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Jim
Alan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 10, 1935 in Fountain Valley Ca
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1964   
All-Star Selections 1960    1961    1964    1965    1967   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 23 STL NL 75 273 39 82 10 2 14 43 1 2 9 35 .300 .320 .505 .826 40.4 5.8
    AAA   74 311 50 99 22 0 21 65 1 2 19 53 .318 .358 .592 .949 59.7  
1959 24 STL NL 146 566 64 144 27 3 19 84 5 7 27 87 .254 .289 .413 .703 61.4 6.2
1960 25 STL NL 149 565 87 172 23 7 29 100 4 0 49 80 .304 .362 .524 .886 97.9 20.7
1961 26 STL NL 151 541 121 162 23 6 47 126 3 3 82 63 .299 .387 .625 1.012 124.3 25.1
1962 27 STL NL 155 573 100 170 26 3 34 85 2 3 76 64 .297 .378 .531 .909 106.9 21.7
1963 28 STL NL 152 570 99 148 33 5 33 106 0 1 60 69 .260 .331 .509 .840 90.5 19.8
1964 29 STL NL 154 568 97 145 25 4 33 101 4 1 75 86 .255 .340 .488 .828 95.6 20.8
1965 30 STL NL 156 573 100 155 31 3 45 120 3 0 67 85 .271 .347 .571 .918 109.0 27.7
1966 31 STL NL 71 275 53 71 13 4 20 45 2 0 28 40 .258 .328 .553 .881 47.4 11.2
  BOS AL 82 314 44 75 10 1 19 57 3 1 23 38 .239 .294 .459 .753 41.1 7.1
  TOT   153 589 97 146 23 5 39 102 5 1 51 78 .248 .310 .503 .813 88.5 18.4
1967 32 BOS AL 154 540 77 142 25 0 26 91 1 2 72 70 .263 .348 .454 .801 86.3 18.8
1968 33 BOS AL 46 164 21 42 9 1 5 25 1 1 22 29 .256 .344 .415 .759 23.8 6.4
  NYA AL 110 376 42 99 8 5 15 61 3 2 41 70 .263 .335 .431 .766 53.8 14.8
  TOT   156 540 63 141 17 6 20 86 4 3 63 99 .261 .338 .426 .764 77.6 21.2
1969 34 NYA AL 160 570 74 153 23 5 21 83 1 4 74 76 .268 .352 .437 .789 84.6 15.3
1970 35 NYA AL 149 506 68 131 15 3 20 86 0 1 57 66 .259 .335 .419 .754 73.3 10.6
1971 36 NYA AL 147 530 76 137 20 2 21 75 0 0 51 76 .258 .324 .423 .746 73.1 13.5
1972 37 NYA AL 120 372 51 105 9 2 15 47 0 1 33 49 .282 .342 .438 .780 53.7 12.5
1973 38 NYA AL 118 450 58 114 7 3 11 61 1 0 40 63 .253 .314 .356 .669 44.4 4.7
16 Years Sim 2295 8326 1271 2247 337 59 427 1396 34 29 886 1146 .270 .340 .478 .818 1307.6 262.6
1 Years AAA 74 311 50 99 22 0 21 65 1 2 19 53 .318 .357 .592 .949 59.7  
162 Game Average 587 89 158 23 4 30 98 2 2 62 80 .270 .340 .478 .818 92.3  
Career Highs 160 589 121 172 33 7 47 126 5 7 82 99 .304 .387 .625 1.012 124.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6616 1016 1813 271 50 340 1102 26 25 730 847 .274 .346 .484 .831 1096.5
vs LH   1710 255 434 66 9 87 294 8 4 156 299 .254 .315 .456 .771 248.9
Home 1135 4014 573 1040 159 31 194 641 18 11 430 550 .259 .331 .459 .790 614.5
Away 1160 4312 698 1207 178 28 233 755 16 18 456 596 .280 .349 .496 .845 730.9
RISP   2128 0 569 91 16 101 895 0 0 299 319 .267 .349 .468 .816 360.1
Pinch Hitting   140 24 49 7 2 11 40 0 0 20 14 .350 .429 .664 1.093 35.5
Close/Late   1066 113 271 31 11 49 163 0 0 148 151 .254 .346 .442 .788 168.3
Mar/Apr 275 1025 170 297 52 10 52 185 2 4 114 139 .290 .363 .512 .875 182.2
May 414 1509 234 415 62 15 80 262 8 6 173 202 .275 .349 .495 .844 257.8
June 397 1435 237 392 65 13 73 233 9 5 178 200 .273 .353 .489 .843 246.4
July 417 1510 235 409 62 8 84 268 5 3 143 193 .271 .333 .489 .822 244.3
August 423 1529 191 378 44 4 68 232 5 8 146 205 .247 .312 .415 .727 202.2
Sep/Oct 369 1318 204 356 52 9 70 216 5 3 132 207 .270 .337 .483 .819 212.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1958 23 STL NL RF 69 68 592.7 125 5 1 2 .992 1.97 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1959 24 STL NL LF 141 139 1239.7 236 10 7 4 .972 1.79 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1960 25 STL NL RF 143 139 1250.7 285 9 2 1 .993 2.12 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1961 26 STL NL RF 141 139 1241.0 239 6 9 1 .965 1.78 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    LF 8 3 32.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 0 0 .000 0  
1962 27 STL NL RF 142 140 1253.0 236 8 13 4 .949 1.75 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1963 28 STL NL RF 146 143 1288.0 226 3 7 2 .970 1.60 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    LF 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
1964 29 STL NL RF 150 148 1335.7 272 3 5 0 .982 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1965 30 STL NL RF 151 146 1325.3 263 4 4 1 .985 1.81 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    LF 5 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1966 31 STL NL RF 69 66 620.1 135 2 2 0 .986 1.99 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 1 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.19 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BOS AL RF 80 77 691.2 150 2 3 1 .981 1.98 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 149 143 1311.3 285 4 5 1 .983 1.98   4.3
      LF 2 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      C 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 32 BOS AL LF 77 72 644.7 120 3 3 0 .976 1.72 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 75 71 632.3 147 2 3 1 .980 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
