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Chris Chambliss

Carroll Christopher Chambliss

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 26, 1948 in Dayton, OH
High School: Oceanside (Oceanside, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1971
Teams (by GP): Braves/Yankees/Indians 1971-1988
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 8, 1988
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:02AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #603. Cecil Fielder… #604. Jim Piersall… #605. Jay Buhner… #606. CHRIS CHAMBLISS… #607. Harry Steinfeldt… #608. Jason Bay… #609. George Bell… 

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
1971 22 CLE AL 111 459 415 49 114 20 4 9 48 2 0 40 83 .275 .341 .407 .749 104 169 9 2 2 0 1 3 RoY-1
1972 23 CLE AL 121 499 466 51 136 27 2 6 44 3 4 26 63 .292 .327 .397 .724 112 185 8 0 3 4 2 *3
1973 24 CLE AL 155 636 572 70 156 30 2 11 53 4 8 58 76 .273 .342 .390 .732 104 223 14 3 1 2 8 *3
1974 25 TOT AL 127 499 467 46 119 20 3 6 50 0 1 28 48 .255 .296 .349 .645 86 163 10 0 2 2 2 *3
1974 25 CLE AL 17 72 67 8 22 4 0 0 7 0 1 5 5 .328 .375 .388 .763 122 26 1 0 0 0 1 3
1974 25 NYY AL 110 427 400 38 97 16 3 6 43 0 0 23 43 .243 .282 .343 .625 81 137 9 0 2 2 1 3
1975 26 NYY AL 150 602 562 66 171 38 4 9 72 0 1 29 50 .304 .336 .434 .770 118 244 19 1 4 6 9 *3
1976 27 NYY AL 156 675 641 79 188 32 6 17 96 1 0 27 80 .293 .323 .441 .765 123 283 11 3 1 3 1 *3 AS,MVP-5
1977 28 NYY AL 157 652 600 90 172 32 6 17 90 4 0 45 73 .287 .336 .445 .781 113 267 22 2 0 5 5 *3 MVP-29
1978 29 NYY AL 162 677 625 81 171 26 3 12 90 2 1 41 60 .274 .321 .382 .703 101 239 6 5 1 5 3 *3 GG
1979 30 NYY AL 149 599 554 61 155 27 3 18 63 3 2 34 53 .280 .324 .437 .761 106 242 9 5 1 5 4 *3
1980 31 ATL NL 158 661 602 83 170 37 2 18 72 7 3 49 73 .282 .338 .440 .779 114 265 11 4 2 4 6 *3
1981 32 ATL NL 107 454 404 44 110 25 2 8 51 4 1 44 41 .272 .343 .403 .746 110 163 11 1 2 3 10 *3
1982 33 ATL NL 157 597 534 57 144 25 2 20 86 7 3 57 57 .270 .337 .436 .773 112 233 11 0 0 6 13 *3 MVP-23
1983 34 ATL NL 131 513 447 59 125 24 3 20 78 2 7 63 68 .280 .366 .481 .847 126 215 8 0 0 3 15 *3
1984 35 ATL NL 135 454 389 47 100 14 0 9 44 1 2 58 54 .257 .350 .362 .713 96 141 10 1 0 6 12 *3
1985 36 ATL NL 101 189 170 16 40 7 0 3 21 0 0 18 22 .235 .307 .329 .636 75 56 5 0 0 1 4 3
1986 37 ATL NL 97 138 122 13 38 8 0 2 14 0 2 15 24 .311 .384 .426 .810 119 52 2 0 0 1 4 3
1988 39 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 2175 8305 7571 912 2109 392 42 185 972 40 35 632 926 .279 .334 .415 .749 109 3140 166 27 19 56 99
162 Game Avg. 162 619 564 68 157 29 3 14 72 3 3 47 69 .279 .334 .415 .749 109 234 12 2 1 4 7
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
ATL (7 yrs) 886 3006 2668 319 727 140 9 80 366 21 18 304 339 .272 .345 .422 .767 110 1125 58 6 4 24 64
NYY (7 yrs) 885 3633 3383 415 954 171 25 79 454 10 4 199 360 .282 .323 .417 .740 108 1412 76 16 9 26 23
CLE (4 yrs) 404 1666 1520 178 428 81 8 26 152 9 13 129 227 .282 .339 .397 .735 107 603 32 5 6 6 12
AL (10 yrs) 1289 5299 4903 593 1382 252 33 105 606 19 17 328 587 .282 .328 .411 .739 108 2015 108 21 15 32 35
NL (7 yrs) 886 3006 2668 319 727 140 9 80 366 21 18 304 339 .272 .345 .422 .767 110 1125 58 6 4 24 64

