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Alvin Dark
Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie or The Swamp Fox)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Louisiana State University

Debut July 14, 1946
Final Game October 2, 1960
Born January 7, 1922 in Comanche, OK

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 24 BSN NL  15   13    0    3   3  0   0    1   0      0   3  .231  .231  .462   93    6   0           0   0
 1948 26 BSN NL 137  543   85  175  39  6   3   48   4     24  36  .322  .353  .433  113  235  10           2   4 MVP-3,RoY-1
 1949 27 BSN NL 130  529   74  146  23  5   3   53   5     31  43  .276  .317  .355   84  188  11           1  10 MVP-25
 1950 28 NYG NL 154  587   79  164  36  5  16   67   9     39  60  .279  .331  .440  100  258  11           6  10
 1951 29 NYG NL 156  646  114  196  41  7  14   69  12  7  42  39  .303  .352  .454  114  293   6           6  11 MVP-12,AS
 1952 30 NYG NL 151  589   92  177  29  3  14   73   6  6  47  39  .301  .357  .431  117  254   8           5  10 MVP-12,AS
 1953 31 NYG NL 155  647  126  194  41  6  23   88   7  2  28  34  .300  .335  .488  110  316  12           6  19
 1954 32 NYG NL 154  644   98  189  26  6  20   70   5  3  27  40  .293  .325  .446   98  287  12   5       5  16 MVP-5,AS
 1955 33 NYG NL 115  475   77  134  20  3   9   45   2  1  22  32  .282  .319  .394   88  187   4   2   2   5   5
 1956 34 TOT NL 148  619   73  170  26  7   6   54   3  1  29  46  .275  .307  .368   81  228   5   8   0   3  14
         NYG NL  48  206   19   52  12  0   2   17   0  0   8  13  .252  .279  .340   66   70   3   4   0   1   5
         STL NL 100  413   54  118  14  7   4   37   3  1  21  33  .286  .320  .383   89  158   2   4   0   2   9
 1957 35 STL NL 140  583   80  169  25  8   4   64   3  4  29  56  .290  .326  .381   88  222   5   4   4   4   7 MVP-17
 1958 36 TOT NL 132  528   61  156  16  4   4   48   1  1  31  29  .295  .337  .364   87  192   2   6   1   5  16
         STL NL  18   64    7   19   0  0   1    5   0  0   2   6  .297  .318  .344   73   22   0   0   0   0   3
         CHC NL 114  464   54  137  16  4   3   43   1  1  29  23  .295  .339  .366   89  170   2   6   1   5  13
 1959 37 CHC NL 136  477   60  126  22  9   6   45   1  1  55  50  .264  .342  .386   95  184   7   3   9   3   4
 1960 38 TOT NL 105  339   45   90  11  3   4   32   1  1  26  27  .265  .321  .351   87  119   2   3   4   3   8
         PHI NL  55  198   29   48   5  1   3   14   1  1  19  14  .242  .315  .323   76   64   2   0   2   2   5
         MLN NL  50  141   16   42   6  2   1   18   0  0   7  13  .298  .329  .390  103   55   0   3   2   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         7219      2089     72      757     27     534  .289  .333  .411   98       95  31  20  54 134
               1828      1064      358    126       59    430                            2969
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        640   94  185  32  6  11   67   5  2  38  47  .289  .333  .411   98  263   8   3   2   5  12
 Career High    156  647  126  196  41  9  23   88  12  7  55  60  .322  .357  .488  117  316  12   8   9   6  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 24 BSN NL   13   10    1   2.7    93| .231  .264| .231  .339| .462  .369| .693  .708|  93  .321  -0.1   0.0     
 1948 26 BSN NL  579  382   82   5.7   101| .322  .268| .353  .342| .433  .396| .786  .738| 113  .611   8.6   0.9     
 1949 27 BSN NL  572  404   59   3.9   100| .276  .264| .317  .337| .355  .396| .672  .733|  84  .428 -12.2  -1.2     
 1950 28 NYG NL  643  444   84   5.1   109| .279  .271| .331  .348| .440  .420| .771  .768| 100  .530  -1.6  -0.2     
 1951 29 NYG NL  700  474  101   5.7   104| .303  .269| .352  .343| .454  .407| .806  .750| 114  .607  11.9   1.2  63%
 1952 30 NYG NL  649  436   88   5.4    98| .301  .263| .357  .336| .431  .391| .788  .727| 117  .618  13.2   1.4  50%
 1953 31 NYG NL  693  486  104   5.7   112| .300  .277| .335  .348| .488  .431| .823  .779| 110  .572   7.0   0.7  77%
 1954 32 NYG NL  693  491   92   5.0   110| .293  .275| .325  .347| .446  .426| .771  .772|  98  .521  -4.7  -0.5  62%
 1955 33 NYG NL  508  353   60   4.6   106| .282  .267| .319  .338| .394  .422| .713  .760|  88  .487  -9.4  -0.9  66%
 1956 34 TOT NL  664  477   69   3.9   103| .275  .264| .307  .330| .368  .416| .675  .747|  81  .434 -16.8  -1.6  75%
         NYG NL  222  166   19   3.1   102| .252  .263| .279  .330| .340  .415| .619  .745|  66  .333  -9.4  -0.9   0%
         STL NL  442  311   50   4.3   103| .286  .264| .320  .331| .383  .417| .703  .748|  89  .482  -7.4  -0.7  75%
 1957 35 STL NL  625  434   72   4.5   105| .290  .271| .326  .334| .381  .419| .707  .754|  88  .487 -10.6  -1.1  42%
 1958 36 TOT NL  572  397   63   4.3   105| .295  .268| .337  .336| .364  .419| .701  .755|  87  .459  -9.5  -1.0  50%
         STL NL   66   48    6   3.4   109| .297  .274| .318  .343| .344  .428| .662  .771|  73  .355  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         CHC NL  506  349   57   4.4   104| .295  .267| .339  .335| .366  .417| .705  .752|  89  .472  -6.6  -0.7  50%
 1959 37 CHC NL  545  366   66   4.8   104| .264  .269| .342  .335| .386  .416| .728  .751|  95  .519  -2.7  -0.3  50%
 1960 38 TOT NL  373  263   38   3.9    97| .265  .260| .321  .325| .351  .398| .672  .724|  87  .447  -6.0  -0.6  50%
         PHI NL  221  158   20   3.4    99| .242  .263| .315  .329| .323  .404| .638  .733|  76  .388  -6.7  -0.7  50%
         MLN NL  152  105   18   4.6    93| .298  .255| .329  .320| .390  .391| .719  .710| 103  .525   0.7   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7829 5417  979   4.8   104| .289  .268| .333  .339| .411  .413| .744  .752|  98  .525 -32.9  -3.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats 
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1953 31 NYG NL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    1.0    1    2    2   1    1    0   0   0     5       0 18.00  4.32   24 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    1.0    1    2    2   1    1    0   0   0     5       0 18.00  4.32   24 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  34  34   0   0   0  0   34.0   34   68   68  34   34    0   0   0   170   0   0 18.00  4.32   24 2.000

