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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CAL AL 22 SS 22 20 181.0 106 36 66 4 20 .962 -2.0 -13.3 -2.0 0.8 -2.8 0 5.07 4.64 .963 5.10 4.43
1974 CAL AL 23 SS 99 95 806.2 466 168 269 29 55 .938 -9.5 -14.1 -10.5 -2.4 -8.1 1 4.88 4.41 .966 4.98 4.24 AS
1974 CAL AL 23 3B 38 38 322.1 118 32 81 5 16 .958 4.1 15.3 3.1 1.1 2.0 1 3.16 2.97 .954 3.12 2.77 AS
1975 CAL AL 24 3B 149 149 1295.1 452 108 333 11 30 .976 8.9 8.2 8.9 7.1 1.9 0 3.06 2.96 .953 3.16 2.81 AS
1976 CAL AL 25 SS 102 94 826.2 447 141 293 13 45 .971 1.3 1.9 2.3 4.7 -2.5 -1 4.72 4.25 .967 4.99 4.40
1976 CAL AL 25 3B 49 45 399.1 133 35 94 4 9 .970 2.9 8.7 2.9 0.9 1.9 0 2.91 2.63 .952 2.94 2.64
1977 CAL AL 26 3B 141 137 1201.2 401 114 266 21 21 .948 1.7 1.7 0.7 2.8 -2.0 1 2.85 2.70 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 CAL AL 26 2B 7 3 46.0 34 15 17 2 4 .941 -1.6 -41.7 -1.6 -0.4 -1.2 0 6.26 4.57 .979 5.42 4.76
1977 CAL AL 26 SS 4 4 36.0 24 18 4 2 2 .917 -3.0 -100.0 -3.0 0.0 -3.0 0 5.50 5.50 .967 4.82 4.08
1978 CAL AL 27 SS 97 92 781.1 424 168 237 19 46 .955 -4.2 -6.5 -2.2 -2.7 0.5 -2 4.67 4.18 .964 4.92 4.19
1978 CAL AL 27 2B 29 19 190.1 111 39 69 3 12 .973 -0.8 -5.0 -0.8 -1.6 0.8 0 5.11 3.72 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 CAL AL 27 3B 22 18 169.2 43 9 33 1 4 .977 -0.4 -2.8 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 2.23 1.91 .953 3.00 2.59
1978 CAL AL 27 DH 1
1979 TOT AL 28 2B 38 35 298.2 173 78 93 2 22 .988 -6.8 -27.3 -5.8 -1.1 -4.7 -1 5.15 4.50 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 TOT AL 28 SS 19 13 121.0 72 30 36 6 8 .917 -5.3 -52.6 -4.3 -3.3 -1.1 -1 4.91 3.47 .967 5.01 4.10
1979 TEX AL 28 SS 3 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.7 210.0 0.7 -0.1 0.7 0 6.75 1.00 .967 4.95 4.10
1979 TEX AL 28 DH 2
1979 TEX AL 28 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1979 OAK AL 28 2B 37 35 296.2 172 77 93 2 22 .988 -6.7 -27.1 -5.7 -1.0 -4.7 -1 5.16 4.59 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 OAK AL 28 3B 16 13 125.1 43 15 25 3 1 .930 -2.4 -23.0 -2.4 0.6 -3.1 0 2.87 2.50 .953 3.07 2.66
1979 OAK AL 28 SS 16 13 117.0 69 30 33 6 8 .913 -6.0 -61.5 -5.0 -3.2 -1.8 -1 4.85 3.94 .967 5.01 4.10
1980 KCR AL 29 3B 33 26 242.0 83 24 56 3 3 .964 0.4 2.0 0.4 -1.9 2.4 0 2.98 2.42 .951 3.01 2.59
1980 KCR AL 29 2B 17 14 110.0 67 33 31 3 7 .955 -3.0 -32.7 -3.0 -2.2 -0.8 0 5.24 3.76 .982 5.60 4.91
1980 KCR AL 29 DH 6
1980 KCR AL 29 SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 5.10 4.30
1981 KCR AL 30 3B 14 7 74.0 22 9 12 1 3 .955 -2.1 -34.1 -2.1 -0.8 -1.2 0 2.55 1.50 .950 2.96 2.52
1981 KCR AL 30 2B 10 6 57.0 29 10 19 0 2 1.000 0.9 18.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 4.58 2.90 .983 5.54 4.93
1981 KCR AL 30 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
8 Seasons 3B 462 433 3829.2 1295 346 900 49 87 .962 13.1 4.1 11.1 10.1 1.2 2 2.93 2.70 .954 3.05 2.72
8 Seasons SS 345 318 2757.2 1540 561 906 73 176 .953 -22.7 -9.9 -19.7 -2.9 -17.0 -3 4.79 4.25 .966 4.97 4.28
5 Seasons 2B 101 77 702.0 414 175 229 10 47 .976 -11.3 -19.3 -10.3 -4.8 -5.5 -1 5.18 4.00 .980 5.51 4.81
3 Seasons DH 9
9 Seasons TOT 908 828 7289.1 3249 1082 2035 132 310 .959 -20.9 -3.4 -18.9 2.4 -21.3 -2 3.85 3.43 .922 4.01 3.54
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CAL AL 22 24 21 24 22 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1974 CAL AL 23 133 133 133 133 0 0 0 0 38 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL AL 24 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL AL 25 142 139 142 142 0 0 0 0 49 102 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 CAL AL 26 149 144 149 148 0 0 0 7 141 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1978 CAL AL 27 135 129 135 133 0 0 0 29 22 97 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1979 OAK AL 28 66 61 66 64 0 0 0 37 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 TEX AL 28 9 1 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
