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

Born: August 30, 1950
Schools: 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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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

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
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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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 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--13.824--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1359), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3488), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Rey Ordonez (968)
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  5. Manuel Lee (967)
  6. Gary Sutherland (966)
  7. Kirt Manwaring (965)
  8. Felix Fermin (965)
  9. Denny Doyle (964)
  10. Mark Christman (963)
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  3. Omar Vizquel (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jose Offerman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Omar Vizquel (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Omar Vizquel (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Marty Perez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.

May 4, 1979: Traded by the California Angels to the Texas Rangers for Bert Campaneris.

June 15, 1979: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Heath and cash to the Oakland Athletics for John Henry Johnson.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

March 28, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 24, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

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