page_title: Moisés Alou
hierarchical_section_title: Moisés Alou
caption_attribution_description: Moisés Alou formerly of the San Francisco Giants in the on deck circle.
context_page_description: Moisés Rojas Alou Beltre is a Dominican-American former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 17 seasons in the National League. 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.
  His father Felipe, who managed Moises with the Expos from 1992 to 1996 and the Giants from 2005 to 2006, as well as uncles Matty and Jesús, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in Major League Baseball. In 2008, he was one of four active major leaguers to hit 20 home runs in a season whose fathers had also hit 20 home runs in an MLB season. He is the youngest of three sons born to Felipe and his first wife Maria Beltre, who raised him in the Dominican Republic after his parents divorced when he was two. His half-brother, Luis Rojas, is the manager of the New York Mets. Alou is married to Austria Alou; they have three sons: Percio, Kirby, and Moisés Jr.
  Alou is one of the few baseball players who batted without the use of batting gloves. Instead, Moisés Alou revealed that during the baseball season, he'd urinate on his hands to toughen them up.
context_section_description: Moisés Rojas Alou Beltre (/ˈmɔɪzɪs əˈluː/; Spanish: [mojˈses aˈlow]; born July 3, 1966) is a Dominican-American former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 17 seasons in the National League. 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.
  His father Felipe, who managed Moises with the Expos from 1992 to 1996 and the Giants from 2005 to 2006, as well as uncles Matty and Jesús, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in Major League Baseball. In 2008, he was one of four active major leaguers (along with Prince Fielder, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Daryle Ward) to hit 20 home runs in a season whose fathers had also hit 20 home runs in an MLB season. He is the youngest of three sons born to Felipe and his first wife Maria Beltre, who raised him in the Dominican Republic after his parents divorced when he was two.  His half-brother, Luis Rojas, is the manager of the New York Mets. Alou is married to Austria Alou; they have three sons: Percio, Kirby, and Moisés Jr.
  Alou is one of the few baseball players who batted without the use of batting gloves. Instead, Moisés Alou revealed that during the baseball season, he'd urinate on his hands to toughen them up. Alou was also known for pranking teammates while they were sleeping in the locker room.
caption: Alou with the Giants in 2005
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