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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
Schools: 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 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
1946 24 BSN NL 15 13 13 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .231 .231 .462 .692 93 6 0 0 0 6/O
1948 26 BSN NL 137 579 543 85 175 39 6 3 48 4 24 36 .322 .353 .433 .786 113 235 4 2 10 *6 MVP-3,RoY-1
1949 27 BSN NL 130 572 529 74 146 23 5 3 53 5 31 43 .276 .317 .355 .673 84 188 10 1 11 *6/5 MVP-25
1950 28 NYG NL 154 643 587 79 164 36 5 16 67 9 39 60 .279 .331 .440 .770 100 258 10 6 11 *6
1951 29 NYG NL 156 700 646 114 196 41 7 14 69 12 7 42 39 .303 .352 .454 .805 114 293 11 6 6 *6 AS,MVP-12
1952 30 NYG NL 151 649 589 92 177 29 3 14 73 6 6 47 39 .301 .357 .431 .788 117 254 10 5 8 *6 AS,MVP-12
1953 31 NYG NL 155 693 647 126 194 41 6 23 88 7 2 28 34 .300 .335 .488 .823 110 316 19 6 12 *64O/51
1954 32 NYG NL 154 693 644 98 189 26 6 20 70 5 3 27 40 .293 .325 .446 .770 98 287 16 5 12 5 *6 AS,MVP-5
1955 33 NYG NL 115 508 475 77 134 20 3 9 45 2 1 22 32 .282 .319 .394 .713 88 187 5 5 4 2 2 *6
1956 34 TOT NL 148 664 619 73 170 26 7 6 54 3 1 29 46 .275 .307 .368 .675 81 228 14 3 5 8 0 *6
1956 34 NYG NL 48 222 206 19 52 12 0 2 17 0 0 8 13 .252 .279 .340 .618 66 70 5 1 3 4 0 6
1956 34 STL NL 100 442 413 54 118 14 7 4 37 3 1 21 33 .286 .320 .383 .703 89 158 9 2 2 4 0 6
1957 35 STL NL 140 625 583 80 169 25 8 4 64 3 4 29 56 .290 .326 .381 .707 88 222 7 4 5 4 4 *6/5 MVP-17
1958 36 TOT NL 132 572 528 61 156 16 4 4 48 1 1 31 29 .295 .337 .364 .700 87 192 16 5 2 6 1 *5/6
1958 36 STL NL 18 66 64 7 19 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 6 .297 .318 .344 .662 73 22 3 0 0 0 0 /56
1958 36 CHC NL 114 506 464 54 137 16 4 3 43 1 1 29 23 .295 .339 .366 .706 89 170 13 5 2 6 1 *5
1959 37 CHC NL 136 545 477 60 126 22 9 6 45 1 1 55 50 .264 .342 .386 .728 95 184 4 3 7 3 9 *5/36
1960 38 TOT NL 105 373 339 45 90 11 3 4 32 1 1 26 27 .265 .321 .351 .672 87 119 8 3 2 3 4 573/4
1960 38 PHI NL 55 221 198 29 48 5 1 3 14 1 1 19 14 .242 .315 .323 .638 76 64 5 2 2 0 2 5/3
1960 38 MLN NL 50 152 141 16 42 6 2 1 18 0 0 7 13 .298 .329 .390 .719 103 55 3 1 0 3 2 73/54
14 Seasons 1828 7829 7219 1064 2089 358 72 126 757 59 27 430 534 .289 .333 .411 .744 98 2969 134 54 95 31 20
162 Game Avg. 162 694 640 94 185 32 6 11 67 5 38 47 .289 .333 .411 .744 98 263 12 5 8
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
NYG (7 yrs) 933 4108 3794 605 1106 205 30 98 429 41 19 213 257 .292 .334 .439 .773 103 1665 76 34 56 11 2
MLN (4 yrs) 332 1316 1226 175 366 71 13 7 120 9 0 62 95 .299 .334 .395 .728 99 484 17 4 21 3 2
STL (3 yrs) 258 1133 1060 141 306 39 15 9 106 6 5 52 95 .289 .323 .379 .703 87 402 19 6 7 8 4
CHC (2 yrs) 250 1051 941 114 263 38 13 9 88 2 2 84 73 .279 .341 .376 .717 92 354 17 8 9 9 10
PHI (1 yr) 55 221 198 29 48 5 1 3 14 1 1 19 14 .242 .315 .323 .638 76 64 5 2 2 0 2

