Alou reacted angrily toward the stands, and after the game stated that he would have caught the ball.

A Giants highlight came in 1963 when Jesús Alou joined the team, and along with Felipe and Matty formed the first all-brother outfield in Major League history.

On October 2, 2006, the day after the end of the regular season, the Giants announced that they would not renew the contract of manager Felipe Alou, but did extend him an offer to remain with the club in an advisory role to the general manager and to baseball operations.

He had to finish the season 6-for-9 to beat out Matty Alou and win the first of two close NL batting-title races with a. 335 average.

Fisk held onto the ball, but Munson remained tangled with Fisk as Felipe Alou, who was on first, attempted to advance.

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.

Prior to the season, Alou signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins, where he led the team with 23 home runs and 115 RBIs.

Alou led the team by hitting. 321 with three home runs and nine RBI in the World Series ( although, pitcher Liván Hernández, by virtue of his wins in Games 1 and 5 was named the Series Most Valuable Player instead ).

In his first season with the team, Alou hit a career-high 38 home runs and drove in 124 runs while leading the Astros to a franchise record 102 wins.

In the season, Alou batted over. 300 for most of the season while driving in runs as he used to, before a late season slump dropped his season batting average to. 280, with 22 home runs and 91 RBIs.

During his 17-year career spent with the Giants, Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, and Milwaukee Brewers, Alou played all three outfield positions regularly ( 736 games in right field, 483 in center, 433 in left ), and led the National League in hits twice and runs once.

Alou during his playing career with the Giants.

Alou made his major league debut in 1958 and was an All-Star in 1962, when he batted. 316 with 25 home runs and 98 RBI.

Alou was traded to the Braves before the 1964 season with Ed Bailey, Billy Hoeft, and a player to be named later ( Ernie Bowman ) for Del Crandall, Bob Hendley and Bob Shaw.

In 2005, the Giants signed Moisés Alou to a one-year contract with an option for the 2006 season, reuniting him professionally with his father after seven seasons apart.

He was invited to the team's spring training along with other prospects, including Felipe Alou and Willie Kirkland.

Brooks co-held the Mets record for the longest hitting streak with 24 games, tied with Mike Piazza until broken by Moisés Alou in 2007 with a 30-game hitting streak.

That game — and thus the Series — ended with Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson catching Willie McCovey's line drive with Willie Mays on second and Matty Alou on third ; had the ball been hit a foot or so to either side, Richardson could not have caught it and San Francisco would have scored two runs and won the Series.

In the later game Al Oliver hit the last home run in the park, and Matty Alou drove in two runs as the Pirates closed the 62-year old stadium with a 4 – 1 victory.

Among his childhood playmates were the Alou brothers, Felipe, Jesús, and Matty, who all later played with Marichal on the San Francisco Giants.

Alou slammed his glove down in frustration and shouted at several fans.

The first deal came days after the World Series, when the Marlins traded outfielder Moisés Alou to the Houston Astros for pitchers Oscar Hernandez and Manuel Barrios.

The Expos averaged 72 victories over the next six seasons ( their best seasons after 1994 were an 88 win season in 1996 and an 83 win season in 2002 ) and Alou was fired in 2001.

With a congested outfield that included Willie Mays, Felipe Alou, Orlando Cepeda and Bill White, he was traded to the Cardinals after the 1959 season.

Castillo was a central figure in the NLCS Game 6 comeback by the Marlins against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field after a foul ball that he hit was knocked away from the Cubs ' Moisés Alou by fan Steve Bartman.

He was called up to the Mets on May 13 after an injured Moisés Alou was sent to the disabled list, and took over the rotation spot previously held by Mike Pelfrey, who was in return optioned to New Orleans after posting an 0-5 record in 6 outings.

From 1961 to 1964, the El Paso Ball club had been affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, their most notable player coming through the system at the time being Jesús Alou of the famous baseball family.

He logged a brief 10-day stay with Triple-A Fresno, being optioned August 19 when Moises Alou was activated from disabled list.

In Game 6 of the NLCS, the Marlins were five outs away from being eliminated when Cubs fan, Steve Bartman, prevented a foul ball from being an out by extending his arms over Moises Alou while Alou attempted to field the pop-up.

One of the fans, Steve Bartman, reached for the ball, deflecting it and disrupting a potential catch by Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou.

In Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the Florida Marlins that year, Alou was involved in the Steve Bartman incident, in which a Cubs fan named Steve Bartman deflected a foul ball landing one row into the stands, preventing Alou, who reached into the stands, from attempting to catch the ball for an out that could have been the second out of the 8th Inning.

Alou openly admitted later in interviews that while he was frustrated at the moment, he could not have made the catch anyway.

Alou was released by the A's before the season, failed to catch on with the Mets and Cordoba of the Mexican League in short stints, and did not return to the Majors until Houston took a chance on him in.

His most famous defensive play came at the end of the 1962 World Series, mentioned below, when Richardson made a clutch catch of a Willie McCovey line drive that prevented Willie Mays and Matty Alou from scoring the runs that would have beaten the Yankees and given the Series to the San Francisco Giants.

A Chicago Cubs fan by the name of Steve Bartman, of Northbrook, IL, reached for the ball and deflected it away from the glove of Moisés Alou for the second out of the 8th inning.

Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached for the ball, preventing Cubs LF Moises Alou from making the out and setting off an 8-run Marlins rally.

Right fielder Roger Maris quickly got to the ball and rifled a throw to the infield, preventing Alou from scoring the tying run ( he only reached 3rd base ).

Prior, who was the winner in Game 2, was on the mound for the infamous Steve Bartman / Moisés Alou foul ball incident in Game 6.

If Alou had caught the ball, it would have been the second out in the inning, and the Cubs would have been just four outs away from winning the National League pennant.

Cubs left fielder Moisés Alou approached the wall, jumped, and reached for the ball.

The Cubs, in particular Alou and Prior, argued for interference, but umpire Mike Everitt ruled there was no fan interference because the ball had broken the plane of the wall separating the field of play from the stands and entered the stands.

" He added, " I had my eyes glued on the approaching ball the entire time and was so caught up in the moment that I did not even see Moisés Alou much less that he may have had a play.

Fisk held onto the ball, but Munson tried to lie on top of him to allow Felipe Alou to keep rounding the bases.

He was at shortstop whenfan touched a foul ball that left fielder Moisés Alou might have caught.