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Cliff Chambers (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
School Washington State University

Debut April 24, 1948
Final Game September 22, 1953
Born January 10, 1922 in Portland, OR

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 26 CHC NL   2   9  29  12   3   1  10  0  103.7  100   57   51   4   48   51   3   0   452       0  4.43  3.92   88 1.428
 1949 27 PIT NL  13   7  34  21  10   1   6  0  177.3  186   89   78  15   58   93   5   1   765       0  3.96  4.20  106 1.376
 1950 28 PIT NL  12  15  37  33  11   2   2  0  249.3  262  138  119  18   92   93   6   4  1097       1  4.30  4.39  102 1.420
 1951 29 TOT NL  14  12  31  26  11   2   1  0  189.0  184   97   92  18   87   64   4   4   815       0  4.38  4.03   92 1.434
         PIT NL   3   6  10  10   2   1   0  0   59.7   64   38   37   5   31   19   4   2   272       0  5.58  4.20   75 1.592
         STL NL  11   6  21  16   9   1   1  0  129.3  120   59   55  13   56   45   0   2   543       0  3.83  3.96  103 1.361
 1952 30 STL NL   4   4  26  13   2   1   4  1   98.3  110   51   45   8   33   47   2   1   428       1  4.12  3.69   90 1.454
 1953 31 STL NL   3   6  32   8   0   0   9  0   79.7   82   50   43   7   43   26   1   3   362       1  4.86  4.24   87 1.569
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .475  48  53 189 113  37   7  32  1  897.3  924  482  428  70  361  374  21  13  3919       3  4.29  4.13   96 1.432
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  42  25   8   1   7  0  202.0  208  108   96  15   81   84   4   2   882   0   0  4.29  4.13   96 1.432
 Career High     14  15  37  33  11   2  10  1  249.3  262  138  119  18   92   93   6   4  1097   0   1  3.96  4.39  106 1.376

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 26 CHC NL  29   30    0    4   1  0   0    3   0      0   3  .133  .133  .167  -18    5   3           0   1
 1949 27 PIT NL  34   55    5   13   2  1   0    5   0      5   7  .236  .300  .309   62   17   6           0   1
 1950 28 PIT NL  37   90   10   26   1  1   2    9   0      4  18  .289  .319  .389   83   35   2           0   2
 1951 29 TOT NL  31   70    4   15   1  0   1    7   0  0   4  16  .214  .257  .271   41   19   2           0   2
         PIT NL  10   21    1    7   0  0   1    3   0  0   0   3  .333  .333  .476  113   10   1           0   0
         STL NL  21   49    3    8   1  0   0    4   0  0   4  13  .163  .226  .184   11    9   1           0   2
 1952 30 STL NL  26   32    4    9   3  0   0    1   0  0   3   8  .281  .343  .375   99   12   1           0   0
 1953 31 STL NL  32   17    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .118  .118  .176  -25    3   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      189  294   24   69   9  2   3   25   0  0  16  56  .235  .274  .310   55   91  14   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        252   21   59   8  2   3   21   0  0  14  48  .235  .274  .310   55   78  12   0   0   0   5
 Career High     37   90   10   26   3  1   2    9   0  0   5  18                          35   6   0   0   0   2