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
1948 26 BSN NL WS CLE L 6 25 24 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .208 .375 5 1 0 1 0 0
1951 29 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 26 24 5 10 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .417 .462 .667 1.128 16 1 0 0 0 0
1954 32 NYG NL WS CLE W 4 19 17 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .412 .444 .412 .856 7 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 16 70 65 9 21 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 6 .323 .353 .431 .784 28 2 0 2 0 0
3 WS 16 70 65 9 21 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 6 .323 .353 .431 .784 28 2 0 2 0 0
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1953 31 NYG NL 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 24 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 Season 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 24 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 18.00 34 34 0 0 0 0 34 34 68 68 34 34 0 0 0 0 170 24 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1951 (SS)
1952
1954 (SS)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1948-ML-Rookie of the Year
1955-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-NL-3-52%
1949-NL-25-1%
1951-NL-12-9%
1952-NL-12-7%
1954-NL-5-33%
1957-NL-17-4%
1.06 Career Shares (220th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 NL--.322--4th
1951 NL--.303--8th
1952 NL--.301--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL--154--5th
1951 NL--156--3rd
1952 NL--151--10th
1953 NL--155--7th
1954 NL--154--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1950 NL--587--9th
1951 NL--646--2nd
1952 NL--589--9th
1953 NL--647--1st
1954 NL--644--1st
1956 NL--619--4th
1957 NL--583--10th
Career--7219--220th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1951 NL--700--4th
1953 NL--693--4th
1954 NL--693--5th
1956 NL--664--9th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 NL--114--4th
1952 NL--92--7th
1953 NL--126--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1948 NL--175--5th
1951 NL--196--4th
1952 NL--177--4th
1953 NL--194--4th
1954 NL--189--7th
1956 NL--170--10th
1957 NL--169--10th
Career--2089--212th

Total Bases s c a p y
1951 NL--293--5th
1952 NL--254--9th
1953 NL--316--7th
1954 NL--287--8th

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL--39--3rd
1950 NL--36--5th
1951 NL--41--1st
1952 NL--29--8th
1953 NL--41--2nd
Career--358--227th

Triples s c a p y
1951 NL--7--10th
1957 NL--8--5th
1959 NL--9--3rd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1950 NL--9--8th
1951 NL--12--8th

Singles s c a p y
1948 NL--127--4th
1951 NL--134--4th
1952 NL--131--5th
1953 NL--124--8th
1954 NL--137--5th
1956 NL--131--5th
1957 NL--132--5th
1958 NL--132--3rd
Career--1533--172nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 NL--101--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 NL--62--6th
1953 NL--70--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 NL--6--4th
1951 NL--6--6th
1952 NL--5--8th
1953 NL--6--5th
1954 NL--5--6th
1955 NL--5--8th
1958 NL--5--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL--10--6th
1949 NL--11--7th
1950 NL--11--3rd
1953 NL--12--4th
1954 NL--12--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 NL--8--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 NL--19--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL--7--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1950 NL--11.5--6th
1951 NL--12.9--10th
1953 NL--10.7--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1952 NL--15.103--10th
1953 NL--19.029--4th
1954 NL--16.100--10th
1955 NL--14.844--7th
1956 NL--13.457--9th
1958 NL--18.207--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1950 NL--444--7th
1951 NL--474--4th
1953 NL--486--1st
1954 NL--491--1st
1956 NL--477--3rd
1957 NL--434--9th
Career--5417--234th

Oldest s c a p y
1960 NL--born 1922-01-07--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 71 (337), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 51 (365), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Todd Walker (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Todd Walker (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carlos Baerga (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlos Baerga (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

July 4, 1946: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the Boston Braves with Eddie Stanky to the New York Giants for Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall and Red Webb.

June 14, 1956: Traded by the New York Giants with Ray Katt, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield, Bill Sarni and Red Schoendienst. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.

May 20, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Brosnan.

January 11, 1960: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with John Buzhardt and Jim Woods to the Philadelphia Phillies for Richie Ashburn.

June 23, 1960: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Morgan.

October 31, 1960: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the San Francisco Giants for Andre Rodgers.

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