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1946 24 BSN NL  SS   12      5   14    2    2  .905  .955  1.58  4.67                        
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.20                            1    0    0
 1948 26 BSN NL  SS  133    253  393   25   66  .963  .959  4.86  4.59                        
 1949 27 BSN NL  SS  125    232  387   25   76  .961  .961  4.95  4.70                        
                 3B    4      1    8    1    0  .900  .947  2.25  2.98                        
 1950 28 NYG NL  SS  154    288  465   30  101  .962  .961  4.89  4.74                        
 1951 29 NYG NL  SS  156    295  465   45  114  .944  .955  4.87  4.47                         AS
 1952 30 NYG NL  SS  150    324  423   27  116  .965  .960  4.98  4.70                         AS
 1953 31 NYG NL  SS  110    219  343   19   79  .967  .958  5.11  4.63                        
                 2B   26     68   72    2   17  .986  .972  5.38  4.83                        
                 OF   17     26    1    0    1 1.000  .978  1.59  2.11                           13    0    4
                 3B    8     12   17    3    5  .906  .951  3.62  2.73                        
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.90  0.00  1.80    1    1.0
 1954 32 NYG NL  SS  154    289  487   36  105  .956  .959  5.04  4.63                         AS
 1955 33 NYG NL  SS  115    213  324   21   70  .962  .964  4.67  4.57                        
 1956 34 TOT NL  SS  147    267  424   29   93  .960  .962  4.70  4.53  4.82  4.94  147 1289.6
         NYG NL  SS   48     89  132    9   27  .961  .962  4.60  4.53  4.60  4.94   48  432.3
         STL NL  SS   99    178  292   20   66  .959  .962  4.75  4.53  4.93  4.94   99  857.3
 1957 35 STL NL  SS  139    276  419   25  105  .965  .958  5.00  4.34  5.20  4.82  134 1203.7
                 3B    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.70  2.25  2.93    1    8.0
 1958 36 TOT NL  3B  119    111  237   19   24  .948  .952  2.92  2.86  3.09  3.18  116 1015.0
         STL NL  SS    8     10   23    2    6  .943  .965  4.12  4.58  4.64  5.10    8   64.0
                 3B    8      4   12    1    0  .941  .952  2.00  2.86  2.82  3.18    5   51.0
         CHC NL  3B  111    107  225   18   24  .949  .952  2.99  2.86  3.10  3.18  111  964.0
 1959 37 CHC NL  3B  131    111  255   20   20  .948  .950  2.79  2.66  3.02  2.97  121 1090.0
                 1B    4     26    4    1    1  .968  .987  7.50  8.05 10.00  9.57    4   27.0
                 SS    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  4.50  2.07  5.07    0    8.7
 1960 38 TOT NL  3B   57     59   86    7    7  .954  .952  2.54  2.61  2.91  2.97   49  447.7
         TOT NL  1B   11     41    2    1    4  .977  .991  3.91  8.20  8.60  9.56    4   45.0
         PHI NL  3B   53     57   84    7    7  .953  .952  2.66  2.61  2.95  2.97   48  430.7
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.20  4.50  9.45    0    2.0
         MLN NL  LF   25     45    2    2    0  .959  .973  1.88  1.55  2.08  1.99   25  203.0
                 1B   10     40    2    1    4  .977  .991  4.20  8.20  8.79  9.57    4   43.0
                 3B    4      2    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  2.60  2.12  2.96    1   17.0
                 2B    3      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.47  0.00  5.22    0    5.0