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 26 CHC NL   33   30    1   0.9    99| .133  .264| .133  .338| .167  .391| .300  .728| -18  .049  -4.9  -0.5     
 1949 27 PIT NL   66   49    5   2.7   106| .236  .273| .300  .347| .309  .408| .609  .755|  62  .280  -3.1  -0.3     
 1950 28 PIT NL   96   68   11   4.3   111| .289  .273| .319  .351| .389  .424| .708  .774|  83  .459  -2.8  -0.3     
 1951 29 TOT NL   76   59    5   2.3   105| .214  .269| .257  .344| .271  .408| .528  .751|  41  .222  -6.1  -0.6   0%
         PIT NL   22   15    3   5.4   106| .333  .271| .333  .345| .476  .410| .809  .756| 113  .579   0.2   0.0   0%
         STL NL   54   44    2   1.2   104| .163  .269| .226  .343| .184  .407| .410  .750|  11  .083  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1952 30 STL NL   36   24    4   4.5    97| .281  .262| .343  .335| .375  .389| .718  .724|  99  .533   0.1   0.0   0%
 1953 31 STL NL   17   15    0   0.0   110| .118  .274| .118  .345| .176  .427| .294  .773| -25  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       324  245   26   2.8   105| .235  .270| .274  .345| .310  .410| .584  .755|  55  .296 -19.8  -2.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 26 CHC NL   P   29      5   20    0    1 1.000  .962  0.86  0.91  2.17  2.11   12  103.7
 1949 27 PIT NL   P   34      6   33    0    2 1.000  .954  1.15  0.91  1.98  2.04   21  177.3
 1950 28 PIT NL   P   37      9   37    2    1  .958  .960  1.24  0.97  1.66  2.12   33  249.3
 1951 29 TOT NL   P   31      5   24    3    1  .906  .963  0.94  0.96  1.38  2.14   26  189.0
         PIT NL   P   10      1    4    0    1 1.000  .962  0.50  0.96  0.75  2.14   10   59.7
         STL NL   P   21      4   20    3    0  .889  .964  1.14  0.96  1.67  2.14   16  129.3
 1952 30 STL NL   P   26     10   16    1    3  .963  .952  1.00  0.98  2.38  2.18   13   98.3
 1953 31 STL NL   P   32      3   16    1    1  .950  .955  0.59  0.87  2.15  2.06    8   79.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1948 26 CHC NL   P   29      5   20    0    1 1.000  .962  0.86  0.91  2.17  2.11   12  103.7
 1949 27 PIT NL   P   34      6   33    0    2 1.000  .954  1.15  0.91  1.98  2.04   21  177.3
 1950 28 PIT NL   P   37      9   37    2    1  .958  .960  1.24  0.97  1.66  2.12   33  249.3
 1951 29 TOT NL   P   31      5   24    3    1  .906  .963  0.94  0.96  1.38  2.14   26  189.0
         PIT NL   P   10      1    4    0    1 1.000  .962  0.50  0.96  0.75  2.14   10   59.7
         STL NL   P   21      4   20    3    0  .889  .964  1.14  0.96  1.67  2.14   16  129.3
 1952 30 STL NL   P   26     10   16    1    3  .963  .952  1.00  0.98  2.38  2.18   13   98.3
 1953 31 STL NL   P   32      3   16    1    1  .950  .955  0.59  0.87  2.15  2.06    8   79.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 189     38  146    7    9  .963  .958  0.97  0.93  1.85  2.11  113  897.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       189     38  146    7    9  .963  .958  0.97  0.93  1.85  2.11  113    897

An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Won-Loss %
1949 NL-.650-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1949 NL-4.72-3

Innings
1950 NL-249.3-10

Games Started
1950 NL-33-9

Shutouts
1950 NL-2-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1950 NL-92-7
1951 NL-87-10

Hits Allowed
1950 NL-262-5

SO to Walk
1949 NL-1.60-8

Losses
1950 NL-15-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1950 NL-119-4

Hit Batsmen
1949 NL-5-10
1950 NL-6-6

Batters Faced
1950 NL-1097-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1574) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
December 8, 1948: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Clyde McCullough to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cal McLish and Frankie Gustine.
June 15, 1951: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Wally Westlake to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Howerton, Howie Pollet, Ted Wilks, Joe Garagiola, and Dick Cole.
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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Won-Loss % 1949 NL-.650-8	Strikeouts/9IP 1949 NL-4.72-3	Innings 1950 NL-249.3-10	Games Started 1950 NL-33-9	Shutouts 1950 NL-2-9	Bases On Balls Allow. 1950 NL-92-7 1951 NL-87-10
Hits Allowed 1950 NL-262-5	SO to Walk 1949 NL-1.60-8	Losses 1950 NL-15-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1950 NL-119-4	Hit Batsmen 1949 NL-5-10 1950 NL-6-6	Batters Faced 1950 NL-1097-7