Information AboutFelipe Alou |
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During his 17-year career spent with the Giants, Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves , Oakland Athletics , New York Yankees , Montreal Expos , and Milwaukee Brewers , Alou played all three outfield positions regularly (736 games in Right Field , 483 in Center , 433 in Left ), and led the National League in Hits twice and Runs once. Batting regularly in the leadoff spot, he hit a Home Run to begin a game on 20 occasions. He later became the winningest manager in Expos history, leading the team from 1992 to 2001 before rejoining the Giants in 2003. PLAYING CAREER Alou lived in poverty in the Dominican Republic and dreamed of escaping it by becoming a doctor. However, a last minute switch from Track And Field to baseball at the Pan-American Games revealed a talent for the game as the Dominican team took gold. He still pursued a university career a while longer, but was finally forced to sign with the Giants in November 1955 for only $200 due to family financial problems. Alou made his major league debut in 1958 and was an All-Star in 1962 , when he Batted .316 with 25 home runs and 98 RBI . In 1959 , Alou was joined by both of his brothers, who became the first all-brother outfield and the first brothers to Bat and be retired in order. Alou was traded to the Braves before 1964 . Two years later he enjoyed his best season, when he batted .327 with 31 home runs and led the league in runs (122), hits (218), at bats (666), and Total Bases (355); he finished second in the batting race to his brother Matty. He also had a good year in 1968 , batting .317 and leading the league in hits (210) and at bats (662); he made the All-Star team both years. Alou continued to play with several more teams through 1974 , though he never again approached this level of success. MANAGING CAREER After the end of his playing career, Alou became a Batting Coach and a Minor League manager in the Montreal system. The Giants offered him the manager's spot in 1985 , but he remained with the Expos out of loyalty; this paid off in 1992 when he became the Expos manager. The team was developing a core of young talent during this period, including Larry Walker , John Wetteland , Delino DeShields , and Alou's own son, Moisés. In 1994 the Expos had the best record in the major leagues; however, the Strike that year denied the Expos a chance at getting to their first World Series , and ownership soon began dealing all their young talent to cut payroll. Alou was named the NL Manager Of The Year . The Los Angeles Dodgers tried to lure him away in 1998 , but he declined to leave Montreal. Eventually, Alou became the winningest manager in team history. Despite Alou's popularity in Montreal, the Expos' dismal record eventually led to his dismissal by new owner Jeffrey Loria , who replaced him with Jeff Torborg during the 2001 season. Several teams tried to lure Alou out of retirement, including the Boston Red Sox , but he would not budge. He finally agreed to serve a single year as the bench coach for Detroit Tigers rookie manager Luis Pujols ( 2002 ). Prior to the 2003 season, Alou was named manager of the Giants, the team where he began his professional baseball career, replacing Dusty Baker who had left to manage the Chicago Cubs . In his first season in San Francisco, he managed his team into the playoffs, where they were defeated by the Florida Marlins in the NL Division Series in 4 games. The Marlins went on to win the World Series. In 2005 , the Giants signed Moisés Alou to a one-year contract with an option for the 2006 season, reuniting him professionally with his father after seven seasons apart. The two plan to finish their respective careers together. Despite his team's poor performance, the Giants signed the elder Alou to a one-year contract extension midway through the 2005 season, bringing him back for his fourth season as the team's manager. During the season, Alou applauded the firing of local radio host