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Dave Chalk

David Lee Chalk

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 30, 1950 in Del Rio, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1973
Teams (by GP): Angels/Royals/Athletics/Rangers 1973-1981

Final Game: September 27, 1981
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CAL AL 22 SS 22 20 17 181.0 106 36 66 4 20 .962 -2 -13 5.07 4.64 .963 5.10 5.07
1973 CAL AL 22 DH 1 0
1974 CAL AL 23 SS 99 95 80 806.2 466 168 269 29 55 .938 -10 -14 4.88 4.41 .965 4.98 4.96 AS
1974 CAL AL 23 3B 38 38 33 322.1 118 32 81 5 16 .958 4 15 3.16 2.97 .954 3.12 3.10 AS
1975 CAL AL 24 3B 149 149 134 1295.1 452 108 333 11 30 .976 9 8 3.06 2.96 .954 3.16 3.15 AS
1976 CAL AL 25 SS 102 94 75 826.2 447 141 293 13 45 .971 1 2 4.72 4.25 .967 4.99 5.01
1976 CAL AL 25 3B 49 45 37 399.1 133 35 94 4 9 .970 3 9 2.91 2.63 .953 2.94 2.95
1977 CAL AL 26 3B 141 137 132 1201.2 401 114 266 21 21 .948 2 2 2.85 2.70 .957 2.97 2.96
1977 CAL AL 26 2B 7 3 3 46.0 34 15 17 2 4 .941 -2 -42 6.26 4.57 .978 5.42 5.39
1977 CAL AL 26 SS 4 4 4 36.0 24 18 4 2 2 .917 -3 -100 5.50 5.50 .963 4.82 4.80
1978 CAL AL 27 SS 97 92 71 781.1 424 168 237 19 46 .955 -4 -6 4.67 4.18 .964 4.92 4.87
1978 CAL AL 27 2B 29 19 15 190.1 111 39 69 3 12 .973 -1 -5 5.11 3.72 .980 5.47 5.42
1978 CAL AL 27 3B 22 18 16 169.2 43 9 33 1 4 .977 -0 -3 2.23 1.91 .954 3.00 2.98
1978 CAL AL 27 DH 1 0
1979 TOT AL 28 2B 38 35 28 298.2 173 78 93 2 22 .988 -7 -27 5.15 4.50 .978 5.50 5.43
1979 TOT AL 28 SS 19 13 11 121.0 72 30 36 6 8 .917 -5 -53 4.91 3.47 .965 5.01 4.95
1979 TEX AL 28 SS 3 0 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1 210 6.75 1.00 .967 4.95 4.93
1979 TEX AL 28 DH 2 1
1979 TEX AL 28 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.40
1979 OAK AL 28 2B 37 35 28 296.2 172 77 93 2 22 .988 -7 -27 5.16 4.59 .978 5.50 5.43
1979 OAK AL 28 3B 16 13 10 125.1 43 15 25 3 1 .930 -2 -23 2.87 2.50 .953 3.07 3.03
1979 OAK AL 28 SS 16 13 11 117.0 69 30 33 6 8 .913 -6 -62 4.85 3.94 .965 5.01 4.95
1980 KCR AL 29 3B 33 26 23 242.0 83 24 56 3 3 .964 0 2 2.98 2.42 .951 3.01 3.00
1980 KCR AL 29 2B 17 14 5 110.0 67 33 31 3 7 .955 -3 -33 5.24 3.76 .981 5.60 5.58
1980 KCR AL 29 DH 6 6
1980 KCR AL 29 SS 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 1.00 .960 5.10 5.00
1981 KCR AL 30 3B 14 7 6 74.0 22 9 12 1 3 .955 -2 -34 2.55 1.50 .950 2.96 2.94
1981 KCR AL 30 2B 10 6 5 57.0 29 10 19 0 2 1.000 1 19 4.58 2.90 .982 5.54 5.52
1981 KCR AL 30 SS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 4.95 5.00
8 Seasons 3B 462 433 391 3829.2 1295 346 900 49 87 .962 13 4 2.93 2.70 .955 3.05 3.04
8 Seasons SS 345 318 258 2757.2 1540 561 906 73 176 .953 -23 -10 4.79 4.25 .965 4.97 4.95
5 Seasons 2B 101 77 56 702.0 414 175 229 10 47 .976 -11 -19 5.18 4.00 .979 5.51 5.46
9 Seasons TOT 908 828 705 7289.1 3249 1082 2035 132 310 .959 -21 -3 3.85 3.43 .963 4.01 4.04
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1973 CAL AL 22 SS -2 -13 -2 -3 1 0
1974 CAL AL 23 SS -10 -14 -10 -8 -2 1
1974 CAL AL 23 3B 4 15 3 2 1 1
1975 CAL AL 24 3B 9 8 9 2 7 0
1976 CAL AL 25 SS 1 2 2 -2 5 -1
1976 CAL AL 25 3B 3 9 3 2 1 0
1977 CAL AL 26 3B 2 2 1 -2 3 1
1977 CAL AL 26 2B -2 -42 -2 -1 -0 0
1977 CAL AL 26 SS -3 -100 -3 -3 0 0
1978 CAL AL 27 SS -4 -6 -2 0 -3 -2
1978 CAL AL 27 2B -1 -5 -1 1 -2 0
1978 CAL AL 27 3B -0 -3 -0 -1 0 0
1979 TEX AL 28 SS 1 210 1 1 -0 0
1979 TEX AL 28 2B -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1979 OAK AL 28 2B -7 -27 -6 -5 -1 -1
1979 OAK AL 28 3B -2 -23 -2 -3 1 0
1979 OAK AL 28 SS -6 -62 -5 -2 -3 -1
1980 KCR AL 29 3B 0 2 0 2 -2 0
1980 KCR AL 29 2B -3 -33 -3 -1 -2 0
1980 KCR AL 29 SS 0 40 0 0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 30 3B -2 -34 -2 -1 -1 0
1981 KCR AL 30 2B 1 19 1 0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 30 SS -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
8 Seasons 3B 13 4 11 1 10 2
8 Seasons SS -23 -10 -20 -17 -3 -3
5 Seasons 2B -11 -19 -10 -5 -5 -1
9 Seasons TOT -21 -3 -19 -21 2 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 1 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 1 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 2 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 10 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 1347 66% 75% 28% 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 5537 63% 79% 26% 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 1651 64% 78% 28% 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 5100 57% 78% 25% 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 27 733 54% 77% 27% 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 28 563 60% 83% 26% 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 1041 60% 86% 30% 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 30 326 60% 84% 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 16298 61% 79% 26% 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 61% 82% 28% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 22 792 72% 80% 28% 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 3512 68% 78% 25% 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 3476 61% 80% 27% 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 26 155 45% 83% 21% 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 3332 56% 81% 24% 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 28 534 57% 86% 24% 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 17 65% 82% 35% 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 11838 62% 80% 25% 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 61% 82% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 26 216 54% 84% 26% 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 27 800 50% 81% 27% 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 1346 55% 83% 23% 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 29 477 64% 89% 27% 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 30 249 64% 82% 25% 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 3130 56% 83% 25% 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 61% 82% 28% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1974 *
1975

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1974 AL  34 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1975 AL  333 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1977 AL  21 (3rd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1974 AL  29 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1974 AL  4 (5th)
1975 AL  9 (4th)
Career  13 (92nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1975 AL  .976 (2nd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1976 AL  .971 (5th)

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