Dave Chalk
David Lee Chalk
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right

Born: August 30, 1950
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted
by the California Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1973
Final Game: September 27, 1981
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1973 22 CAL AL 24 79 69 14 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 13 .232 .329 .261 .590 75 18 2 1 0 0 0 6
1974 23 CAL AL 133 515 465 44 117 9 3 5 31 10 10 30 57 .252 .304 .316 .620 84 147 18 7 9 4 1 65 AS
1975 24 CAL AL 149 601 513 59 140 24 2 3 56 6 9 66 49 .273 .353 .345 .698 106 177 13 2 11 9 4 *5 AS
1976 25 CAL AL 142 512 438 39 95 14 1 0 33 0 0 49 62 .217 .308 .253 .561 72 111 16 10 12 3 3 65
1977 26 CAL AL 149 591 519 58 144 27 2 3 45 12 8 52 69 .277 .345 .355 .700 95 184 13 5 9 6 2 *5/46
1978 27 CAL AL 135 527 470 42 119 12 0 1 34 5 8 38 34 .253 .318 .285 .603 75 134 9 7 11 1 0 645/D
1979 28 TOT AL 75 259 220 15 49 6 0 2 13 2 1 29 14 .223 .315 .277 .592 66 61 7 1 8 1 0 465/D
1979 28 TEX AL 9 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 2 1 0 1 0 0 /6D4
1979 28 OAK AL 66 250 212 15 47 6 0 2 13 2 1 29 14 .222 .317 .278 .595 67 59 6 1 7 1 0 456
1980 29 KCR AL 69 190 167 19 42 10 1 1 20 1 1 18 27 .251 .326 .341 .668 84 57 5 2 0 3 0 54/D6
1981 30 KCR AL 27 56 49 2 11 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 2 .224 .283 .286 .569 66 14 1 0 3 0 0 54/6
9 Seasons 903 3330 2910 292 733 107 9 15 243 36 38 295 327 .252 .325 .310 .636 85 903 84 35 63 27 10
162 Game Avg. 162 597 522 52 132 19 2 3 44 6 7 53 59 .252 .325 .310 .636 85 162 15 6 11 5 2
CAL (6 yrs) 732 2825 2474 256 631 88 8 12 205 33 35 244 284 .255 .327 .312 .639 87 771 71 32 52 23 10
KCR (2 yrs) 96 246 216 21 53 13 1 1 25 1 2 22 29 .245 .317 .329 .646 80 71 6 2 3 3 0
OAK (1 yr) 66 250 212 15 47 6 0 2 13 2 1 29 14 .222 .317 .278 .595 67 59 6 1 7 1 0
TEX (1 yr) 9 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 2 1 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1973 22 CAL AL 79 55 6 2.9 87 .286 .232 .250 .329 .317 .261 .368 .590 .685 75 .328 -1.7 -0.2 .509 .159 .029
1974 23 CAL AL 515 389 41 2.8 84 .275 .252 .251 .304 .315 .316 .361 .620 .676 84 .334 -9.3 -1.0 .489 .129 .065 6.7
1975 24 CAL AL 601 415 64 4.2 86 .291 .273 .249 .353 .317 .345 .365 .698 .682 106 .483 8.3 0.8 .613 .195 .072 4.0
1976 25 CAL AL 512 374 36 2.6 80 .251 .217 .248 .308 .311 .253 .350 .561 .660 72 .314 -12.4 -1.3 .474 .148 .037
1977 26 CAL AL 591 411 65 4.2 96 .311 .277 .261 .345 .325 .355 .398 .700 .723 95 .459 -0.4 -0.0 .619 .185 .077 4.8
1978 27 CAL AL 527 380 43 3.0 90 .271 .253 .256 .318 .321 .285 .378 .603 .699 75 .343 -14.8 -1.5 .478 .106 .032 1.7
1979 28 TOT AL 259 188 20 2.8 97 .229 .223 .263 .315 .326 .277 .398 .592 .724 66 .284 -9.2 -0.9 .514 .191 .055 2.0
1979 28 TEX AL 9 8 0 0.0 101 .250 .250 .268 .250 .333 .250 .407 .500 .740 37 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
1979 28 OAK AL 250 180 20 3.0 97 .228 .222 .262 .317 .326 .278 .397 .595 .723 67 .299 -8.4 -0.8 .523 .198 .057 2.0
1980 29 KCR AL 190 134 19 3.8 99 .289 .251 .269 .326 .331 .341 .399 .668 .731 84 .416 -2.9 -0.3 .588 .198 .090 1.0
1981 30 KCR AL 56 43 4 2.5 88 .234 .224 .255 .283 .319 .286 .371 .569 .690 66 .288 -2.1 -0.2 .425 .122 .061
9 Seasons 3330 2389 298 3.4 89 .277 .252 .255 .325 .319 .310 .375 .636 .694 85 .384 -44.4 -4.6 .535 .159 .058 21.2
162 Game Avg. 597 429 53 3.4 89 .277 .252 .255 .325 .319 .310 .375 .636 .694 85 .384 -44.4 -4.6 .535 .159 .058 4
CAL (6 yrs) 2825 2024 255 3.4 88 .281 .255 .253 .327 .318 .312 .371 .639 .689 87 .393 -30.3 -3.2 .536 .154 .057 17.6
KCR (2 yrs) 246 177 23 3.5 96 .275 .245 .266 .317 .329 .329 .393 .646 .721 80 .388 -5.0 -0.5 .550 .181 .083 1.0
OAK (1 yr) 250 180 20 3.0 97 .228 .222 .262 .317 .326 .278 .397 .595 .723 67 .300 -8.4 -0.8 .523 .198 .057 2.0
TEX (1 yr) 9 8 0 0.0 101 .250 .250 .268 .250 .333 .250 .407 .500 .740 37 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .286 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 29 KCR AL WS PHI L 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 CAL AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1973 22 CAL AL 79 0.0% 16.5% 11.4% 2.5% 13% 1.44 5.3 11.5 0.86 71%
1974 23 CAL AL 515 1.0% 11.1% 5.8% 3.3% 15% 1.90 8.2 93.0 15.0 1.07 79%
1975 24 CAL AL 601 0.5% 8.2% 11.0% 4.8% 21% 0.74 10.5 171.0 9.2 0.98 78%
1976 25 CAL AL 512 0.0% 12.1% 9.6% 2.9% 16% 1.27 7.1 13.3 0.97 74%