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

 1959 37 CHC NL  1B    4     26    4    1    1  .968  .987  7.50  8.05 10.00  9.57    4   27.0
 1960 38 TOT NL  1B   11     41    2    1    4  .977  .991  3.91  8.20  8.60  9.56    4   45.0
         PHI NL  1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.20  4.50  9.45    0    2.0
         MLN NL  1B   10     40    2    1    4  .977  .991  4.20  8.20  8.79  9.57    4   43.0

 1953 31 NYG NL  2B   26     68   72    2   17  .986  .972  5.38  4.83                        
 1960 38 MLN NL  2B    3      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.47  0.00  5.22    0    5.0

 1949 27 BSN NL  3B    4      1    8    1    0  .900  .947  2.25  2.98                        
 1953 31 NYG NL  3B    8     12   17    3    5  .906  .951  3.62  2.73                        
 1957 35 STL NL  3B    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.70  2.25  2.93    1    8.0
 1958 36 TOT NL  3B  119    111  237   19   24  .948  .952  2.92  2.86  3.09  3.18  116 1015.0
         STL NL  3B    8      4   12    1    0  .941  .952  2.00  2.86  2.82  3.18    5   51.0
         CHC NL  3B  111    107  225   18   24  .949  .952  2.99  2.86  3.10  3.18  111  964.0
 1959 37 CHC NL  3B  131    111  255   20   20  .948  .950  2.79  2.66  3.02  2.97  121 1090.0
 1960 38 TOT NL  3B   57     59   86    7    7  .954  .952  2.54  2.61  2.91  2.97   49  447.7
         PHI NL  3B   53     57   84    7    7  .953  .952  2.66  2.61  2.95  2.97   48  430.7
         MLN NL  3B    4      2    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  2.60  2.12  2.96    1   17.0

 1960 38 MLN NL  LF   25     45    2    2    0  .959  .973  1.88  1.55  2.08  1.99   25  203.0

 1946 24 BSN NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.20                            1    0    0
 1953 31 NYG NL  OF   17     26    1    0    1 1.000  .978  1.59  2.11                           13    0    4
 1960 38 MLN NL  OF   25     46    2    2    0  .960  .978  1.92  1.92  2.13  2.20   25  203.0

 1953 31 NYG NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.90  0.00  1.80    1    1.0

 1946 24 BSN NL  SS   12      5   14    2    2  .905  .955  1.58  4.67                        
 1948 26 BSN NL  SS  133    253  393   25   66  .963  .959  4.86  4.59                        
 1949 27 BSN NL  SS  125    232  387   25   76  .961  .961  4.95  4.70                        
 1950 28 NYG NL  SS  154    288  465   30  101  .962  .961  4.89  4.74                        
 1951 29 NYG NL  SS  156    295  465   45  114  .944  .955  4.87  4.47                        
 1952 30 NYG NL  SS  150    324  423   27  116  .965  .960  4.98  4.70                        
 1953 31 NYG NL  SS  110    219  343   19   79  .967  .958  5.11  4.63                        
 1954 32 NYG NL  SS  154    289  487   36  105  .956  .959  5.04  4.63                        
 1955 33 NYG NL  SS  115    213  324   21   70  .962  .964  4.67  4.57                        
 1956 34 TOT NL  SS  147    267  424   29   93  .960  .962  4.70  4.53  4.82  4.94  147 1289.6
         NYG NL  SS   48     89  132    9   27  .961  .962  4.60  4.53  4.60  4.94   48  432.3
         STL NL  SS   99    178  292   20   66  .959  .962  4.75  4.53  4.93  4.94   99  857.3
 1957 35 STL NL  SS  139    276  419   25  105  .965  .958  5.00  4.34  5.20  4.82  134 1203.7
 1958 36 STL NL  SS    8     10   23    2    6  .943  .965  4.12  4.58  4.64  5.10    8   64.0
 1959 37 CHC NL  SS    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  4.50  2.07  5.07    0    8.7

