Jesus Alou | Major Leaguer 1963-1979

Full Name: Jesus Maria Rojas Alou
Born: March 24,1942 in Haina, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College:

Brother of Felipe Alou, Brother of Matty Alou, Uncle of Sandy Alomar, Uncle of Mel Rojas

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Transactions: [Aug 25,1958] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Giants. [Oct 14,1968] - Selected by Expos from Giants in expansion draft (Pick #13). [Jan 22,1969] - Traded by Expos with Donn Clendenon to Astros for Rusty Staub. [Jul 31,1973] - Purchased by Athletics from Astros. [Mar 28,1975] - Released by Athletics. [Apr 12,1975] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [Mar 30,1976] - Released by Mets. [Dec 19,1977] - Signed as Free Agent by Astros. [Nov 1,1979] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1959	Hastings	Neb St	17	Sf	D	0	0	19.80	2						5.0	8	11	11		12	6			14.40	---	21.60	10.80	4.00	--

Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	19.80	2						5.0	8	11	11		12	6			14.40	---	21.60	10.80	4.00	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1959	Hastings	Neb St	17	Sf	D			4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0										.667	---	.667	---	--
1960	Artesia	Soph	18	Sf	D			126	534	102	188	33	6	11	91										.352	---	.498	---	--
	Eugene	Nwest	18	Sf	A-			6	20	2	7	0	1	0	2										.350	---	.450	---	--
1961	Eugene	Nwest	19	Sf	A-			138	518	82	174	31	5	10	71										.336	---	.473	---	--
1962	El Paso	Tex	20	Sf	AA			118	505	97	173	35	10	11	68										.343	---	.517	---	--
1963	Tacoma	PCL	21	Sf	AAA			158	648	102	210	26	7	11	69										.324	---	.437	---	--
	SF Giants	NL	21	Sf	MLB	of	2,1,3	16	24	3	6	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.280	.292	572	75%
1964	SF Giants	NL	22	Sf	MLB	of	1,6	115	376	42	103	11	0	3	28	6	6	13	35	4	2	5	0	9	.274	.305	.327	632	53%
1965	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	of	2	143	543	76	162	19	4	9	52	8	5	13	40	3	0	6	2	21	.298	.317	.398	715	58%
1966	Phoenix	PCL	24	Sf	AAA			10	41	3	12	1	1	0	0										.293	---	.366	---	--
	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	of	6	110	370	41	96	13	1	1	20	5	5	9	22	2	1	4	2	14	.259	.279	.308	587	57%
1967	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	of	1	129	510	55	149	15	4	5	30	1	7	14	39	4	2	6	0	10	.292	.316	.367	683	66%
1968	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	of	7,6	120	419	26	110	15	4	0	39	1	4	9	23	1	3	5	2	20	.263	.278	.317	595	59%
1969	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	of	2,1,7	115	452	49	112	19	4	5	34	4	6	15	30	4	6	2	3	13	.248	.276	.341	617	64%
1970	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	of	1	117	458	59	140	27	3	1	44	3	2	21	15	1	4	3	4	15	.306	.335	.384	719	64%
1971	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	of	1,7	122	433	41	121	21	4	2	40	3	7	13	17	4	3	3	2	11	.279	.305	.360	665	64%
1972	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	of	9	52	93	8	29	4	1	0	11	0	2	7	5	1	4	1	0	3	.312	.366	.376	742	66%
1973	Oakland	AL	31	Oak	MLB	of	7	36	108	10	33	3	0	1	11	0	0	2	6	0	1	1	0	2	.306	.318	.361	679	57%
	Houston	NL	31	Hou	MLB	of	9,2	28	55	7	13	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	0	3	.236	.276	.327	603	55%
1974	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	MLB	dh-of	9,8,7	96	220	13	59	8	0	2	15	0	0	5	9	2	1	3	2	9	.268	.288	.332	620	61%
1975	NY Mets	NL	33	Nym	MLB	of	9,3	62	102	8	27	3	0	0	11	0	1	4	5	1	2	1	0	4	.265	.299	.294	593	52%
1978	Houston	NL	36	Hou	MLB	of	9	77	139	7	45	5	1	2	19	0	0	6	5	0	1	4	3	4	.324	.345	.417	762	61%
1979	Houston	NL	37	Hou	MLB	of	9	42	43	3	11	4	0	0	10	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	0	4	.256	.347	.349	696	52%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)								1380	4345	448	1216	170	26	32	377	31	46	138	267	30	32	44	20	143	.280	.305	.353	658	61%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)								560	2269	389	766	126	30	43	301										.338	---	.476	---	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1973	Oakland	AL	31	Oak	Ch	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
	Oakland	AL	31	Oak	Ws	7	19	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.211	369	--
1974	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	Ch	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	Ws	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						13	27	0	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.259	481	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1963	SF Giants	NL	21	Sf	MLB	OF	12			7	0	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--

1964	SF Giants	NL	22	Sf	MLB	OF	108			172	8	5	185	2	-	-	-	.973	--

1965	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	OF	136			238	7	5	250	0	-	-	-	.980	--

1966	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	OF	100			141	4	5	150	1	-	-	-	.967	--

1967	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	OF	123			195	5	11	211	2	-	-	-	.948	--

1968	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	OF	105			175	10	2	187	2	-	-	-	.989	--

1969	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	OF	112			173	8	14	195	1	-	-	-	.928	--

1970	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	OF	108			169	6	7	182	2	-	-	-	.962	--

1971	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	OF	109			229	7	4	240	3	-	-	-	.983	--

1972	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	OF	23			32	0	1	33	0	-	-	-	.970	--

1973	Houston	NL	31	Hou	MLB	OF	14			16	0	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	--
1973	Oakland	AL	31	Oak	MLB	OF	21			40	1	0	41	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1973	Oakland	AL	31	Oak	MLB	DH	6								-	-	-	---	--

1974	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	MLB	OF	25			35	3	0	38	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1974	Oakland	AL	32	Oak	MLB	DH	41								-	-	-	---	--

1975	NY Mets	NL	33	Nym	MLB	OF	20			23	3	1	27	0	-	-	-	.963	--

1978	Houston	NL	36	Hou	MLB	OF	28			40	1	1	42	0	-	-	-	.976	--

1979	Houston	NL	37	Hou	MLB	1B	1			2	0	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1979	Houston	NL	37	Hou	MLB	OF	6			6	0	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

[1985] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.25%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Brother of Felipe Alou and Matty Alou...Uncle of Moises Alou...Uncle of Mel Rojas...Cousin of Jose Sosa...Member of the World Series Champion Oakland Athletics in 1973 and 1974.

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