1977 26 CAL AL 591 0.5% 11.7% 8.8% 5.4% 22% 1.33 7.5 173.0 11.5 0.74 77%
1978 27 CAL AL 527 0.2% 6.5% 7.2% 2.5% 11% 0.89 13.8 470.0 13.8 1.16 83%
1979 28 TOT AL 259 0.8% 5.4% 11.2% 3.1% 16% 0.48 15.7 110.0 16.9 0.85 79%
1979 28 TEX AL 9 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 89%
1979 28 OAK AL 250 0.8% 5.6% 11.6% 3.2% 17% 0.48 15.1 106.0 16.3 0.80 79%
1980 29 KCR AL 190 0.5% 14.2% 9.5% 6.3% 29% 1.50 6.2 167.0 8.4 0.76 75%
1981 30 KCR AL 56 0.0% 3.6% 7.1% 5.4% 27% 0.50 24.5 9.8 0.76 84%
9 Seasons 3330 0.5% 9.8% 8.9% 3.9% 18% 1.11 8.9 194.0 12.0 0.95 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 22 CAL AL 1 0 54% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 60% 10 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 4
1974 23 CAL AL 12 0 26% 206 10 10 50% 9 10 0 0 1 0 4 3 9 15 33% 24 19 2 8 7 1 14 2 12
1975 24 CAL AL 9 0 27% 277 6 9 40% 6 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 5 10 39% 32 24 8 8 3 5 14 4 8
1976 25 CAL AL 9 0 25% 203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 42% 27 16 10 6 4 2 17 8 9
1977 26 CAL AL 6 0 28% 254 12 8 60% 11 6 1 1 0 1 3 1 7 18 43% 25 15 8 6 3 3 22 9 12
1978 27 CAL AL 10 0 25% 199 5 8 38% 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 14 49% 30 15 14 5 4 1 10 3 7
1979 28 TOT AL 2 0 17% 117 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17% 17 13 1 0 0 0 6 3 3
1979 28 TEX AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 28 OAK AL 2 0 17% 116 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18% 16 13 1 0 0 0 6 3 3
1980 29 KCR AL 2 0 30% 65 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 36% 16 11 4 1 0 1 5 2 3
1981 30 KCR AL 2 0 13% 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
9 Seasons 53 0 26% 1384 36 38 49% 34 33 1 3 1 2 12 5 45 75 40% 185 121 53 34 21 13 96 32 59
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1973 22 CAL AL 79 37% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 11% 5 0 0% 48 6 13% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1974 23 CAL AL 515 44% 117 0 0 0 0 5 0 10 1 4 1 4 0 13 9 69% 104 18 17% 62 23 37% 318 33 10% 31 17 55% 38 12 32% 0
1975 24 CAL AL 601 41% 140 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 1 2 1 2 0 14 11 79% 108 13 12% 55 25 45% 376 59 16% 34 18 53% 51 19 37% 0
1976 25 CAL AL 512 26% 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 86% 91 16 18% 56 17 30% 294 35 12% 25 8 32% 32 6 19% 0
1977 26 CAL AL 591 22% 144 2 0 0 0 1.57 3 0 12 1 2 2 1 0 11 9 82% 103 13 13% 51 24 47% 343 42 12% 37 18 49% 38 16 42% 0
1978 27 CAL AL 527 30% 119 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 16 11 69% 128 9 7% 58 25 43% 349 35 10% 25 11 44% 32 15 47% 0
1979 28 TOT AL 259 34% 49 8 3 0 0 1.04 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 8 8 100% 42 7 17% 30 10 33% 148 11 7% 11 4 36% 16 5 31% 0
1979 28 TEX AL 9 89% 2 5 2 0 0 1.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1979 28 OAK AL 250 32% 47 3 1 0 0 0.77 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 7 7 100% 38 6 16% 28 9 32% 141 11 8% 10 4 40% 15 5 33% 0
1980 29 KCR AL 190 65% 42 14 2 0 2 2.36 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 38 5 13% 19 7 37% 148 19 13% 17 8 47% 17 8 47% 0
1981 30 KCR AL 56 66% 11 4 2 0 0 0.97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 9 1 11% 7 3 43% 34 6 18% 3 2 67% 5 3 60% 0
9 Seasons 3330 35% 733 28 7 0 2 1.73 15 0 71 5 10 5 10 0 80 63 79% 641 84 13% 343 134 39% 2058 246 12% 185 86 46% 232 84 36% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 22 24 79 69 14 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 13 .232 .329 .261 .590 75 18 2 1 0 0 0
1974 23 157 594 534 58 133 11 3 5 37 10 10 39 70 .249 .308 .309 .617 83 165 20 8 9 4 1
1975 24 306 1195 1047 117 273 35 5 8 93 16 19 105 119 .261 .330 .327 .657 94 342 33 10 20 13 5
1976 25 448 1707 1485 156 368 49 6 8 126 16 19 154 181 .248 .324 .305 .629 88 453 49 20 32 16 8
1977 26 597 2298 2004 214 512 76 8 11 171 28 27 206 250 .255 .329 .318 .647 90 637 62 25 41 22 10
1978 27 732 2825 2474 256 631 88 8 12 205 33 35 244 284 .255 .327 .312 .639 87 771 71 32 52 23 10
1979 28 807 3084 2694 271 680 94 8 14 218 35 36 273 298 .252 .326 .309 .635 85 832 78 33 60 24 10
1980 29 876 3274 2861 290 722 104 9 15 238 36 37 291 325 .252 .326 .311 .637 85 889 83 35 60 27 10
1981 30 903 3330 2910 292 733 107 9 15 243 36 38 295 327 .252 .325 .310 .636 85 903 84 35 63 27 10