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 22 CLE AL 458 -1 -2 -1 1 -4 -7 15 0 -0.1 5 0.6 -0.7 $ 3 RoY-1
1972 23 CLE AL 499 5 -2 2 2 0 -8 16 15 1.7 15 1.5 0.2 $ *3
1973 24 CLE AL 636 1 -2 -1 0 3 -10 21 12 1.2 9 0.9 0.3 $ *3
1974 25 CLE AL 72 3 0 0 0 -3 -1 2 1 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ 3
1974 25 NYY AL 427 -12 0 1 1 4 -7 14 1 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $ 3
1975 26 NYY AL 603 11 0 1 -2 8 -10 20 28 2.9 20 2.1 0.8 $ *3
1976 27 NYY AL 676 17 1 -3 0 8 -10 21 34 3.6 26 2.7 0.9 $ *3 AS,MVP-5
1977 28 NYY AL 653 7 2 -3 -3 2 -10 21 16 1.6 14 1.4 0.2 $240,000 *3 MVP-29
1978 29 NYY AL 677 3 2 0 2 8 -11 22 26 2.6 18 1.9 0.7 $240,000 *3 GG
1979 30 NYY AL 599 7 -1 0 1 2 -10 20 19 1.9 17 1.7 0.2 $240,000 *3
1980 31 ATL NL 663 17 -3 0 0 6 -10 20 30 3.2 24 2.6 0.6 $ *3
1981 32 ATL NL 455 6 -1 0 -1 2 -7 14 14 1.4 11 1.1 0.3 $ *3
1982 33 ATL NL 598 12 0 -2 0 9 -9 19 29 3.0 20 2.1 0.9 $ *3 MVP-23
1983 34 ATL NL 514 16 -5 -2 1 -9 -8 16 9 1.0 18 1.9 -0.9 $ *3
1984 35 ATL NL 455 -1 1 0 0 -6 -7 14 1 0.1 7 0.8 -0.7 $ *3
1985 36 ATL NL 189 -5 -1 1 0 3 -2 6 2 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $800,000 3
1986 37 ATL NL 138 2 -2 -1 0 -2 -1 4 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $769,452 3
1988 39 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $62,500
17 Seasons 8313 88 -13 -8 2 31 -128 265 237 24.4 206 21.5 2.9 $2,351,952
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
ATL (7 yrs) 3012 47 -11 -4 0 4 -44 93 85 8.8 81 8.6 0.2 $1,569,452
NYY (7 yrs) 3636 33 4 -4 -1 32 -58 118 124 12.6 92 9.5 3.1 $782,500
CLE (4 yrs) 1665 8 -6 0 3 -5 -26 54 28 3.0 33 3.4 -0.4 $

