Matt Alexander

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Matthew Alexander (born October 25th, 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. 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 to have played at least 100 games and have more games played than at-bats.

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