Al Chambers

Albert Eugene Chambers

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 217 lb.

Born: March 24, 1961 in Harrisburg, PA
High School: John Harris HS (Harrisburg, PA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1983
Team: Mariners 1983-1985

Final Game: September 25, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1979	18	SEA-min	A-	55	166	166		41	4	1	2						.247	.247	.319	.566		53							BLH · NORW
1980	19	SEA-min	A	115	503	426	76	128	18	12	9	85	12	7	64	80	.300	.388	.462	.851		197		1	6	6			SJO · CALL
1981	20	SEA-min	AA	134	548	446	71	120	20	4	20	77	8	12	91	113	.269	.398	.466	.865		208		6	3	2	9		LYN · EL
1982	21	SEA-min	AAA	97	393	343	57	96	28	5	8	50	12	6	47	75	.280	.365	.461	.825		158		0	1	2	5		SLC · PCL
1983	22	SEA-min	AAA	99	414	347	77	115	26	6	12	75	20	7	61	87	.331	.429	.545	.973		189		1	1	4	6		SLC · PCL
1983	22	SEA	AL	31	85	67	11	14	3	0	1	7	0	1	18	20	.209	.376	.299	.675	86	20	1	0	0	0	1	D/7
1984	23	SEA-min	AAA	100	408	340	69	99	21	6	13	73	19	4	62	70	.291	.398	.503	.901		171		1	1	4	8		SLC · PCL
1984	23	SEA	AL	22	52	49	4	11	1	0	1	4	2	1	3	12	.224	.269	.306	.575	61	15	0	0	0	0	0	7/D
1985	24	SEA-min	AAA	100	422	354	64	109	31	3	9	64	10	3	59	75	.308	.402	.489	.891		173		1	2	6	7		CGY · PCL
1985	24	SEA	AL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	26	HOU-min	AA	92	318	280	34	79	23	1	6	42	1	4	33	55	.282	.355	.436	.791		122		1	0	4	0		CBS · SOUL
1988	27	CHC-min	AA	46	183	156	13	37	5	0	6	22	2	0	22	27	.237	.339	.385	.723		60		3	0	2	0		PFD · EL
3 Yrs				57	141	120	15	25	4	0	2	11	2	2	21	34	.208	.326	.292	.618	72	35	1	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	401	341	43	71	11	0	6	31	6	6	60	97	.208	.326	.292	.618	72	99	3	0	0	0	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1983	22	SEA	AL	31	85	-0	-0	-0	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.487	.498	0.0	-0.3	-1	$	D/7
1984	23	SEA	AL	22	52	-3	0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.478	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	7/D
1985	24	SEA	AL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
3 Seasons				57	141	-5	0	-0	-2	-3	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.5	.483	.498	-0.3	-0.5	-3	$

Advanced Batting

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
1983	22	SEA	AL	85	55	9	4.4	101	.283	.209	.270	.376	.333	.299	.408	.675	.740	86	.484	-0.3	-0.0	.673	.343	.090	.0
1984	23	SEA	AL	52	39	4	2.8	95	.278	.224	.261	.269	.324	.306	.394	.575	.718	61	.287	-2.7	-0.3	.487	.163	.082	1.3
1985	24	SEA	AL	4	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.000	.327	.000	.406	.000	.732	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				141	98	13	3.6	99	.274	.208	.266	.326	.329	.292	.402	.618	.731	72	.391	-4.2	-0.4	.571	.258	.083	2.0
162 Game Avg.				401	279	37	3.6	99	.274	.208	.266	.326	.329	.292	.402	.618	.731	72	.391	-4.2	-0.4	.571	.258	.083	6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1983	22	SEA	AL	85	1.2%	23.5%	21.2%	4.7%	29%	1.11	3.4	67.0	9.6	0.94	54%
1984	23	SEA	AL	52	1.9%	23.1%	5.8%	3.9%	18%	4.00	4.1	49.0	12.3	0.67	69%
1985	24	SEA	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
3 Yrs				141	1.4%	24.1%	14.9%	4.3%	24%	1.62	3.5	60.0	10.9	0.76	60%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.64	6.5	42.4	8.4	1.07	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	22	SEA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	86	-0.0	1.4	-1.5	1.08	-0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.99	-0.5	1.91	7
1984	23	SEA	AL	-2.7	-0.3	55	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	1.02	-0.2	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.85	-0.8	2.15	8
1985	24	SEA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.70	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.81	-1.1	0.70	4
3 Yrs				-4.2	-0.4	145	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	1.05	-0.4	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.93	-2.4	1.75	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	22	SEA	AL	1	32%	26	0	1	0%	0	1	1	36%	4	4	0	2	1	1	5	2	3
1984	23	SEA	AL	0	23%	13	2	1	67%	2	1	1	67%	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
1985	24	SEA	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	30%	39	2	2	50%	2	2	2	43%	5	4	1	3	1	2	6	3	3

Situational Hitting*

						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
1983	22	SEA	AL	85	95%	14			7	0	0	1	1.91	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		24	1	4%	6	2	33%	64	7	11%	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	0
1984	23	SEA	AL	52	98%	11			8	2	0	2	2.15	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	21	3	14%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1985	24	SEA	AL	4	100%	0			4	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				141	96%	25			19	2	0	3	1.75	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		28	1	4%	8	3	38%	86	10	12%	7	5	71%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			86%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	IBB
1983	22	31	85	67	11	14	3	1	7	0	1	18	20	.209	.376	.299	.675	86	20	1	1
1984	23	53	137	116	15	25	4	2	11	2	2	21	32	.216	.336	.302	.637	77	35	1	1
1985	24	57	141	120	15	25	4	2	11	2	2	21	34	.208	.326	.292	.618	72	35	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	22	31	87	68	12	15	3	1	7	0	19	20	.221	.391	.309	.700	8	31
1984	23	22	52	49	4	11	1	1	4	2	3	12	.224	.269	.306	.575	4	22
1985	24	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
3 Yrs		57	143	121	16	26	4	2	11	2	22	34	.215	.336	.298	.633	12	57
162 Game Avg.		162	406	344	45	74	11	6	31	6	63	97	.215	.336	.298	.633	34	57

* 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.

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