Larry Krueger for Krueger's perceived insensitive comments made towards Giants hitters of Caribbean/Latin origin; he called Krueger " Satan " and a Racist . Alou himself was not penalized for his comments. PLAYING STATISTICS YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS 1958 Giants 23 75 182 21 46 9 2 4 2.20 16 19 34 4 2 .253 .390 .325 .715 1959 Giants 24 95 247 38 68 13 2 10 4.05 33 17 38 5 3 .275 .466 .318 .784 1960 Giants 25 106 322 48 85 17 3 8 2.48 44 16 42 10 2 .264 .410 .299 .709 1961 Giants 26 132 415 59 120 19 0 18 4.34 52 26 41 11 4 .289 .465 .333 .798 1962 Giants 27 154 561 96 177 30 3 25 4.46 98 33 66 10 7 .316 .513 .356 .869 1963 Giants 28 157 565 75 159 31 9 20 3.54 82 27 87 11 2 .281 .474 .319 .793 1964 Braves 29 121 415 60 105 26 3 9 2.17 51 30 41 5 2 .253 .395 .306 .701 1965 Braves 30 143 555 80 165 29 2 23 4.14 78 31 63 8 4 .297 .481 .338 .819 1966 Braves 31 154 666 122 218 32 6 31 4.65 74 24 51 5 7 .327 .533 .361 .894 1967 Braves 32 140 574 76 157 26 3 15 2.61 43 32 50 6 5 .274 .408 .318 .726 1968 Braves 33 160 662 72 210 37 5 11 1.66 57 48 56 12 11 .317 .438 .365 .803 1969 Braves 34 123 476 54 134 13 1 5 1.05 32 23 23 4 6 .282 .345 .319 .663 1970 A's 35 154 575 70 156 25 3 8 1.39 55 32 31 10 5 .271 .367 .308 .675 1971 A's 36 2 8 0 2 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .375 .250 .625 Yankees 36 131 461 52 133 20 6 8 1.74 69 32 24 5 5 .289 .410 .334 .744 TOTALS 133 469 52 135 21 6 8 1.71 69 32 25 5 5 .288 .409 .333 .742 1972 Yankees 37 120 324 33 90 18 1 6 1.85 37 22 27 1 0 .278 .395 .326 .721 1973 Yankees 38 93 280 25 66 12 0 4 1.43 27 9 25 0 1 .236 .321 .256 .577 Expos 38 19 48 4 10 1 0 1 2.08 4 2 4 0 1 .208 .292 .240 .532 TOTALS 112 328 29 76 13 0 5 1.52 31 11 29 0 2 .232 .317 .254 .571 1974 Brewers 39 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 2082 7339 985 2101 359 49 206 2.81 852 423 706 107 67 .286 .433 .328 .761 LG AVERAGE 7022 866 1827 281 53 173 2.47 807 658 1057 96 61 .260 .389 .325 .715 POS AVERAGE 7173 976 1964 313 60 227 3.16 946 696 1146 101 64 .274 .429 .340 .769 YEAR TEAM RC RCAA RCAP OWP RC/G TB EBH ISO SEC BPA IBB HBP SAC SF GIDP OUTS PA POS 1958 Giants 24 -2 -4 .462 4.60 71 15 .137 .253 .453 2 1 1 1 1 141 204 RF 1959 Giants 35 3 -2 .529 4.95 115 25 .190 .267 .483 1 0 1 3 5 191 268 RF 1960 Giants 38 0 -3 .497 4.02 132 28 .146 .220 .433 1 2 3 4 9 255 347 LF 1961 Giants 62 7 -11 .547 5.33 193 37 .176 .255 .488 2 2 2 2 11 314 447 RF 1962 Giants 102 30 11 .648 6.85 288 58 .198 .262 .538 2 5 2 5 4 402 606 RF 1963 Giants 83 21 4 .623 5.21 268 60 .193 .257 .493 3 6 5 4 13 430 607 RF 1964 Braves 51 0 -3 .496 4.26 164 38 .142 .222 .432 5 4 1 5 5 323 455 CF 1965 Braves 90 22 12 .618 5.96 267 54 .184 .247 .506 4 5 4 4 6 408 599 1B 1966 Braves 122 45 32 .697 7.01 355 69 .206 .239 .537 6 12 2 2 11 470 706 1B 1967 Braves 72 1 -4 .502 4.46 234 44 .134 .192 .429 7 7 1 3 10 436 617 1B 1968 Braves 103 42 32 .722 5.83 290 53 .121 .195 .464 14 4 0 4 10 477 718 CF 1969 Braves 51 -10 -17 .416 3.81 164 19 .063 .107 .360 4 4 4 2 7 361 509 CF 1970 A's 63 -8 -22 .439 3.81 211 36 .096 .160 .384 6 1 4 6 13 447 618 LF 1971 A's 1 0 0 .455 3.86 3 1 .125 .125 .375 0 0 1 0 0 7 9 LF Yankees 59 5 -1 .535 4.50 189 34 .121 .191 .416 3 2 1 5 15 354 501 RF TOTALS 60 5 -1 .533 4.49 192 35 .122 .190 .415 3 2 2 5 15 361 510 1972 Yankees 41 9 0 .611 4.52 128 25 .117 .188 .414 1 2 1 2 8 245 351 1B 1973 Yankees 22 -13 -21 .291 2.66 90 16 .086 .114 .321 5 0 0 4 4 223 293 1B Expos 2 -5 -7 .083 1.29 14 2 .083 .104 .240 1 0 0 0 3 42 50 LF TOTALS 24 -18 -28 .255 2.45 104 18 .085 .113 .309 6 0 0 4 7 265 343 1974 Brewers 0 0 -1 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 RF TOTALS 1021 147 -5 .565 4.99 3176 614 .146 .210 .452 67 57 33 56 135 5529 7908 LG AVERAGE 894 0 0 .500 4.37 2734 507 .129 .228 .426 81 47 62 52 159 5529 7840 POS AVERAGE 1048 153 0 .566 5.12 3076 600 .155 .257 .465 92 56 44 55 157 5529 8023 League leadership rankings SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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