220 51 16 10 -39 -37 1 1.8 213 214 23.3 .500 .500 26.2 -7.4 254 $240,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
SFG (6 yrs) 453 1131 -27 3 3 7 -15 -29 -3.3 43 14 1.0 .493 .497 0.2 -0.8 7
PIT (5 yrs) 743 3224 67 11 5 -39 -4 41 5.9 108 149 16.9 .507 .506 20.2 -4.1 188
STL (3 yrs) 268 1103 15 1 2 -2 -10 5 0.8 36 41 4.4 .502 .501 4.4 -1.3 43
SDP (1 yr) 48 88 -7 -0 -0 -2 -0 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .478 .493 -0.6 -0.2 -5 $70,000
NYY (1 yr) 123 538 1 2 1 -4 -6 -6 -0.5 19 13 1.3 .495 .496 1.7 -0.9 16 $70,000
OAK (1 yr) 32 136 1 -1 0 1 -2 -0 -0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.4 -0.1 4 $100,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1962 23 SFG NL WS NYY L 6 12 12 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .417 .750 5 0 0 0 0 0
1970 31 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 3 14 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250 .357 .333 .690 4 0 0 0 0 1
1972 33 OAK AL ALCS DET W 5 23 21 2 8 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 .381 .409 .571 .981 12 1 1 1 0 0
1972 33 OAK AL WS CIN W 7 28 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .042 .148 .042 .190 1 0 0 1 0 1
3 Yrs (4 Series) 21 77 69 5 16 6 0 0 3 2 2 5 4 .232 .293 .319 .612 22 1 1 2 0 2
1 ALCS 5 23 21 2 8 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 .381 .409 .571 .981 12 1 1 1 0 0
1 NLCS 3 14 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250 .357 .333 .690 4 0 0 0 0 1
2 WS 13 40 36 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .139 .205 .167 .372 6 0 0 1 0 1

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 26 SFG NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
1 Yr 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 204 0 0 0 68 0 204 0 0 0 680 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1965 26 SFG NL 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.08 -0.03 -0.17 98.0 3.86 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.1 1 .604 .501
1 Season 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.08 -0.03 -0.17 98.0 3.86 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.1 1 .604 .501

