A Street Named For Matty Alou

Say 4 years back, in Inwood, New York and a nice day was made better, when I saw there is a street (Matty Alou Way, located at Isham and Seaman) at least partially named for the fine baseball player, Matty Alou.

He won the 1966 National League batting title, playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, with a .342 batting average and played on pennant winners with the western “Bay Area” teams, the (S.F.) Giants and (Oakland) A’s ten years apart in 1962 and 1972 respectively. 

Matty started all 12 (1972) A’s post-season tilts in right field, as they won the requisite 7 games and the title. The ’62 Giants were denied the title, losing to the Yankees incredible 20th crown in 40 seasons, in game 7 of that year’s World Series. 

Mateo Alou, pictured above as a Pittsburgh Pirates’ player, a team he played for in ’66 when he hit .342 and won the big leagues batting crown.

The great Frank Robinson, who hit .316 won the A.L. Triple Crown and led the Baltimore Orioles to the title.

Again, it was Alou who led the “bigs” in batting average.