Baseball career Moisés Alou

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1 baseball career

1.1 montreal expos
1.2 florida marlins , houston astros
1.3 chicago cubs
1.4 san francisco giants , new york mets





baseball career


at age of 18, alou more interested in playing basketball during youth, , did not play organized baseball until attended cañada college in redwood city, california. there baseball scouts noticed bat speed , speed on basepaths. in 1986, alou second overall pick in mlb january draft - regular phase, chosen pittsburgh pirates.


montreal expos

in 1990, traded montreal expos later play under father while managed expos.



alou s unusual batting stance


alou suffered severe ankle injury in 1993 rob him of speed , force him become strictly corner outfielder. recovered in 1994, hitting .339 , had game-winning hit in year s all-star game. next 2 seasons, enjoy success @ plate in montreal, although surgery both shoulders prematurely ended 1995 season.


florida marlins , houston astros

prior 1997 season, alou signed free agent florida marlins, led team 23 home runs , 115 rbis. marlins made playoffs wild card team, , defeated san francisco giants in national league divisional series, , atlanta braves in national league championship series, before going world series, florida won in 7 games. alou led team hitting .321 3 home runs , 9 rbi in world series (although, pitcher liván hernández, virtue of wins in games 1 , 5 named series valuable player instead).


before 1998 season, marlins traded alou houston astros. in first season team, alou hit career-high 38 home runs , drove in 124 runs while leading astros franchise record 102 wins. however, tore acl in treadmill accident in offseason, , missed entire 1999 season. once recovered, returned astros lineup hit .355 in 2000 , .331 in 2001, while driving in @ least 108 runs in each season. after 2001 season, astros did not offer alou new contract, making him free agent.


chicago cubs

in december 2001, inked 3-year, $27 million contract chicago cubs.


in 2002, alou again ended on disabled list @ start of season, , once healthy, hit .275 , 15 home runs. after 2002 season, alou, hired personal trainer , dedicated himself return old form. in 2003 season, alou batted on .300 of season while driving in runs used to, before late season slump dropped season batting average .280, 22 home runs , 91 rbis. alou went on lead team in average in 2 series against atlanta braves , florida marlins.


in game 6 of national league championship series against florida marlins year, alou involved in steve bartman incident, in cubs fan named steve bartman deflected foul ball landing 1 row stands, preventing alou, reached stands, attempting catch ball out have been second out of 8th inning. however, marlins went on score 8 runs in inning, cubs had led 3–0. cubs, had led series 3–2, lost game 8–3 , lost series in 7 games. alou openly admitted later in interviews while frustrated @ moment, not have made catch anyway. later denied making such statement , said if had, make bartman feel better.


in 2004, alou set new career highs in home runs (39) , doubles (36), while driving in 106 runs. however, cubs missed playoffs after losing 7 of last 9 games. cubs refused offer arbitration , let him go, citing numerous fights umpires whom claimed had vendetta against him.


san francisco giants , new york mets

in october 2004, alou announced had talked father, felipe, possibly playing him , giants next season. in december 2004, signed one-year deal giants worth $13.5 million, player option second year. alou expected regularly play in right field first time since 2001, due injuries left fielder barry bonds, started games in left field. alou had stated retire if giants won world series in 2005. did not, , alou exercised option , stayed san francisco in 2006 season, hitting 22 home runs , 74 rbi.


on november 20, 2006, new york mets signed alou one-year contract worth $7.5 million club option 2008. after hitting .318 in first month regular left fielder, alou suffered torn quadriceps muscle, , forced out until august. upon return, alou led mets .345 batting average , had 30-game hitting streak. streak longest streak of 2007 season, longest hitting streak player on age 40, , broke mets overall , single-season hitting streak records.


on october 31, 2007, mets exercised option on alou s contract 2008 season. last year, moises showed type of hitter , said general manager omar minaya.


on march 5, 2008 alou underwent hernia surgery , missed start of 2008 season. on july 9, alou suffered torn right hamstring playing in outfield aa binghamton in norwich, connecticut. mets general manager omar minaya stated in press conference following day alou need surgery , miss remainder of 2008 season, ended career.


on march 5, 2009, alou announced retire after world baseball classic.








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