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1960 SFG NL 21 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .970 1.80 2.00
1960 SFG NL 21 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1961 SFG NL 22 OF 58 42 38 411.2 89 85 2 2 0 .978 -0 -1 1.90 1.50 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 SFG NL 22 RF 40 33 30 300.0 61 57 2 2 0 .967 -2 -6 1.77 1.48 .974 1.93 1.91
1961 SFG NL 22 LF 16 7 7 92.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.04 1.31 .973 1.88 1.86
1961 SFG NL 22 CF 3 2 1 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 76 3.79 2.67 .981 2.65 2.60
1962 SFG NL 23 OF 57 41 27 387.0 85 80 3 2 0 .976 1 2 1.93 1.46 .974 2.07 2.05
1962 SFG NL 23 LF 35 20 15 193.1 36 33 2 1 0 .972 1 6 1.63 1.00 .968 1.81 1.80
1962 SFG NL 23 RF 21 16 9 146.2 41 39 1 1 0 .976 3 27 2.45 1.90 .975 1.90 1.88
1962 SFG NL 23 CF 9 5 3 47.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -89 1.15 0.67 .978 2.47 2.44
1963 SFG NL 24 OF 20 6 3 85.0 21 19 1 1 0 .952 1 13 2.12 1.00 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 SFG NL 24 LF 13 1 1 33.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -0 -7 1.91 0.54 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 SFG NL 24 RF 7 4 2 42.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 29 1.71 1.14 .976 1.82 1.81
1963 SFG NL 24 CF 2 1 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 3.60 2.00 .982 2.34 2.35
1964 SFG NL 25 OF 80 49 35 509.1 125 120 2 3 1 .976 5 12 2.16 1.53 .973 1.99 1.98
1964 SFG NL 25 LF 44 17 12 194.0 51 50 1 0 1 1.000 6 35 2.37 1.16 .965 1.70 1.69
1964 SFG NL 25 RF 35 22 16 210.2 40 39 0 1 0 .975 -1 -5 1.67 1.11 .973 1.89 1.87
1964 SFG NL 25 CF 18 10 7 104.2 32 29 1 2 0 .938 0 6 2.58 1.67 .977 2.35 2.33
1965 SFG NL 26 OF 103 66 60 705.1 147 139 6 2 1 .986 -0 -0 1.85 1.41 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 SFG NL 26 LF 72 42 38 456.0 87 83 3 1 1 .989 1 2 1.70 1.19 .966 1.71 1.71
1965 SFG NL 26 RF 23 13 12 150.0 29 25 3 1 0 .966 -1 -10 1.68 1.22 .975 1.95 1.95
1965 SFG NL 26 CF 12 11 10 99.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.36 2.17 .981 2.29 2.30
1965 SFG NL 26 P 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 27 CF 136 121 109 1113.2 276 257 11 8 3 .971 -8 -9 2.17 1.97 .980 2.38 2.37 MVP-9
1966 PIT NL 27 OF 136 121 109 1113.2 283 264 11 8 3 .972 -8 -9 2.22 2.02 .974 2.03 2.03 MVP-9
1967 PIT NL 28 CF 134 125 111 1119.0 262 250 9 3 3 .989 -9 -9 2.08 1.93 .981 2.29 2.29
1967 PIT NL 28 OF 134 125 111 1119.0 261 249 9 3 3 .989 -9 -9 2.08 1.93 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 PIT NL 28 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 13.50 3.00 .990 9.90 10.00
1968 PIT NL 29 CF 144 134 132 1239.0 303 291 7 5 0 .983 -0 -0 2.16 2.07 .978 2.39 2.40 AS,MVP-11
1968 PIT NL 29 OF 144 134 132 1239.0 311 298 8 5 0 .984 -0 -0 2.22 2.13 .975 2.02 2.03 AS,MVP-11
1969 PIT NL 30 CF 162 160 150 1410.2 319 301 10 8 4 .975 -4 -3 1.98 1.92 .977 2.32 2.30 AS,MVP-23
1969 PIT NL 30 OF 162 161 150 1417.2 345 327 10 8 4 .977 -3 -3 2.14 2.08 .973 2.02 2.01 AS,MVP-23
1969 PIT NL 30 LF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00 0.00 1.67 1.70 AS,MVP-23
1970 PIT NL 31 OF 153 152 151 1366.2 320 297 15 8 1 .975 -18 -16 2.05 2.04 .976 2.07 2.06
1970 PIT NL 31 CF 151 151 150 1358.0 313 290 15 8 1 .974 -18 -16 2.02 2.02 .978 2.34 2.33
1970 PIT NL 31 RF 1 1 1 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -42 1.04 1.00 .980 1.97 2.00
1971 STL NL 32 OF 94 88 68 748.2 215 203 8 4 0 .981 -6 -10 2.54 2.24 .979 2.19 2.19
1971 STL NL 32 CF 73 73 57 605.2 172 163 5 4 0 .977 -9 -18 2.50 2.30 .982 2.64 2.64
1971 STL NL 32 1B 57 54 43 484.1 539 507 27 5 42 .991 4 9 9.92 9.37 .992 9.88 9.87
1971 STL NL 32 RF 20 15 11 143.0 40 38 2 0 0 1.000 3 22 2.52 2.00 .982 2.07 2.06
1972 TOT MLB 33 OF 71 67 44 570.1 106 100 6 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 1.67 1.49 .980 2.20 2.20
1972 TOT MLB 33 RF 70 66 43 558.1 104 98 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.68 1.49 .979 2.07 2.07
1972 TOT MLB 33 1B 67 62 53 545.0 592 544 41 7 54 .988 2 4 9.66 8.73 .992 9.73 9.76
1972 STL NL 33 1B 66 62 53 538.0 582 535 40 7 53 .988 1 3 9.62 8.71 .992 9.73 9.76
1972 STL NL 33 OF 39 36 18 298.0 56 52 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 1.69 1.44 .978 2.18 2.19
1972 STL NL 33 RF 39 36 18 298.0 57 53 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 1.72 1.46 .979 2.02 2.03
1972 OAK AL 33 OF 32 31 26 272.1 50 48 2 0 0 1.000 1 3 1.65 1.56 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 OAK AL 33 RF 31 30 25 260.1 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 1 5 1.62 1.52 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 OAK AL 33 LF 2 1 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -50 0.75 0.50 .980 1.88 1.90
1972 OAK AL 33 1B 1 0 0 7.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 0 86 12.86 10.00 .991 9.77 9.70
1973 TOT MLB 34 OF 86 83 79 716.2 157 146 7 4 2 .975 -2 -3 1.92 1.78 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 TOT MLB 34 1B 41 39 35 346.2 407 379 20 8 44 .980 -2 -8 10.36 9.73 .992 9.86 9.80
1973 NYY AL 34 RF 87 83 79 715.2 155 144 6 5 2 .968 -1 -2 1.89 1.72 .976 2.09 2.07
1973 NYY AL 34 OF 85 83 79 715.2 156 146 6 4 2 .974 -1 -2 1.91 1.79 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 NYY AL 34 1B 40 39 35 344.2 404 376 20 8 44 .980 -2 -8 10.34 9.90 .992 9.86 9.80
1973 NYY AL 34 DH 1 1
1973 STL NL 34 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 3.00 .993 9.90 9.80
1973 STL NL 34 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1973 STL NL 34 OF 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -240 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20
1974 SDP NL 35 LF 13 11 10 97.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -1 -16 1.67 1.38 .976 1.99 1.99
1974 SDP NL 35 OF 13 11 10 97.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -1 -16 1.67 1.38 .979 2.27 2.27
1974 SDP NL 35 1B 2 1 1 13.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -35 9.88 7.50 .991 9.94 9.95
15 Seasons OF 1312 1146 1017 10489.0 2485 2346 88 51 15 .979 -42 -5 2.09 1.86 .976 2.08 2.07
12 Seasons CF 845 793 730 7127.0 1721 1625 58 38 11 .978 -49 -8 2.13 1.99 .979 2.37 2.37
9 Seasons RF 304 253 203 2275.0 479 449 20 10 2 .979 2 1 1.86 1.54 .977 2.02 2.00
9 Seasons LF 197 100 84 1087.0 224 213 7 4 2 .982 6 6 1.82 1.12 .968 1.77 1.76
5 Seasons 1B 168 156 132 1391.2 1556 1448 88 20 140 .987 3 2 9.93 9.14 .992 9.82 9.81
1 Season P 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10 0 0 0
15 Seasons TOT 1481 1302 1149 11882.2 4041 3794 176 71 155 .982 -39 -4 3.01 2.68 .982 2.98 2.95 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 1.3%)

