Jesus Alou stats
Last played for the Houston Astros, 1979
Bio
- Debut
- 1963
Bio
- Debut
- 1963
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,380
- AB
- 4,345
- R
- 448
- H
- 1,216
- HR
- 32
- RBI
- 377
- SB
- 31
- AVG
- .280
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | SF | 16 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .250 |
| 1964 | SF | 115 | 376 | 42 | 103 | 3 | 28 | 6 | .274 |
| 1965 | SF | 143 | 543 | 76 | 162 | 9 | 52 | 8 | .298 |
| 1966 | SF | 110 | 370 | 41 | 96 | 1 | 20 | 5 | .259 |
| 1967 | SF | 129 | 510 | 55 | 149 | 5 | 30 | 1 | .292 |
| 1968 | SF | 120 | 419 | 26 | 110 | 0 | 39 | 1 | .263 |
| 1969 | HOU | 115 | 452 | 49 | 112 | 5 | 34 | 4 | .248 |
| 1970 | HOU | 117 | 458 | 59 | 140 | 1 | 44 | 3 | .306 |
| 1971 | HOU | 122 | 433 | 41 | 121 | 2 | 40 | 3 | .279 |
| 1972 | HOU | 52 | 93 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .312 |
| 1973 |  HOU/ATH | 64 | 163 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .282 |
| 1974 | ATH | 96 | 220 | 13 | 59 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .268 |
| 1975 | NYM | 62 | 102 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .265 |
| 1978 | HOU | 77 | 139 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .324 |
| 1979 | HOU | 42 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .256 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- AB
- 27
- R
- 0
- H
- 6
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 4
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .222
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 4,577
- TB
- 1,534
- XBH
- 228
- HBP
- 30
- IBB
- 32
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | SF | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | SF | 398 | 123 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | SF | 567 | 216 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | SF | 387 | 114 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | SF | 534 | 187 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | SF | 436 | 133 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | HOU | 476 | 154 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | HOU | 487 | 176 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | HOU | 455 | 156 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | HOU | 102 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | HOU/ATH | 169 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | ATH | 232 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | NYM | 108 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | HOU | 152 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | HOU | 49 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.0
- RC
- 473.9
- RC/27
- 4.00
- ISOP
- .073
- SECA
- .101
- BB/K
- 0.52
- AB/HR
- 135.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | SF | -0.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | SF | 0.0 | 37.9 | 3.6 | .053 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 125.3 | 0 |
| 1965 | SF | 2.0 | 69.6 | 4.8 | .099 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 60.3 | 0 |
| 1966 | SF | -2.0 | 31.6 | 3 | .049 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 370 | 0 |
| 1967 | SF | 0.2 | 58.2 | 4.2 | .075 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 102 | 0 |
| 1968 | SF | -0.9 | 36.3 | 3.1 | .055 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | HOU | -1.9 | 42.4 | 3.3 | .093 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 90.4 | 0 |
| 1970 | HOU | 0.3 | 61.3 | 5.1 | .079 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 458 | 0 |
| 1971 | HOU | 1.3 | 47.3 | 3.9 | .081 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 216.5 | 0 |
| 1972 | HOU | 0.1 | 12.9 | 5.2 | .065 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | HOU/ATH | -0.1 | 17.7 | 4 | .067 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 81.5 | 0 |
| 1974 | ATH | 0.2 | 21.8 | 3.6 | .064 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 110 | 0 |
| 1975 | NYM | -0.4 | 9 | 3.2 | .029 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | HOU | 0.2 | 21 | 5.6 | .094 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 69.5 | 0 |
| 1979 | HOU | 0.3 | 5.8 | 4.9 | .093 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Jesus Alou's career stats?
Jesus Alou played 15 seasons for the Giants, the Astros, the Athletics and the Mets. He was a career .280 hitter with 1,216 hits, 32 home runs and 377 RBI. His best season was 1978: a .324 batting average, 2 home runs and 19 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1963 to 1979