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1973 22 24 82 71 16 18 2 0 0 7 0 10 13 .254 .354 .282 .635 7 24
1974 23 133 520 475 53 127 10 3 5 38 11 33 57 .267 .323 .333 .656 50 133
1975 24 150 618 533 70 158 27 2 3 67 7 74 49 .296 .379 .371 .750 76 149
1976 25 143 534 460 49 115 17 1 0 42 0 59 62 .250 .348 .291 .640 45 142
1977 26 149 594 528 63 153 29 2 3 49 13 55 69 .290 .359 .369 .728 70 149
1978 27 135 535 484 49 133 13 0 1 39 6 42 34 .275 .342 .308 .650 50 135
1979 28 75 260 226 16 54 7 0 2 14 2 32 14 .239 .335 .296 .631 22 75
1980 29 69 193 169 20 44 10 1 1 21 1 19 27 .260 .337 .349 .686 20 69
1981 30 41 84 77 4 19 5 0 0 10 0 7 3 .247 .310 .312 .621 8 27
9 Seasons 919 3420 3023 340 821 120 9 15 287 40 331 328 .272 .348 .332 .680 348 903
162 Game Avg. 162 603 533 60 145 21 2 3 51 7 58 58 .272 .348 .332 .680 61 903

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1974 *
1975

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 AL--7--9th
1976 AL--10--2nd
1978 AL--7--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 AL--12--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1975 AL--9--5th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1974 AL--18--5th

AB per SO s c a p y
1978 AL--13.8--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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