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Chris Chambliss
Carroll Christopher Chambliss

Bats Left, Throws Right
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut May 28, 1971
  vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 8, 1988
Born December 26, 1948 in Dayton, OH

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 22 CLE AL 111  415   49  114  20  4   9   48   2  0  40  83  .275  .341  .407  104  169   2   0   1   2   9 RoY-1
 1972 23 CLE AL 121  466   51  136  27  2   6   44   3  4  26  63  .292  .327  .397  112  185   3   4   2   0   8
 1973 24 CLE AL 155  572   70  156  30  2  11   53   4  8  58  76  .273  .342  .390  104  223   1   2   8   3  14
 1974 25 TOT AL 127  467   46  119  20  3   6   50   0  1  28  48  .255  .296  .349   86  163   2   2   2   0  10
         CLE AL  17   67    8   22   4  0   0    7   0  1   5   5  .328  .375  .388  122   26   0   0   1   0   1
         NYY AL 110  400   38   97  16  3   6   43   0  0  23  43  .243  .282  .343   80  137   2   2   1   0   9
 1975 26 NYY AL 150  562   66  171  38  4   9   72   0  1  29  50  .304  .336  .434  118  244   4   6   9   1  19
 1976 27 NYY AL 156  641   79  188  32  6  17   96   1  0  27  80  .293  .323  .441  123  283   1   3   1   3  11 MVP-5,AS
 1977 28 NYY AL 157  600   90  172  32  6  17   90   4  0  45  73  .287  .336  .445  112  267   0   5   5   2  22 MVP-29
 1978 29 NYY AL 162  625   81  171  26  3  12   90   2  1  41  60  .274  .321  .382  100  239   1   5   3   5   6
 1979 30 NYY AL 149  554   61  155  27  3  18   63   3  2  34  53  .280  .324  .437  106  242   1   5   4   5   9
 1980 31 ATL NL 158  602   83  170  37  2  18   72   7  3  49  73  .282  .338  .440  114  265   2   4   6   4  11
 1981 32 ATL NL 107  404   44  110  25  2   8   51   4  1  44  41  .272  .343  .403  110  163   2   3  10   1  11
 1982 33 ATL NL 157  534   57  144  25  2  20   86   7  3  57  57  .270  .337  .436  112  233   0   6  13   0  11 MVP-23
 1983 34 ATL NL 131  447   59  125  24  3  20   78   2  7  63  68  .280  .366  .481  126  215   0   3  15   0   8
 1984 35 ATL NL 135  389   47  100  14  0   9   44   1  2  58  54  .257  .350  .362   96  141   0   6  12   1  10
 1985 36 ATL NL 101  170   16   40   7  0   3   21   0  0  18  22  .235  .307  .329   75   56   0   1   4   0   5
 1986 37 ATL NL  97  122   13   38   8  0   2   14   0  2  15  24  .311  .384  .426  119   52   0   1   4   0   2
 1988 39 NYY AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    2175 7571  912 2109 392 42 185  972  40 35 632 926  .279  .334  .415  109 3140  19  56  99  27 166
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        564   68  157  29  3  14   72   3  3  47  69  .279  .334  .415  109  234   1   4   7   2  12
 Career High    162  641   90  188  38  6  20   96   7  8  63  83  .304  .366  .481  126  283   4   6  15   5  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 22 CLE AL  459  312   58   5.0    99| .275  .265| .341  .338| .407  .393| .748  .732| 104  .598   1.9   0.2 100%
 1972 23 CLE AL  499  349   59   4.5    86| .292  .251| .327  .320| .397  .362| .724  .682| 112  .601   6.0   0.7  42%
 1973 24 CLE AL  636  441   74   4.5    96| .273  .263| .342  .332| .390  .386| .732  .719| 104  .517   3.3   0.3  33%
 1974 25 TOT AL  499  363   47   3.5    88| .255  .257| .296  .322| .349  .370| .645  .691|  86  .422  -9.3  -1.0   0%
         CLE AL   72   47    9   5.2    88| .328  .257| .375  .322| .388  .370| .763  .691| 122  .600   2.0   0.2   0%
         NYY AL  427  316   38   3.2    88| .243  .257| .282  .322| .343  .370| .625  .691|  80  .389 -11.3  -1.2   0%
 1975 26 NYY AL  602  421   77   4.9    92| .304  .257| .336  .326| .434  .377| .770  .704| 118  .560  12.2   1.2   0%
 1976 27 NYY AL  675  468   90   5.2    86| .293  .256| .323  .320| .441  .361| .764  .681| 123  .619  15.2   1.6 100%
 1977 28 NYY AL  652  455   85   5.0    99| .287  .265| .336  .329| .445  .403| .781  .732| 112  .535   9.6   0.9 100%
 1978 29 NYY AL  677  467   79   4.5    91| .274  .258| .321  .322| .382  .380| .703  .702| 100  .521  -0.4   0.0  66%
 1979 30 NYY AL  599  416   78   5.0   100| .280  .267| .324  .332| .437  .405| .761  .736| 106  .527   3.3   0.3  60%
 1980 31 ATL NL  661  452   90   5.4    97| .282  .270| .338  .333| .440  .392| .778  .725| 114  .607  10.8   1.1  70%
 1981 32 ATL NL  454  311   56   4.9    93| .272  .265| .343  .330| .403  .379| .746  .710| 110  .577   6.0   0.6  80%
 1982 33 ATL NL  597  410   79   5.2    98| .270  .270| .337  .334| .436  .393| .773  .726| 112  .595   8.4   0.9  70%
 1983 34 ATL NL  513  340   78   6.2   103| .280  .272| .366  .342| .481  .404| .847  .746| 126  .665  16.8   1.7  22%
 1984 35 ATL NL  454  307   51   4.5    99| .257  .271| .350  .337| .362  .394| .712  .732|  96  .531  -0.4   0.0  33%
 1985 36 ATL NL  189  136   17   3.4    99| .235  .266| .307  .334| .329  .396| .636  .730|  75  .400  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1986 37 ATL NL  138   89   20   6.1   102| .311  .267| .384  .338| .426  .403| .810  .741| 119  .651   3.9   0.4   0%
 1988 39 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    94| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .389| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8305 5738 1038   4.9    95| .279  .263| .334  .330| .415  .386| .749  .716| 109  .563  81.3   8.3  53%

