Moisés Alou | |||
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Alou with the Giants in 2005
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Left fielder / Right fielder | |||
Born: Atlanta, Georgia |
July 3, 1966 |||
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MLB debut | |||
July 26, 1990, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
June 10, 2008, for the New York Mets | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .303 | ||
Home runs | 332 | ||
Runs batted in | 1,287 | ||
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Moisés Rojas Alou (English /ˈmɔɪzᵻs əˈluː/; Spanish: [moiˈses aˈlo.u]; born July 3, 1966) is a former Dominican-American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 17 seasons in the National League. In 1,942 career games, Alou had a batting average of .303 with 2,134 hits, 421 doubles, 332 home runs, and 1,287 runs batted in.
His father Felipe, who managed Moises with the Expos from 1992 to 1996 and the Giants from 2005 to 2006, as well as uncles Matty and Jesús, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in Major League Baseball. In 2008, he was one of four active major leaguers (along with Prince Fielder, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Daryle Ward) to hit 20 home runs in a season whose fathers had also hit 20 home runs in an MLB season. Alou is married to Austria Alou; they have three sons: Percio, Kirby and Moisés Jr.