Alvin Dark
Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie and The Swamp Fox)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1922 in Comanche, OK
High School: Lake Charles (Lake Charles, LA)
School: Louisiana State University
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1946
Final Game: October 2, 1960
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1946 BSN NL 24 SS 12 21 5 14 2 2 .905 1.58 .957 4.67
1946 BSN NL 24 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.20 1-0-0
1948 BSN NL 26 SS 133 671 253 393 25 66 .963 4.86 .959 4.59 MVP-3,RoY-1
1949 BSN NL 27 SS 125 644 232 387 25 76 .961 4.95 .961 4.70 MVP-25
1949 BSN NL 27 3B 4 10 1 8 1 0 .900 2.25 .950 2.98 MVP-25
1950 NYG NL 28 SS 154 783 288 465 30 101 .962 4.89 .961 4.74
1951 NYG NL 29 SS 156 805 295 465 45 114 .944 4.87 .956 4.47 AS,MVP-12
1952 NYG NL 30 SS 150 774 324 423 27 116 .965 4.98 .960 4.70 AS,MVP-12
1953 NYG NL 31 SS 110 581 219 343 19 79 .967 5.11 .958 4.63
1953 NYG NL 31 2B 26 142 68 72 2 17 .986 5.38 .972 4.83
1953 NYG NL 31 OF 17 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.59 .978 2.11 13-0-4
1953 NYG NL 31 3B 8 32 12 17 3 5 .906 3.63 .953 2.72
1953 NYG NL 31 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
1954 NYG NL 32 SS 154 154 1366.0 812 289 487 36 105 .956 4.6 4.0 4.6 5.5 -0.9 0 5.11 5.04 .959 5.15 4.63 AS,MVP-5
1955 NYG NL 33 SS 115 114 999.0 558 213 324 21 70 .962 -1.8 -2.2 -0.8 -2.3 1.4 -1 4.84 4.67 .964 5.02 4.57
1956 TOT NL 34 SS 147 147 1289.2 720 267 424 29 93 .960 2.0 1.9 1.0 -6.8 7.8 1 4.82 4.70 .962 4.94 4.53
1956 NYG NL 34 SS 48 48 432.1 230 89 132 9 27 .961 -3.2 -8.9 -3.2 -5.9 2.7 0 4.60 4.60 .962 4.94 4.53
1956 STL NL 34 SS 99 99 857.1 490 178 292 20 66 .959 5.2 7.3 4.2 -0.9 5.1 1 4.93 4.75 .962 4.94 4.53
1957 STL NL 35 SS 139 134 1203.2 720 276 419 25 105 .965 4.3 4.3 1.3 5.1 -3.9 3 5.20 5.00 .958 4.82 4.34 MVP-17
1957 STL NL 35 3B 1 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 2.92 2.70 MVP-17
1958 TOT NL 36 3B 119 116 1015.0 367 111 237 19 24 .948 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.09 2.92 .952 3.18 2.86
1958 STL NL 36 3B 8 5 51.0 17 4 12 1 0 .941 -0.6 -14.1 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 2.82 2.00 .953 3.18 2.86
1958 STL NL 36 SS 8 8 64.0 35 10 23 2 6 .943 -1.1 -20.6 -1.1 -1.5 0.4 0 4.64 4.13 .966 5.10 4.58
1958 CHC NL 36 3B 111 111 964.0 350 107 225 18 24 .949 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 3.10 2.99 .952 3.18 2.86
1959 CHC NL 37 3B 131 121 1090.0 386 111 255 20 20 .948 8.2 9.0 8.2 -0.3 8.5 0 3.02 2.79 .950 2.97 2.66
1959 CHC NL 37 1B 4 4 27.0 31 26 4 1 1 .968 0.3 13.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 10.00 7.50 .987 9.57 8.05
1959 CHC NL 37 SS 1 0 8.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -124.6 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 2.08 2.00 .950 5.09 4.50
1960 TOT NL 38 3B 57 49 447.2 152 59 86 7 7 .954 -4.8 -12.9 -4.8 -1.8 -3.0 0 2.92 2.54 .952 2.97 2.61
1960 TOT NL 38 1B 11 4 45.0 44 41 2 1 4 .977 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 8.60 3.91 .991 9.56 8.20
1960 PHI NL 38 3B 53 48 430.2 148 57 84 7 7 .953 -4.9 -13.7 -4.9 -2.0 -2.9 0 2.95 2.66 .952 2.97 2.61
1960 PHI NL 38 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.20
1960 MLN NL 38 LF 25 25 203.0 48 44 2 2 0 .958 1.9 11.2 2.9 0.0 2.8 -1 2.04 1.84 .975 1.98 1.54
1960 MLN NL 38 OF 25 25 203.0 50 46 2 2 0 .960 1.9 11.2 2.9 0.0 2.8 -1 2.13 1.92 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 MLN NL 38 1B 10 4 43.0 43 40 2 1 4 .977 0.2 5.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 8.79 4.20 .991 9.57 8.20
1960 MLN NL 38 3B 4 1 17.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 2.12 1.00 .950 2.96 2.60
1960 MLN NL 38 2B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 5.22 4.47
13 Seasons SS 1404 557 4931.0 7126 2672 4168 286 933 .960 7.1 1.7 4.1 -0.9 4.8 3 12.48 4.87 .960 4.99 4.59
6 Seasons 3B 320 287 2560.2 949 294 605 50 56 .947 3.5 1.6 3.5 -2.2 5.7 0 3.16 2.81 .951 3.05 2.73
3 Seasons OF 43 25 203.0 78 73 3 2 1 .974 1.9 11.2 2.9 0.0 2.8 -1 3.37 1.77 .978 2.20 2.00 39-0-4
2 Seasons 2B 29 0 5.0 142 68 72 2 17 .986 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 252.00 4.83 .972 5.22 4.79
1 Season (incomplete) LF 25 25 203.0 48 44 2 2 0 .958 1.9 11.2 2.9 0.0 2.8 -1 2.04 1.84 .975 1.98 1.54