* 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 ------+

 1971 22 CLE AL  1B  108    943   55    8   85  .992  .992  9.24  8.10  9.49  9.51  108  946.0
 1972 23 CLE AL  1B  119   1109   56    8  109  .993  .991  9.79  8.04  9.92  8.51  117 1057.0
 1973 24 CLE AL  1B  154   1437  114   14  153  .991  .992 10.07  6.49 10.25  6.61  151 1361.7
 1974 25 TOT AL  1B  123   1035   84   11  107  .990  .992  9.10  8.01  9.37  9.70  120 1074.7
         CLE AL  1B   17    162    6    3   14  .982  .992  9.88  8.01  9.82  9.70   17  154.0
         NYY AL  1B  106    873   78    8   93  .992  .992  8.97  8.01  9.30  9.70  103  920.7
 1975 26 NYY AL  1B  147   1222  106   12  113  .991  .990  9.03  6.80  9.20  6.93  146 1299.3
 1976 27 NYY AL  1B  155   1440  109    9  123  .994  .992  9.99  6.45  9.96  6.43  154 1400.0 AS
                 DH    1 AS
 1977 28 NYY AL  1B  157   1368   98   16  129  .989  .990  9.34  6.37  9.73  6.64  150 1356.3
 1978 29 NYY AL  1B  155   1366  111    4  119  .997  .992  9.53  6.45  9.72  6.58  154 1367.7 GG
                 DH    7
 1979 30 NYY AL  1B  134   1299   95    7  135  .995  .992 10.40  7.46 10.71  7.68  132 1171.7
                 DH   16
 1980 31 ATL NL  1B  158   1626  101   12  140  .993  .992 10.93  6.33 11.32  6.55  158 1373.0
 1981 32 ATL NL  1B  107   1046   94    4   83  .997  .992 10.65  8.68 10.81  9.48  107  949.0
 1982 33 ATL NL  1B  151   1352  138   10  144  .993  .992  9.87  6.62 10.63  7.13  137 1261.3
 1983 34 ATL NL  1B  126   1092   89    5  117  .996  .992  9.37  7.94 10.12  8.57  122 1050.3
 1984 35 ATL NL  1B  109    996   70    8   84  .993  .992  9.78  8.15 10.79  9.86  103  889.3
 1985 36 ATL NL  1B   39    299   25    1   31  .997  .993  8.31  8.54 10.75 10.06   27  271.3
 1986 37 ATL NL  1B   20    141    6    1   15  .993  .992  7.35  8.31 10.31  9.94   12  128.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1971 22 CLE AL  1B  108    943   55    8   85  .992  .992  9.24  8.10  9.49  9.51  108  946.0
 1972 23 CLE AL  1B  119   1109   56    8  109  .993  .991  9.79  8.04  9.92  8.51  117 1057.0
 1973 24 CLE AL  1B  154   1437  114   14  153  .991  .992 10.07  6.49 10.25  6.61  151 1361.7
 1974 25 TOT AL  1B  123   1035   84   11  107  .990  .992  9.10  8.01  9.37  9.70  120 1074.7
         CLE AL  1B   17    162    6    3   14  .982  .992  9.88  8.01  9.82  9.70   17  154.0
         NYY AL  1B  106    873   78    8   93  .992  .992  8.97  8.01  9.30  9.70  103  920.7
 1975 26 NYY AL  1B  147   1222  106   12  113  .991  .990  9.03  6.80  9.20  6.93  146 1299.3
 1976 27 NYY AL  1B  155   1440  109    9  123  .994  .992  9.99  6.45  9.96  6.43  154 1400.0
 1977 28 NYY AL  1B  157   1368   98   16  129  .989  .990  9.34  6.37  9.73  6.64  150 1356.3
 1978 29 NYY AL  1B  155   1366  111    4  119  .997  .992  9.53  6.45  9.72  6.58  154 1367.7
 1979 30 NYY AL  1B  134   1299   95    7  135  .995  .992 10.40  7.46 10.71  7.68  132 1171.7
 1980 31 ATL NL  1B  158   1626  101   12  140  .993  .992 10.93  6.33 11.32  6.55  158 1373.0
 1981 32 ATL NL  1B  107   1046   94    4   83  .997  .992 10.65  8.68 10.81  9.48  107  949.0
 1982 33 ATL NL  1B  151   1352  138   10  144  .993  .992  9.87  6.62 10.63  7.13  137 1261.3
 1983 34 ATL NL  1B  126   1092   89    5  117  .996  .992  9.37  7.94 10.12  8.57  122 1050.3
 1984 35 ATL NL  1B  109    996   70    8   84  .993  .992  9.78  8.15 10.79  9.86  103  889.3
 1985 36 ATL NL  1B   39    299   25    1   31  .997  .993  8.31  8.54 10.75 10.06   27  271.3
 1986 37 ATL NL  1B   20    141    6    1   15  .993  .992  7.35  8.31 10.31  9.94   12  128.3

