Matty Alou batting average in 1971
.3151971 Regular Season
Matty Alou posted a .315 batting average in the 1971 regular season.
- 6th-best of Matty Alou's 15 seasons on file; the high is .342 in 1966.
- Up .018 from .297 in 1970.
Average of 15 regular seasons, 1960 through 1974. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1960 |  SF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| 1961 | SF | 81 | 200 | 38 | 62 | 6 | 24 | 3 | .310 | .356 | .455 | .811 |
| 1962 | SF | 78 | 195 | 28 | 57 | 3 | 14 | 3 | .292 | .349 | .390 | .739 |
| 1963 | SF | 63 | 76 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .145 | .177 | .158 | .335 |
| 1964 | SF | 110 | 250 | 28 | 66 | 1 | 14 | 5 | .264 | .302 | .308 | .610 |
| 1965 | SF | 117 | 324 | 37 | 75 | 2 | 18 | 10 | .231 | .274 | .299 | .573 |
| 1966 |  PIT | 141 | 535 | 86 | 183 | 2 | 27 | 23 | .342 | .373 | .421 | .793 |
| 1967 | PIT | 139 | 550 | 87 | 186 | 2 | 28 | 16 | .338 | .372 | .413 | .785 |
| 1968 | PIT | 146 | 558 | 59 | 185 | 0 | 52 | 18 | .332 | .362 | .396 | .758 |
| 1969 | PIT | 162 | 698 | 105 | 231 | 1 | 48 | 22 | .331 | .369 | .411 | .780 |
| 1970 | PIT | 155 | 677 | 97 | 201 | 1 | 47 | 19 | .297 | .329 | .356 | .685 |
| 1971 |  STL | 149 | 609 | 85 | 192 | 7 | 74 | 19 | .315 | .352 | .415 | .767 |
| 1972 | ATH/STL | 140 | 525 | 57 | 161 | 4 | 47 | 13 | .307 | .350 | .379 | .729 |
| 1973 |  STL/NYY | 134 | 508 | 60 | 150 | 2 | 29 | 5 | .295 | .338 | .354 | .693 |
| 1974 |  SD | 48 | 81 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .198 | .241 | .235 | .476 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS