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Dave Chalk
David Lee Chalk

Bats Right, Throws Right
School University of Texas at Austin

Debut September 4, 1973
  vs. OAK 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1981
Born August 30, 1950

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 22 CAL AL  24   69   14   16   2  0   0    6   0  0   9  13  .232  .329  .261   75   18   0   0   0   1   2
 1974 23 CAL AL 133  465   44  117   9  3   5   31  10 10  30  57  .252  .304  .316   84  147   9   4   1   7  18 AS
 1975 24 CAL AL 149  513   59  140  24  2   3   56   6  9  66  49  .273  .353  .345  106  177  11   9   4   2  13 AS
 1976 25 CAL AL 142  438   39   95  14  1   0   33   0  0  49  62  .217  .308  .253   72  111  12   3   3  10  16
 1977 26 CAL AL 149  519   58  144  27  2   3   45  12  8  52  69  .277  .345  .355   95  184   9   6   2   5  13
 1978 27 CAL AL 135  470   42  119  12  0   1   34   5  8  38  34  .253  .318  .285   75  134  11   1   0   7   9
 1979 28 TOT AL  75  220   15   49   6  0   2   13   2  1  29  14  .223  .315  .277   66   61   8   1   0   1   7
         TEX AL   9    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   37    2   1   0   0   0   1
         OAK AL  66  212   15   47   6  0   2   13   2  1  29  14  .222  .317  .278   67   59   7   1   0   1   6
 1980 29 KCR AL  69  167   19   42  10  1   1   20   1  1  18  27  .251  .326  .341   84   57   0   3   0   2   5
 1981 30 KCR AL  27   49    2   11   3  0   0    5   0  1   4   2  .224  .283  .286   66   14   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      903 2910  292  733 107  9  15  243  36 38 295 327  .252  .325  .310   85  903  63  27  10  35  84
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   52  132  19  2   3   44   6  7  53  59  .252  .325  .310   85  162  11   5   2   6  15
 Career High    149  519   59  144  27  3   5   56  12 10  66  69  .277  .353  .355  106  184  12   9   4  10  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1973 22 CAL AL   79   55    6   2.9    87| .232  .250| .329  .317| .261  .368| .590  .685|  75  .328  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1974 23 CAL AL  515  389   41   2.8    84| .252  .251| .304  .315| .316  .361| .620  .676|  84  .334  -9.3  -1.0  50%
 1975 24 CAL AL  601  415   64   4.2    86| .273  .249| .353  .317| .345  .365| .698  .682| 106  .483   8.3   0.8  40%
 1976 25 CAL AL  512  374   36   2.6    80| .217  .248| .308  .311| .253  .350| .561  .660|  72  .314 -12.4  -1.3   0%
 1977 26 CAL AL  591  411   65   4.2    96| .277  .261| .345  .325| .355  .398| .700  .723|  95  .459  -0.4   0.0  60%
 1978 27 CAL AL  527  380   43   3.0    90| .253  .256| .318  .321| .285  .378| .603  .699|  75  .343 -14.8  -1.5  38%
 1979 28 TOT AL  259  188   20   2.8    97| .223  .263| .315  .326| .277  .398| .592  .724|  66  .284  -9.2  -0.9  66%
         TEX AL    9    8    0   0.0   101| .250  .268| .250  .333| .250  .407| .500  .740|  37  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         OAK AL  250  180   20   3.0    97| .222  .262| .317  .326| .278  .397| .595  .723|  67  .299  -8.4  -0.8  66%
 1980 29 KCR AL  190  134   19   3.8    99| .251  .269| .326  .331| .341  .399| .667  .731|  84  .416  -2.9  -0.3  50%
 1981 30 KCR AL   56   43    4   2.5    88| .224  .255| .283  .319| .286  .371| .569  .690|  66  .288  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3330 2389  298   3.4    89| .252  .255| .325  .319| .310  .375| .635  .694|  85  .384 -44.4  -4.6  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 22 CAL AL SS 22 36 66 4 20 .962 .963 4.64 4.43 5.07 5.10 20 181.0 1974 23 CAL AL SS 99 168 269 29 55 .938 .965 4.41 4.24 4.88 4.98 95 806.7 AS 3B 38 32 81 5 16 .958 .954 2.97 2.77 3.16 3.12 38 322.3 AS 1975 24 CAL AL 3B 149 108 333 11 30 .976 .954 2.96 2.81 3.06 3.16 149 1295.3 AS 1976 25 CAL AL SS 102 141 293 13 45 .971 .967 4.25 4.40 4.72 4.99 94 826.7 3B 49 35 94 4 9 .970 .953 2.63 2.64 2.91 2.94 45 399.3 1977 26 CAL AL 3B 141 114 266 21 21 .948 .957 2.70 2.72 2.85 2.97 137 1201.7 2B 7 15 17 2 4 .941 .979 4.57 4.76 6.26 5.42 3 46.0 SS 4 18 4 2 2 .917 .965 5.50 4.08 5.50 4.83 4 36.0 1978 27 CAL AL SS 97 168 237 19 46 .955 .964 4.18 4.19 4.67 4.92 92 781.3 2B 29 39 69 3 12 .973 .980 3.72 4.74 5.11 5.47 19 190.3 3B 22 9 33 1 4 .977 .955 1.91 2.59 2.23 3.00 18 169.7 DH 1 1979 28 TOT AL 2B 38 78 93 2 22 .988 .978 4.50 4.80 5.15 5.50 35 298.7 TOT AL SS 19 30 36 6 8 .917 .965 3.47 4.10 4.91 5.01 13 121.0 TEX AL SS 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 4.10 6.75 4.95 0 4.0 DH 2 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 OAK AL 2B 37 77 93 2 22 .988 .978 4.59 4.80 5.16 5.50 35 296.7 SS 16 30 33 6 8 .913 .965 3.94 4.10 4.85 5.01 13 117.0 3B 16 15 25 3 1 .930 .952 2.50 2.66 2.87 3.07 13 125.3 1980 29 KCR AL 3B 33 24 56 3 3 .964 .951 2.42 2.59 2.98 3.01 26 242.0 2B 17 33 31 3 7 .955 .982 3.76 4.91 5.24 5.60 14 110.0 DH 6 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.30 3.00 5.10 0 3.0 1981 30 KCR AL 3B 14 9 12 1 3 .955 .950 1.50 2.52 2.55 2.96 7 74.0 2B 10 10 19 0 2 1.000 .983 2.90 4.93 4.58 5.54 6 57.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 26 CAL AL 2B 7 15 17 2 4 .941 .979 4.57 4.76 6.26 5.42 3 46.0 1978 27 CAL AL 2B 29 39 69 3 12 .973 .980 3.72 4.74 5.11 5.47 19 190.3 1979 28 TOT AL 2B 38 78 93 2 22 .988 .978 4.50 4.80 5.15 5.50 35 298.7 TEX AL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 OAK AL 2B 37 77 93 2 22 .988 .978 4.59 4.80 5.16 5.50 35 296.7 1980 29 KCR AL 2B 17 33 31 3 7 .955 .982 3.76 4.91 5.24 5.60 14 110.0 1981 30 KCR AL 2B 10 10 19 0 2 1.000 .983 2.90 4.93 4.58 5.54 6 57.0 1974 23 CAL AL 3B 38 32 81 5 16 .958 .954 2.97 2.77 3.16 3.12 38 322.3 1975 24 CAL AL 3B 149 108 333 11 30 .976 .954 2.96 2.81 3.06 3.16 149 1295.3 1976 25 CAL AL 3B 49 35 94 4 9 .970 .953 2.63 2.64 2.91 2.94 45 399.3 1977 26 CAL AL 3B 141 114 266 21 21 .948 .957 2.70 2.72 2.85 2.97 137 1201.7 1978 27 CAL AL 3B 22 9 33 1 4 .977 .955 1.91 2.59 2.23 3.00 18 169.7 1979 28 OAK AL 3B 16 15 25 3 1 .930 .952 2.50 2.66 2.87 3.07 13 125.3 1980 29 KCR AL 3B 33 24 56 3 3 .964 .951 2.42 2.59 2.98 3.01 26 242.0 1981 30 KCR AL 3B 14 9 12 1 3 .955 .950 1.50 2.52 2.55 2.96 7 74.0 1978 27 CAL AL DH 1 1979 28 TEX AL DH 2 1980 29 KCR AL DH 6 1973 22 CAL AL SS 22 36 66 4 20 .962 .963 4.64 4.43 5.07 5.10 20 181.0 1974 23 CAL AL SS 99 168 269 29 55 .938 .965 4.41 4.24 4.88 4.98 95 806.7 1976 25 CAL AL SS 102 141 293 13 45 .971 .967 4.25 4.40 4.72 4.99 94 826.7 1977 26 CAL AL SS 4 18 4 2 2 .917 .965 5.50 4.08 5.50 4.83 4 36.0 1978 27 CAL AL SS 97 168 237 19 46 .955 .964 4.18 4.19 4.67 4.92 92 781.3 1979 28 TOT AL SS 19 30 36 6 8 .917 .965 3.47 4.10 4.91 5.01 13 121.0 TEX AL SS 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 4.10 6.75 4.95 0 4.0 OAK AL SS 16 30 33 6 8 .913 .965 3.94 4.10 4.85 5.01 13 117.0 1980 29 KCR AL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.30 3.00 5.10 0 3.0 1981 30 KCR AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 462 346 900 49 87 .962 .954 2.70 2.72 2.93 3.05 433 3829.7 SS* 345 561 906 73 176 .953 .965 4.25 4.28 4.79 4.97 318 2757.7 2B* 101 175 229 10 47 .976 .980 4.00 4.81 5.18 5.51 77 702.0 DH 9 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 908 1082 2035 132 310 .959 .963 3.43 3.54 3.85 4.01 828 7289
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   WS    KCR PHI     L   1   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   CAL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1975   CAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1974 *
1975

Hit By Pitch
1974 AL-7-9
1976 AL-10-2
1978 AL-7-6

Sac. Hits
1976 AL-12-10

Sac. Flies
1975 AL-9-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1974 AL-18-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1978 AL-13.8-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3462) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1327) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.

May 4, 1979: Traded by the California Angels to the Texas Rangers for Bert Campaneris.

June 15, 1979: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Heath and cash to the Oakland Athletics for John Henry Johnson.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

March 28, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 24, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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