1980 KCR AL 29 69 46 69 52 0 0 0 17 34 1 0 0 0 0 6 17 1
1981 KCR AL 30 27 13 27 25 0 0 0 10 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
9 Seasons 903 836 903 872 0 0 0 102 463 344 0 0 0 0 7 34 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 CAL AL 23 1400 63% 72% 27% 118 89% 2 32 22 4 6 82 54 22 5 1 6 0 6 0 5 17 13 1 15 0 0 0 2 50%
1975 CAL AL 24 5811 60% 75% 25% 453 90% 4 108 75 7 26 335 258 62 5 18 11 0 11 0 11 29 21 0 24 3 1 2 18 50%
1976 CAL AL 25 1734 61% 74% 27% 128 92% 0 31 26 1 4 92 74 16 0 3 4 0 3 1 4 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 4 75%
1977 CAL AL 26 5344 54% 75% 24% 388 90% 3 113 87 9 17 262 218 35 3 7 21 0 20 1 18 22 15 2 18 3 2 1 10 70%
1978 CAL AL 27 766 51% 74% 26% 46 87% 2 10 7 1 2 33 26 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 100%
1979 OAK AL 28 593 57% 79% 24% 42 79% 1 15 9 4 2 26 20 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1980 KCR AL 29 1065 59% 84% 29% 80 93% 1 24 20 0 4 55 41 11 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1981 KCR AL 30 331 59% 82% 24% 22 95% 0 10 8 0 2 13 8 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 17044 58% 75% 25% 1277 90% 13 343 254 26 63 898 699 158 16 34 50 0 48 2 45 88 65 4 76 6 3 3 38 63%
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 CAL AL 22 834 68% 76% 27% 96 85% 1 33 19 10 4 70 54 14 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 20 10 2 1 1 2 17 13 4 3 0 3
1974 CAL AL 23 3680 65% 74% 24% 373 84% 3 163 66 60 37 278 212 55 0 9 29 2 24 3 21 55 25 1 19 3 2 50 26 24 4 2 2
1976 CAL AL 25 3660 57% 76% 26% 349 90% 4 139 48 61 30 293 227 51 1 4 13 0 11 2 10 45 15 3 17 4 3 42 18 24 2 0 2
1977 CAL AL 26 164 42% 79% 20% 14 86% 0 19 10 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1978 CAL AL 27 3487 53% 77% 23% 332 86% 4 165 74 63 28 236 168 57 1 5 19 0 14 5 15 47 17 4 10 5 2 39 21 18 7 3 3
1979 OAK AL 28 556 55% 83% 23% 48 81% 0 30 11 14 5 33 21 10 0 1 6 0 3 3 4 8 4 0 4 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 28 19 58% 74% 32% 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 KCR AL 29 13 62% 85% 46% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 30 7 43% 57% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 12420 59% 76% 24% 1217 86% 13 549 228 212 109 918 690 187 2 19 73 2 58 13 55 177 71 10 53 13 9 158 82 76 16 5 10
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 CAL AL 22 33 94% 73% 24% 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1977 CAL AL 26 228 51% 80% 25% 20 90% 0 14 2 9 3 18 15 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 1 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1978 CAL AL 27 828 49% 78% 26% 79 90% 0 42 13 18 11 67 52 14 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 12 6 1 4 1 12 5 7 0 0 0
1979 OAK AL 28 1418 52% 78% 22% 98 95% 1 78 23 37 18 91 67 18 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 21 8 7 5 0 20 5 15 1 1 0
1979 TEX AL 28 9 78% 89% 11% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 KCR AL 29 497 62% 85% 26% 46 93% 0 32 17 15 0 31 25 6 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 8 4 1 2 0 8 2 6 0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 30 256 62% 79% 24% 22 100% 0 10 4 4 2 19 16 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
6 Seasons 3269 54% 80% 24% 266 93% 1 179 60 85 34 227 176 44 0 6 10 0 8 2 7 50 20 10 15 1 48 16 32 2 1 1
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 94%

* 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.

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