Matt Alexander

Matt Alexander
Outfielder/Pinch runner
Born: January 30, 1947 (1947-01-30) (age 64) Shreveport, Louisiana
Batted: Switch	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 23, 1973 for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1981 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Batting average	.214
Runs scored	111
Stolen bases	103
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1973-74) Oakland Athletics (1975-77) Pittsburgh Pirates (1978-81)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1979)

Matthew Alexander (born October 25, 1947 in Newton, Kansas) was a Utility Player for the Chicago Cubs (1973-1974), Oakland Athletics (1975-1977) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1978-1981). In his later years, Alexander was used mostly as a pinch runner by manager Chuck Tanner, and so earned the sobriquet "Matt the Scat." Tanner had managed in Oakland in 1976 and brought Alexander to Pittsburgh after he became manager of the Pirates. Alexander helped the Athletics win the 1975 American League Western Division and the Pirates win the 1979 World Series. He played every non-pitching position in his major league career except catcher and first base.

In nine seasons he played in 374 games and had 168 at bats, 111 runs, 36 hits, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 4 RBI, 103 stolen bases, 18 walks, a .214 batting average, an .294 on-base percentage, .262 slugging percentage, 44 total bases, 8 sacrifice hits and 1 intentional walk. He is one of only seven players (excluding pitchers) to have played at least 100 games and have more games played than at-bats.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Persondata
Name	Alexander, Matt
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	January 30, 1947
Place of birth	Shreveport, Louisiana
Date of death
Place of death