Postseason Batting

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
1976 27 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 22 21 5 11 1 1 2 8 2 0 0 1 .524 .500 .952 1.452 20 1 0 0 1 0
1976 27 NYY AL WS CIN L 4 17 16 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .313 .353 .375 .728 6 0 1 0 0 0
1977 28 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .059 .200 .059 .259 1 0 0 0 0 2
1977 28 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 24 24 4 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .292 .292 .500 .792 12 1 0 0 0 0
1978 29 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 15 15 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .400 .400 .400 .800 6 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 NYY AL WS LAD W 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 ATL NL NLCS STL L 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons (7 Series) 30 121 114 12 32 4 1 3 15 2 0 5 14 .281 .314 .412 .726 47 3 1 0 1 3
3 ALCS 14 57 53 6 18 1 1 2 10 2 0 3 9 .340 .368 .509 .878 27 1 0 0 1 2
1 NLCS 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 1 0 0 0 1
3 WS 13 53 51 6 14 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .275 .302 .392 .694 20 1 1 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
1971 CLE AL 22 1B 108 1006 943 55 8 85 .992 -4 9.24 .992 9.53 RoY-1
1972 CLE AL 23 1B 119 1173 1109 56 8 109 .993 0 9.79 .991 9.71
1973 CLE AL 24 1B 154 1565 1437 114 14 153 .991 3 10.07 .992 9.80
1974 TOT AL 25 1B 123 120 115 1074.2 1130 1035 84 11 107 .990 0 0 9.37 9.10 .992 48.32 9.66
1974 CLE AL 25 1B 17 17 17 154.0 171 162 6 3 14 .982 -3 -26 9.82 9.88 .992 48.32 9.66
1974 NYY AL 25 1B 106 103 98 920.2 959 873 78 8 93 .992 4 5 9.30 8.97 .992 48.32 9.66
1975 NYY AL 26 1B 147 1340 1222 106 12 113 .991 8 9.03 .990 9.81
1976 NYY AL 27 1B 155 1558 1440 109 9 123 .994 8 9.99 .992 9.89 AS,MVP-5
1976 NYY AL 27 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-5
1977 NYY AL 28 1B 157 1482 1368 98 16 129 .989 2 9.34 .990 9.95 MVP-29
1978 NYY AL 29 1B 155 1481 1366 111 4 119 .997 8 9.53 .992 9.95 GG
1978 NYY AL 29 DH 7 7 GG
1979 NYY AL 30 1B 134 1401 1299 95 7 135 .995 2 10.40 .992 9.96
1979 NYY AL 30 DH 14 14
1980 ATL NL 31 1B 158 1739 1626 101 12 140 .993 6 10.93 .992 10.17
1981 ATL NL 32 1B 107 1144 1046 94 4 83 .997 2 10.65 .992 10.25
1982 ATL NL 33 1B 151 1500 1352 138 10 144 .993 9 9.87 .992 10.26 MVP-23
1983 ATL NL 34 1B 126 1186 1092 89 5 117 .996 -9 9.37 .992 9.92
1984 ATL NL 35 1B 109 1074 996 70 8 84 .993 -6 9.78 .992 9.83
1985 ATL NL 36 1B 39 325 299 25 1 31 .997 3 8.31 .993 10.05
1986 ATL NL 37 1B 20 148 141 6 1 15 .993 -2 7.35 .992 9.95
16 Seasons 1B 1962 120 115 1074.2 19252 17771 1351 130 1687 .993 31 35 9.37 9.75 .992 48.32 9.92
17 Seasons TOT 1962 120 115 1074.2 19252 17771 1351 130 1687 .993 31 35 9.37 9.75 .992 48.32 9.92
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (5, 21%)
1977 AL (29, 0%)
1982 NL (23, 1%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Gold Gloves
1978 AL (1B)

Batting Average s c a p y
1975 AL  .304 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1983 NL  .481 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1983 NL  .847 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL  162 (2nd)
1980 NL  158 (10th)
1981 NL  107 (5th)
Career  2,175 (141st)

At Bats s c a p y
1976 AL  641 (2nd)
1978 AL  625 (5th)
1981 NL  404 (10th)
Career  7,571 (186th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1978 AL  677 (9th)
1981 NL  454 (9th)
Career  8,305 (205th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  171 (10th)
1976 AL  188 (3rd)
1978 AL  171 (7th)
Career  2,109 (209th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1976 AL  283 (2nd)
1980 NL  265 (9th)
Career  3,140 (240th)

Doubles s c a p y
1972 AL  27 (10th)
1973 AL  30 (3rd)
1975 AL  38 (3rd)
1976 AL  32 (6th)
1980 NL  37 (6th)
1981 NL  25 (5th)
Career  392 (185th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1976 AL  96 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1976 AL  133 (9th)
1978 AL  130 (7th)
Career  1,490 (203rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1976 AL  90 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  55 (6th)
1980 NL  57 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career  56 (244th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  8 (9th)
1981 NL  10 (4th)
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1983 NL  15 (6th)
1984 NL  12 (9th)
Career  99 (124th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 AL  19 (5th)
1977 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  166 (194th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1983 NL  22.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 AL  468 (10th)
1978 AL  467 (10th)
Career  5,738 (181st)