All-Star Games
1968 *
1969 (CF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1966 NL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1966 NL (9, 13%)
1968 NL (11, 11%)
1969 NL (23, 2%)
0.26 Career Shares (660th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1968 NL  5.1 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1966 NL  .342 (1st)
1967 NL  .338 (3rd)
1968 NL  .332 (2nd)
1969 NL  .331 (4th)
1971 NL  .315 (8th)
1973 AL  .296 (10th)
Career  .307 (135th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1966 NL  .373 (8th)
1968 NL  .362 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1969 NL  162 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1969 NL  698 (1st)
1970 NL  677 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1969 NL  746 (1st)
1970 NL  718 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1969 NL  105 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1966 NL  183 (5th)
1967 NL  186 (4th)
1968 NL  185 (6th)
1969 NL  231 (1st)
1970 NL  201 (5th)
1971 NL  192 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1969 NL  41 (1st)

Triples s c a p y
1966 NL  9 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1966 NL  23 (6th)
1968 NL  18 (7th)
1969 NL  22 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1966 NL  154 (3rd)
1967 NL  156 (2nd)
1968 NL  153 (4th)
1969 NL  183 (1st)
1970 NL  171 (1st)
1971 NL  151 (4th)
1972 ML  133 (5th)
Career  1,460 (225th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1969 NL  109 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1969 NL  275 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1966 NL  12 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1971 NL  7 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 AL  18 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1966 NL  15 (3rd)
1967 NL  10 (5th)
1968 NL  10 (7th)
1970 NL  11 (9th)
1971 NL  10 (4th)
Career  80 (221st)

SB % s c a p y
1969 NL  73.33 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1966 NL  12.2 (9th)
1967 NL  13.1 (4th)
1968 NL  21.5 (3rd)
1969 NL  19.9 (3rd)
1970 NL  37.6 (1st)
1971 NL  22.6 (2nd)
1972 ML  15.0 (6th)
1973 AL  11.6 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 NL  484 (4th)
1970 NL  503 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  1 (3rd)
1965 NL  1 (2nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  136 (5th)
1967 NL  134 (5th)
1968 NL  144 (4th)
1969 NL  162 (1st)
1970 NL  151 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 NL  301 (4th)
1970 NL  290 (5th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  11 (2nd)
1967 NL  9 (2nd)
1969 NL  10 (3rd)
1970 NL  15 (1st)
Career  58 (98th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  8 (3rd)
1969 NL  8 (2nd)
1970 NL  8 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  3 (1st)
1967 NL  3 (1st)
1969 NL  4 (2nd)
1970 NL  1 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  6 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  5 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  2 (3rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1969 NL  162 (1st)
1970 NL  153 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1969 NL  327 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1970 NL  15 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1966 NL  3 (4th)
1967 NL  3 (2nd)
1969 NL  4 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1971 NL  4 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  6 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  .971 (5th)
1967 NL  .989 (1st)
1968 NL  .983 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1967 NL  .989 (4th)
1968 NL  .984 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 57 (443), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 53 (374), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (735), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (99th), 23.3 career WAR/23.1 7yr-peak WAR/23.2 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mickey Rivers (919)
  2. Ginger Beaumont (908)
  3. Al Bumbry (899)
  4. Cesar Tovar (898)
  5. Lance Johnson (898)
  6. Enos Cabell (898)
  7. Cy Seymour (897)
  8. Max Flack (896)
  9. Duff Cooley (895)
  10. Ralph Garr (893)
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  1. Walt Williams (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Sharp (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Orsulak (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Patsy Dougherty (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doc Cramer (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Doc Cramer (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Doc Cramer (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Doc Cramer (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ralph Garr (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Doc Cramer (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charlie Jamieson (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197233Oakland Athletics$100,000Noll/Fort/Hylan databaseBaseball's Last Dynasty 121: $110,000
197334New York Yankees$70,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197435San Diego Padres$70,0003/16/74 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$240,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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