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  SS*1404   2672 4168  286  933  .960  .960  4.87  4.59              289 2566.0
                 3B* 320    294  605   50   56  .947  .951  2.81  2.73              287 2560.7
                 2B*  29     68   72    2   17  .986  .972  4.83  4.79                0    5.0
                 LF*  25     45    2    2    0  .959  .973  1.88  1.55               25  203.0
                 1B*  15     67    6    2    5  .973  .989  4.87  8.16                8   72.0
                  P*   1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.90                1    1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1812   3174 4854  342 1012  .959  .959  4.43  4.23
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   6  24   2   4  1  0  0   0   0   2  .167  .167  .208   0  0   1   0   0 
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  24   5  10  3  0  1   4   2   3  .417  .462  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   4  17   2   7  0  0  0   0   1   1  .412  .444  .412   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  16  65   9  21  4  0  1   4   3   6  .323  .353  .431   0  0   2   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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1951   NYG NL   *   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1952   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1954   NYG NL   *   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      2  10   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1951 (SS)
1952
1954 (SS)

Awards
1948-ML-ROY
1955-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1948-NL-3-0.52
1949-NL-25-0.01
1951-NL-12-0.09
1952-NL-12-0.07
1954-NL-5-0.33
1957-NL-17-0.04
Car-219-1.06 shares

Batting Average
1948 NL-.322-4
1951 NL-.303-8
1952 NL-.301-7

Games
1950 NL-154-5
1951 NL-156-3
1952 NL-151-10
1953 NL-155-7
1954 NL-154-1

At Bats
1950 NL-587-9
1951 NL-646-2
1952 NL-589-9
1953 NL-647-1
1954 NL-644-1
1956 NL-619-4
1957 NL-583-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1951 NL-700-4
1953 NL-693-4
1954 NL-693-5
1956 NL-664-9

Runs
1951 NL-114-4
1952 NL-92-7
1953 NL-126-3

Hits
1948 NL-175-5
1951 NL-196-4
1952 NL-177-4
1953 NL-194-4
1954 NL-189-7
1956 NL-170-10
1957 NL-169-10

Total Bases
1951 NL-293-5
1952 NL-254-9
1953 NL-316-7
1954 NL-287-8

Doubles
1948 NL-39-3
1950 NL-36-5
1951 NL-41-1
1952 NL-29-8
1953 NL-41-2

Triples
1951 NL-7-10
1957 NL-8-5
1959 NL-9-3

Stolen Bases
1950 NL-9-8
1951 NL-12-8

Singles
1948 NL-127-4
1951 NL-134-4
1952 NL-131-5
1953 NL-124-8
1954 NL-137-5
1956 NL-131-5
1957 NL-132-5
1958 NL-132-3

Runs Created
1951 NL-101-10

Extra-Base Hits
1951 NL-62-6
1953 NL-70-5

Hit By Pitch
1950 NL-6-4
1951 NL-6-6
1952 NL-5-8
1953 NL-6-5
1954 NL-5-6
1955 NL-5-8
1958 NL-5-9

Sac. Hits
1948 NL-10-6
1949 NL-11-7
1950 NL-11-3
1953 NL-12-4
1954 NL-12-7

Sac. Flies
1956 NL-8-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1953 NL-19-4

Caught Stealing
1951 NL-7-7

Power/Speed Number
1950 NL-11.5-6
1951 NL-12.9-10
1953 NL-10.7-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1952 NL-15.1-10
1953 NL-19.0-4
1954 NL-16.1-10
1955 NL-14.8-7
1956 NL-13.5-9
1958 NL-18.2-3

Outs
1950 NL-444-7
1951 NL-474-4
1953 NL-486-1
1954 NL-491-1
1956 NL-477-3
1957 NL-434-9

Oldest Player
1960 NL-38-8

          

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (367) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 71 (336) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.9 (461) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 51.0 (363) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 4, 1946: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the Boston Braves with Eddie Stanky to the New York Giants for Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall, and Red Webb.

June 14, 1956: Traded by the New York Giants with Ray Katt, Don Liddle, and Whitey Lockman to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst, and Bill Sarni. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.

May 20, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Brosnan.

January 11, 1960: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with John Buzhardt and Jim Woods to the Philadelphia Phillies for Richie Ashburn.

June 23, 1960: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Morgan.

October 31, 1960: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the San Francisco Giants for Andre Rodgers.

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