Jesús Alou

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Jesús María Rojas Alou (born March 24, 1942 in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, and New York Mets. He was the youngest of the trio of ballplaying brothers that included Felipe and Matty.

Alou was considered a better prospect than either of his brothers and received a $4,000 signing bonus. He tore up all the minor leagues he played in, never hitting below .324. He made his debut at the end of 1963, and his first game on September 10 was notable in that all three Alou brothers batted in the same inning (they were retired in order). In his first full year of Major League action in 1964, Alou failed to live up to expectations, hitting only .274 with little power, but he did have a great day on July 10 when he went 6-6 with five singles and a home run. Alou was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 expansion draft and then was dealt to Houston. He had his best season there in 1970, hitting .306, but he never in his career lived up to his potential and was always overshadowed by his older brothers. He was traded to the Athletics midway through the 1973 season, and served as a bench player on two World Series champions. Alou was released by the A's before the 1975 season, failed to catch on with the Mets and Cordoba of the Mexican League in short stints, and did not return to the majors until Houston took a chance on him in 1978. He responded by hitting .324 in part-time action and became a player-coach the following year before retiring. Alou later served as a scout for the Expos.

YEAR TEAM        AGE    G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR    HR%  RBI   BB   SO   SB   CS  AVG   SLG   OBA   OPS
1963 Giants       21   16    24    3    6   1   0   0   0.00    5    0    3    0   1  .250  .292  .280  .572 
1964 Giants       22  115   376   42  103  11   0   3   0.80   28   13   35    6   6  .274  .327  .305  .632 
1965 Giants       23  143   543   76  162  19   4   9   1.66   52   13   40    8   5  .298  .398  .317  .715 
1966 Giants       24  110   370   41   96  13   1   1   0.27   20    9   22    5   5  .259  .308  .279  .587 
1967 Giants       25  129   510   55  149  15   4   5   0.98   30   14   39    1   7  .292  .367  .316  .683 
1968 Giants       26  120   419   26  110  15   4   0   0.00   39    9   23    1   4  .263  .317  .278  .596 
1969 Astros       27  115   452   49  112  19   4   5   1.11   34   15   30    4   6  .248  .341  .276  .617 
1970 Astros       28  117   458   59  140  27   3   1   0.22   44   21   15    3   2  .306  .384  .335  .719 
1971 Astros       29  122   433   41  121  21   4   2   0.46   40   13   17    3   7  .279  .360  .305  .666 
1972 Astros       30   52    93    8   29   4   1   0   0.00   11    7    5    0   2  .312  .376  .366  .743 
1973 Astros       31   28    55    7   13   2   0   1   1.82    8    1    6    0   0  .236  .327  .276  .603 
     A's          31   36   108   10   33   3   0   1   0.93   11    2    6    0   0  .306  .361  .318  .679 
     TOTALS            64   163   17   46   5   0   2   1.23   19    3   12    0   0  .282  .350  .304  .653 
1974 A's          32   96   220   13   59   8   0   2   0.91   15    5    9    0   0  .268  .332  .288  .620 
1975 Mets         33   62   102    8   27   3   0   0   0.00   11    4    5    0   1  .265  .294  .299  .593 
1978 Astros       36   77   139    7   45   5   1   2   1.44   19    6    5    0   0  .324  .417  .345  .762 
1979 Astros       37   42    43    3   11   4   0   0   0.00   10    6    7    0   0  .256  .349  .347  .696 
     TOTALS          1380  4345  448 1216 170  26  32   0.74  377  138  267   31  46  .280  .353  .305  .658 
     LG AVERAGE            4293  524 1117 173  33  99   2.30  486  398  653   65  39  .260  .385  .325  .710 
     POS AVERAGE           4359  569 1176 190  37 118   2.71  537  412  708   75  39  .270  .412  .335  .746

YEAR TEAM           RC RCAA RCAP   OWP   RC/G   TB  EBH   ISO   SEC   BPA IBB HBP SAC  SF GIDP OUTS    PA POS
1963 Giants          1   -2   -2  .122   1.35    7    1  .042  .000  .240   0   1   0   0   1    20    25  LF
1964 Giants         35  -11  -19  .371   3.23  123   14  .053  .088  .333   2   4   5   0   9   293   398  RF
1965 Giants         61  -12  -27  .412   3.97  216   32  .099  .129  .381   0   3   6   2  21   415   567  RF
1966 Giants         28  -19  -19  .275   2.53  114   15  .049  .073  .290   1   2   4   2  14   299   387  LF
1967 Giants         54   -5  -12  .457   3.80  187   24  .075  .090  .358   2   4   6   0  10   384   534  LF
1968 Giants         30  -15  -19  .316   2.38  133   19  .055  .069  .278   3   1   5   2  20   340   436  RF
1969 Astros         38  -23  -30  .294   2.82  154   28  .093  .122  .333   6   4   2   3  13   364   476  LF
1970 Astros         55   -3  -11  .471   4.34  176   31  .079  .127  .380   4   1   3   4  15   342   487  RF
1971 Astros         43   -5   -9  .442   3.47  156   27  .081  .102  .350   3   4   3   2  11   335   455  RF
1972 Astros         11   -1   -2  .461   4.24   35    5  .065  .118  .376   4   1   1   0   3    70   102  RF
1973 Astros          4   -3   -5  .256   2.40   18    3  .091  .109  .310   1   2   0   0   3    45    58  RF
     A's            12    1    1  .553   4.15   39    4  .056  .074  .355   1   0   1   0   2    78   111  LF
     TOTALS         16   -2   -4  .452   3.51   57    7  .067  .086  .339   2   2   1   0   5   123   169 
1974 A's            19   -7   -9  .354   2.93   73   10  .064  .086  .310   1   2   3   2   9   175   232  DH
1975 Mets            8   -5   -5  .293   2.67   30    3  .029  .059  .280   2   1   1   0   4    81   108  LF
1978 Astros         19    3    1  .568   4.89   58    8  .094  .137  .405   1   0   4   3   4   105   152  LF
1979 Astros          4   -1   -2  .356   3.00   15    4  .093  .233  .347   1   0   0   0   4    36    49  LF
     TOTALS        422 -108 -169  .392   3.37 1534  228  .073  .101  .341  32  30  44  20 143  3382  4577 
     LG AVERAGE    541    0    0  .500   4.32 1652  305  .125  .223  .423  53  28  39  32  97  3382  4790 
    POS AVERAGE   602   61    0  .543   4.81 1794  345  .142  .245  .449  59  30  27  33  99  3382  4862

JESUS ALOU LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1964 NL WORST RCAP T4TH -19

1965 NL SINGLES T6TH 130; WORST RCAP 3RD -27; GIDP T2ND 21

1966 NL WORST RCAA T8TH -19; WORST RCAP T7TH -19

1968 NL WORST RCAP 5TH -19; GIDP T2ND 20

1969 NL WORST RCAA 9TH -23; WORST RCAP 1ST -30