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Chris Chambliss
Carroll Christopher Chambliss
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right

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
Final Game: May 8, 1988
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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 80 137 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/D AS,MVP-5
1977 28 NYY AL 157 652 600 90 172 32 6 17 90 4 0 45 73 .287 .336 .445 .781 112 267 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 .703 100 239 6 5 1 5 3 *3/D 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 *3D
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

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
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

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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
1971 CLE AL 22 1B 108 108 946.0 1006 943 55 8 85 .992 -4.5 -5.7 -4.5 -3.1 -1.4 0 9.49 9.24 .992 9.51 8.10 RoY-1
1972 CLE AL 23 1B 119 117 1057.0 1173 1109 56 8 109 .993 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 -1.9 0 9.92 9.79 .991 8.51 8.04
1973 CLE AL 24 1B 154 151 1361.2 1565 1437 114 14 153 .991 3.1 2.7 2.1 -1.6 3.8 1 10.25 10.07 .992 6.61 6.49
1974 TOT AL 25 1B 123 120 1074.2 1130 1035 84 11 107 .990 0.3 0.3 0.3 -1.8 2.1 0 9.37 9.10 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 CLE AL 25 1B 17 17 154.0 171 162 6 3 14 .982 -3.4 -26.5 -3.4 -2.1 -1.3 0 9.82 9.88 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 NYY AL 25 1B 106 103 920.2 959 873 78 8 93 .992 3.7 4.8 3.7 0.3 3.4 0 9.30 8.97 .992 9.70 8.01
1975 NYY AL 26 1B 147 146 1299.1 1340 1222 106 12 113 .991 8.2 7.6 8.2 5.3 2.8 0 9.20 9.03 .990 6.93 6.80
1976 NYY AL 27 1B 155 154 1400.0 1558 1440 109 9 123 .994 7.9 6.8 7.9 6.0 1.9 0 9.96 9.99 .992 6.43 6.45 AS,MVP-5
1976 NYY AL 27 DH 1 AS,MVP-5
1977 NYY AL 28 1B 157 150 1356.1 1482 1368 98 16 129 .989 2.2 1.9 3.2 1.8 1.4 -1 9.73 9.34 .990 6.63 6.37 MVP-29
1978 NYY AL 29 1B 155 154 1367.2 1481 1366 111 4 119 .997 8.0 7.0 9.0 3.0 6.0 -1 9.72 9.53 .992 6.58 6.45 GG
1978 NYY AL 29 DH 7 GG
1979 NYY AL 30 1B 134 132 1171.2 1401 1299 95 7 135 .995 1.8 1.8 1.8 -3.7 5.5 0 10.71 10.40 .992 7.68 7.46
1979 NYY AL 30 DH 16
1980 ATL NL 31 1B 158 158 1373.0 1739 1626 101 12 140 .993 6.1 5.3 6.1 -3.0 9.1 0 11.32 10.93 .992 6.55 6.33
1981 ATL NL 32 1B 107 107 949.0 1144 1046 94 4 83 .997 2.5 3.2 2.5 0.4 2.1 0 10.81 10.65 .992 9.48 8.68
1982 ATL NL 33 1B 151 137 1261.1 1500 1352 138 10 144 .993 9.4 8.9 7.4 5.9 1.5 2 10.63 9.87 .992 7.13 6.62 MVP-23
1983 ATL NL 34 1B 126 122 1050.1 1186 1092 89 5 117 .996 -8.8 -10.1 -8.8 -5.5 -3.3 0 10.12 9.37 .992 8.57 7.94
1984 ATL NL 35 1B 109 103 889.1 1074 996 70 8 84 .993 -6.3 -8.5 -6.3 -7.6 1.4 0 10.79 9.78 .992 9.86 8.15
1985 ATL NL 36 1B 39 27 271.1 325 299 25 1 31 .997 3.0 13.3 3.0 1.2 1.8 0 10.75 8.31 .993 10.06 8.54
1986 ATL NL 37 1B 20 12 128.1 148 141 6 1 15 .993 -2.0 -18.7 -2.0 -1.4 -0.6 0 10.31 7.35 .992 9.94 8.31
16 Seasons 1B 1962 1898 16957.0 19252 17771 1351 130 1687 .993 30.9 2.2 29.9 -2.3 32.2 1 10.15 9.75 .992 7.74 7.20
3 Seasons DH 24
17 Seasons TOT 1962 1898 16957.0 19252 17771 1351 130 1687 .993 30.9 2.2 29.9 -2.3 32.2 1 10.15 9.75 .985 7.74 7.20
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

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1976 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1971 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (5, 21%)
1977 AL (29, 0%)
1982 NL (23, 1%)
0.22 Career Shares (695th)

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  2175 (135th)

At Bats s c a p y
1976 AL  641 (2nd)
1978 AL  625 (5th)
1981 NL  404 (10th)
Career  7571 (182nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1978 AL  677 (9th)
1981 NL  454 (9th)
Career  8305 (199th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  171 (10th)
1976 AL  188 (3rd)
1978 AL  171 (7th)
Career  2109 (205th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1976 AL  283 (2nd)
1980 NL  265 (9th)
Career  3140 (229th)

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 (176th)

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  1490 (197th)

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 (236th)

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 (119th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 AL  19 (5th)
1977 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  166 (179th)

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  5738 (175th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (921), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Wally Joyner (914)
  2. Hal McRae (903)
  3. Jeff Conine (899)
  4. Felipe Alou (892)
  5. Keith Hernandez (885)
  6. Amos Otis (878)
  7. Charlie Grimm (874)
  8. George Scott (871)
  9. Ron Fairly (870)
  10. Dusty Baker (869)
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  2. Mickey Vernon (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Vernon (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Burns (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Burns (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Montanez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie Montanez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie Montanez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Montanez (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Montanez (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Buckner (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Buckner (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Wally Joyner (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Wally Joyner (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Wally Joyner (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Wally Joyner (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 27, 1968: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

January 17, 1970: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January).

April 26, 1974: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw to the New York Yankees for Fred Beene, Tom Buskey, Steve Kline and Fritz Peterson.

November 1, 1979: Traded by the New York Yankees with Damaso Garcia and Paul Mirabella to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn.

December 5, 1979: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Luis Gomez to the Atlanta Braves for Barry Bonnell, Joey McLaughlin and Pat Rockett.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

May 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 10, 1988: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Atlanta Braves$800,000
1986Atlanta Braves$769,452
Career (may be incomplete)$1,569,452
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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