1968 33 BOS AL LF 36 34 319.3 71 2 2 0 .973 2.06 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 10 8 76.4 16 0 1 0 .941 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYA AL LF 86 82 711.3 159 3 5 0 .970 2.05 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 23 18 170.2 35 1 2 0 .947 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 122 116 1030.6 230 5 7 0 .971 2.05   2.7
      RF 33 26 246.6 51 1 3 0 .945 1.90   0.0
1969 34 NYA AL LF 150 148 1307.3 309 12 4 5 .988 2.21 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    RF 7 3 46.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1970 35 NYA AL LF 138 124 1127.3 257 3 10 0 .963 2.08 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 3 3 25.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 36 NYA AL LF 126 114 1028.7 239 8 5 2 .980 2.16 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    RF 22 18 163.3 35 0 1 0 .972 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
1972 37 NYA AL RF 103 92 826.3 167 6 6 0 .966 1.88 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 38 NYA AL RF 2 2 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1336 1278 11531.5 2345 51 59 13 .976 1.87 0 0 .000 0 27.2
  LF 791 717 6471.6 1406 41 37 11 .975 2.01 0 0 .000 0 18.7
  CF 4 3 26.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2132 1999 18038.1 3765 92 96 24 .976 1.92 0 0 .000 0 45.9
Career Highs   158 151 1354.7 320 12 13 5 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 29 STL NL 5 22 5 9 1 1 1 7 1 0 2 3 .409 .480 .682 1.162
1965 30 STL NL 5 22 3 6 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 .273 .304 .545 .850
1966 31 BOS AL 5 20 3 4 0 0 3 7 0 0 1 4 .200 .227 .650 .877
1971 36 NYA AL 3 12 3 6 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.167 1.667
Career Post-Season Batting 18 76 14 25 4 2 7 20 2 0 4 11 .329 .366 .711 1.076
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1960-9-.304
 Slugging Pct
1960-4-.524
1961-2-.625
1962-9-.531
1963-5-.509
1964-10-.488
1965-4-.571
1967-8-.454
1968-8-.426
CAR-20-.478
 OPS
1960-6-.886
1961-2-1.012
1962-8-.909
1963-10-.840
1965-4-.918
1967-6-.801
CAR-34-.818
 XR
1960-4-97.9
1961-3-124.3
1962-8-106.9
1963-10-90.5
1964-10-95.6
1965-3-109.0
CAR-27-1307.6
 Games
1960-5-149
1961-2-151
1962-7-155
1969-2-160
CAR-32-2295
 At-Bats
1959-6-566
1960-6-565
CAR-32-8326
Runs
1960-8-87
1961-3-121
1962-9-100
1963-7-99
1964-9-97
1965-3-100
CAR-34-1271
 Hits
1960-4-172
CAR-44-2247
 Total Bases
1960-3-296
1961-3-338
1962-5-304
1963-5-290
1964-10-277
1965-3-327
1967-10-245
CAR-20-3983
 Doubles
1963-3-33
 Triples
1960-8-7
 Homeruns
1960-6-29
1961-2-47
1962-6-34
1963-2-33
1964-4-33
1965-1-45
1967-5-26
1968-6-20
CAR-8-427
RBIs
1960-4-100
1961-3-126
1963-2-106
1964-8-101
1965-2-120
1967-6-91
1968-5-86
CAR-17-1396
 Walks
1961-9-82
1964-8-75
1967-8-72
CAR-49-886
 Strikeouts
1959-7-87
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4
   Gray Ink Test: 124
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1958
Had first career hit on 7/1/1958, off Harvey Gaunt (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 7/1/1958, off Harvey Gaunt (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/32/1958, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1958, hitting .347 with 8 HR, 22 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/29/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1960, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1961, hitting .688 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1961, hitting .318 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1961, hitting .343 with 10 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1961, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1961, hitting .357 with 13 HR, 31 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1962, hitting .522 with 5 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Chicago (N) on 6/25/1962
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1962, hitting .398 with 10 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1962, hitting .583 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Houston on 4/19/1964
Won Player of the Week award on 5/18/1964, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1964, hitting .310 with 8 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1964
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/1965, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Francisco on 8/6/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/1965, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/1965, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 4 runs on 5/30/1966
Traded from St. Louis to Boston on 7/1/1966 (Going to STL: P Larry Grams, 1B Keith Lewter, 3B Ian Shankster, SS Wally Woodworth. Going to BOS: RF Jim Alan)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1967, hitting .277 with 11 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1967, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Boston to New York (A) on 6/1/1968 (Going to NYA: LF Jim Alan, P Thac Mac. Going to BOS: LF Steve Bookhardt, P Jan Bell, 1B Dave Bronstein)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1969, hitting .563 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/1971, hitting .471 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 7/18/1971
Had 2000th career hit on 8/17/1971, off Roberto Villacorta (KCR)
 
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