Putoutss c a p y
1973 AL  1,437 (2nd)
1974 AL  1,035 (3rd)
1975 AL  1,222 (2nd)
1976 AL  1,440 (2nd)
1978 AL  1,366 (3rd)
1979 AL  1,299 (5th)
1980 NL  1,626 (1st)
1981 NL  1,046 (2nd)
Career  17,771 (25th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1973 AL  154 (2nd)
1974 AL  123 (3rd)
1975 AL  147 (1st)
1976 AL  155 (2nd)
1977 AL  157 (3rd)
1978 AL  155 (2nd)
1980 NL  158 (3rd)
1981 NL  107 (2nd)
Career  1,962 (23rd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1973 AL  1,437 (2nd)
1974 AL  1,035 (2nd)
1975 AL  1,222 (2nd)
1976 AL  1,440 (2nd)
1978 AL  1,366 (3rd)
1979 AL  1,299 (5th)
1980 NL  1,626 (1st)
1981 NL  1,046 (2nd)
Career  17,771 (22nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1973 AL  114 (2nd)
1974 AL  84 (2nd)
1975 AL  106 (2nd)
1976 AL  109 (3rd)
1978 AL  111 (2nd)
1979 AL  95 (4th)
1980 NL  101 (4th)
1981 NL  94 (1st)
1982 NL  138 (2nd)
1983 NL  89 (5th)
1984 NL  70 (5th)
Career  1,351 (16th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1971 AL  8 (5th)
1973 AL  14 (1st)
1974 AL  11 (4th)
1975 AL  12 (4th)
1976 AL  9 (5th)
1977 AL  16 (2nd)
1980 NL  12 (3rd)
1984 NL  8 (4th)
Career  130 (75th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1973 AL  3 (3rd)
1975 AL  8 (1st)
1976 AL  8 (4th)
1978 AL  8 (2nd)
1980 NL  6 (2nd)
1981 NL  3 (2nd)
1982 NL  9 (2nd)
1985 NL  3 (3rd)
Career  31 (30th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1Bs c a p y
1971 AL  9.49 (5th)
1972 AL  9.92 (4th)
1973 AL  10.25 (4th)
1976 AL  9.96 (4th)
1979 AL  10.71 (1st)
1980 NL  11.32 (1st)
1981 NL  10.81 (2nd)
1982 NL  10.63 (5th)
1983 NL  10.12 (5th)
1984 NL  10.79 (3rd)
Career  9.37 (36th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1971 AL  9.24 (4th)
1972 AL  9.79 (1st)
1973 AL  10.07 (2nd)
1974 AL  9.10 (3rd)
1976 AL  9.99 (2nd)
1979 AL  10.40 (1st)
1980 NL  10.93 (1st)
1981 NL  10.65 (2nd)
1982 NL  9.87 (5th)
1984 NL  9.78 (2nd)
Career  9.75 (84th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1972 AL  .993 (4th)
1976 AL  .994 (5th)
1978 AL  .997 (1st)
1979 AL  .995 (4th)
1981 NL  .997 (4th)
1983 NL  .996 (2nd)
Career  .993 (65th)

Oldest s c a p y
1988 AL  born 1948-12-26 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 38 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1089), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197728New York Yankees$240,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.2MM; 4/23/77 TSN salary survey says $200K
197829New York Yankees$240,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.2MM
197930New York Yankees$240,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.2MM
198031New York Yankees$240,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.2MM
198132New York Yankees$240,0004/23/77 TSN5/$1.2MM; 4/4/81 TSN says $185,000
198536Atlanta Braves$800,0003/3/86 TSN
198637Atlanta Braves$769,4521986 USA Today survey
198839New York Yankees$62,50012/13/88 NYT
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,831,952
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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