2 Seasons 1B 15 8 72.0 75 67 6 2 5 .973 0.3 5.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 9.12 4.87 .989 9.56 8.16
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
14 Seasons TOT 1812 877 7771.2 8370 3174 4854 342 1012 .959 12.6 1.9 10.6 -3.0 13.3 -1 3 9.30 4.43 .918 4.32 4.23 39-0-4
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1946 BSN NL 24 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 1
1948 BSN NL 26 137 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0
1949 BSN NL 27 130 130 130 0 0 0 0 4 125 0 0 0 0
1950 NYG NL 28 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0
1951 NYG NL 29 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 30 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 31 155 155 155 1 0 0 26 8 110 13 0 4 17
1954 NYG NL 32 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 33 115 114 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 STL NL 34 100 99 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 NYG NL 34 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 35 140 135 140 140 0 0 0 0 1 139 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 CHC NL 36 114 111 114 114 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 STL NL 36 18 13 18 18 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 CHC NL 37 136 125 136 136 0 0 4 0 131 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1960 PHI NL 38 55 48 55 55 0 0 1 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1960 MLN NL 38 50 30 50 50 0 0 10 3 4 0 25 0 0 25 17 1
14 Seasons 1828 877 1828 1828 1 0 15 29 320 1404 39 0 4 43 34 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1954 NYG NL 32 5538 66% 78% 27% 596 89% 2 268 132 114 22 449 337 98 0 4 34 2 29 3 27 96 36 7 25 9 5 85 43 41 10 4 6
1955 NYG NL 33 3320 61% 78% 25% 307 93% 0 154 75 67 12 245 179 59 1 3 15 2 12 1 11 51 15 1 22 6 1 46 16 30 2 0 1
1956 STL NL 34 3742 62% 79% 26% 392 88% 5 179 82 82 15 301 214 68 2 5 21 0 18 3 15 65 28 3 20 3 1 58 31 25 6 5 1
1956 NYG NL 34 1668 65% 77% 27% 159 87% 0 74 38 26 9 120 88 29 0 2 9 0 8 1 9 22 7 0 6 3 4 21 7 13 1 0 1
1957 STL NL 35 5247 59% 79% 28% 539 91% 3 266 130 120 16 407 303 88 2 3 25 0 20 5 19 105 39 8 35 3 4 93 48 44 9 5 3
1958 STL NL 36 309 62% 81% 23% 31 90% 0 10 4 6 0 25 17 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 1
1959 CHC NL 37 47 68% 74% 26% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 19871 62% 78% 27% 2026 90% 10 952 462 415 74 1548 1138 349 5 18 106 4 89 13 83 345 129 19 108 24 15 307 149 153 30 15 13
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1957 STL NL 35 44 61% 80% 20% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 36 3979 59% 76% 26% 305 90% 2 100 73 12 15 196 149 38 4 9 17 1 15 1 16 23 15 3 21 1 0 0 9 78%
1958 STL NL 36 244 54% 77% 30% 14 93% 0 4 2 0 2 11 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 37 4783 56% 79% 27% 380 89% 3 111 86 12 13 256 192 49 4 7 20 0 15 5 16 19 15 0 16 3 3 0 12 58%
1960 PHI NL 38 1968 54% 80% 26% 137 90% 1 57 43 3 11 81 63 13 1 6 7 0 6 1 7 7 4 0 4 2 1 0 10 60%
1960 MLN NL 38 81 65% 74% 22% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 11099 57% 78% 27% 842 89% 6 274 205 28 41 548 418 101 9 22 45 1 37 7 40 49 34 3 41 6 4 0 31 65%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 CHC NL 37 136 59% 76% 28% 7 100% 0 26 1 26 0 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 38 176 62% 80% 24% 10 90% 0 38 4 33 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1960 PHI NL 38 11 45% 73% 9% 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
2 Seasons 323 60% 78% 25% 18 94% 0 65 6 59 1 6 6 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 MLN NL 38 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 0 5 1 0 10 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 24 11 45.8% 13 0 0.0% 2 820 58% 80% 32% 92 50%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 0 5 1 0 10 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 24 11 45.8% 13 0 0.0% 2 820 58% 80% 32% 92 50%
MLB Averages 56.4% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1960 MLN NL 38 26 65% 65% 12% 1 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
1 Season 26 65% 65% 12% 1 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
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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Name and misspellings: Blackie The Alvin Swamp Alvin Fox Ralph Dark

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