On Friday, former MLB outfielder Jesus Alou passed away two weeks shy of his 81st birthday.
The Dominican born Alou was one of three brothers to play in MLB along with his older siblings Felipe and Matty. In fact, not long after making his MLB debut with the San Francisco Giants in 1963, all three Alou brothers played the outfield at the same time marking the only time in MLB history a big league outfield was occupied entirely by brothers.
The youngest of the Alou brothers would remain with the Giants through 1968 before he was sent to the Houston Astros (via the expansion Montreal Expos). Towards the end of the 1973 season, the Astros sent Alou to the Oakland A's where he earned World Series rings in both 1973 and 1974 as a reserve player.
After spending the 1975 season with the New York Mets, Alou would play in the Mexican League before returning to the Astros in 1978 finishing out his career the following season. In 15 big league seasons, Alou was a career .280 hitter collecting 1216 hits. R.I.P.
Middle brother Matty Alou passed away in 2011 at the age of 72 of complications of diabetes while eldest brother Felipe Alou is still with us at the age of 87 best remembered for his managerial stints with the Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants.
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