 1976 27 NYY AL  DH    1
 1978 29 NYY AL  DH    7
 1979 30 NYY AL  DH   16

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*1962  17771 1351  130 1687  .993  .992  9.75  7.20 10.15  7.74 1898 16957.0
                 DH   24   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1962  17771 1351  130 1687  .993  .992  9.75  7.20 10.15  7.74 1898  16957
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   5  21   5  11  1  1  2   8   0   1  .524  .500  .952   2  0   0   1   0 
        WS    NYY CIN     L   4  16   1   5  1  0  0   1   0   2  .313  .353  .375   0  0   0   0   1 
 1977   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   5  17   0   1  0  0  0   0   3   4  .059  .200  .059   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   6  24   4   7  2  0  1   4   0   2  .292  .292  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   4  15   1   6  0  0  0   2   0   4  .400  .400  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   3  11   1   2  0  0  0   0   1   1  .182  .250  .182   0  0   0   0   0 
 1982   NLCS  ATL STL     L   3  10   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .091  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     3-1  17  63   6  18  1  1  2  10   4   9  .286  .324  .429   2  0   0   1   0 
  3 World Series        2-1  13  51   6  14  3  0  1   5   1   5  .275  .302  .392   0  0   0   0   1 
  7 Postseason Series   5-2  30 114  12  32  4  1  3  15   5  14  .281  .314  .412   2  0   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   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
1976 *

Awards
1971-AL-ROY

Gold Gloves
1978-AL--1B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-AL-5-0.21
1977-AL-29-0.00
1982-NL-23-0.01
Car-680-0.22 shares

Batting Average
1975 AL-.304-9

Slugging %
1983 NL-.481-7

OPS
1983 NL-.847-8

Games
1978 AL-162-2
1980 NL-158-10
1981 NL-107-5

At Bats
1976 AL-641-2
1978 AL-625-5
1981 NL-404-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1978 AL-677-9
1981 NL-454-9

Hits
1975 AL-171-10
1976 AL-188-3
1978 AL-171-7

Total Bases
1976 AL-283-2
1980 NL-265-9

Doubles
1972 AL-27-10
1973 AL-30-3
1975 AL-38-3
1976 AL-32-6
1980 NL-37-6
1981 NL-25-5

RBI
1976 AL-96-4

Singles
1976 AL-133-9
1978 AL-130-7

Runs Created
1976 AL-90-10

Extra-Base Hits
1976 AL-55-6
1980 NL-57-9

Hit By Pitch
1980 NL-4-10

Intentional Walks
1973 AL-8-9
1981 NL-10-4
1982 NL-13-10
1983 NL-15-6
1984 NL-12-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1975 AL-19-5
1977 AL-22-3

At Bats per Home Run
1983 NL-22.4-9

Outs
1976 AL-468-10
1978 AL-467-10

Oldest Player
1988 AL-39-10

  

Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (632) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.0 (988) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (901) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 27, 1968: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 17, 1970: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft.

April 26, 1974: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw to the New York Yankees for Fritz Peterson, Steve Kline, Fred Beene, and Tom Buskey.

November 1, 1979: Traded by the New York Yankees with Damaso Garcia and Paul Mirabella to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tom Underwood, Rick Cerone, and Ted Wilborn.

December 5, 1979: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Luis Gomez to the Atlanta Braves for Barry Bonnell, Pat Rockett, and Joey McLaughlin.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

May 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 10, 1988: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries Leaders
1985Atlanta Braves$800,000
1986Atlanta Braves$769,452
Career (may be incomplete)$1,569,452
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Chris Chambliss's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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