Chris Chambliss

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 26, 1948 in Dayton, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from MiraCosta College (Oceanside, CA), the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from MiraCosta College (Oceanside, CA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, CA)

Schools: MiraCosta College (Oceanside, CA), Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: May 28, 1971 (Age 22-153d, 13,122nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1988 (Age 39-134d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Carroll Christopher Chambliss

Pronunciation: \CHAMM-bliss\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.5

7571

2109

185

.279

912

RBI

972

OBP

.334

SLG

.415

OPS

.749

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 9	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
3	3	Apr 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
4	4	Apr 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
5	5	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
6	6	Apr 13	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 15	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
8	8	Apr 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
9	9	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
10	10	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
11	11	Apr 19	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21	NYY		MIL	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
13	13	Apr 22	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	18	0	0	18	3	1B
14	14	Apr 23	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
15	15	Apr 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
16	16	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
17	17	Apr 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	15	2	0	17	0	1B
18	18	Apr 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
19	19	Apr 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	NYY		KCR	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
21	21	May 2	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	22	May 3	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
23	23	May 5	NYY		TEX	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
24	24	May 6	NYY		TEX	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
25	26 (1)	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
26	27	May 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
27	28	May 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
28	29	May 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
29	30	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
30	31	May 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
31	32	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	8	2	0	10	1	1B
32	33	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
33	34	May 19	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
34	36 (1)	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
35	37	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
36	38	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
37	39	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
38	40	May 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
39	42 (1)	May 28 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
40	43	May 28 (2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	CG	57	13.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
41	44	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
42	46 (1)	May 31	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	47	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
44	48	Jun 2	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
45	49	Jun 3	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
46	50	Jun 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
47	51	Jun 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
48	52	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
49	53	Jun 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
50	54	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
51	55	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	51	11.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
52	56	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
53	58 (1)	Jun 13	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	59	Jun 14	NYY		SEA	W,11-9	CG	49	10.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
55	60	Jun 15	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
56	61	Jun 16	NYY		CAL	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
57	62	Jun 17	NYY		CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
58	64 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
59	65	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
60	66	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
61	67	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
62	68	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
63	69	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
64	71 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
65	72	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	56	14.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
66	73	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
67	74	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
68	75	Jun 30	NYY		DET	W,10-2	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
70	77	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
71	78	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
72	79	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
73	80	Jul 5	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
74	81	Jul 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
75	82	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
76	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
77	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
78	85	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
79	86	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
80	87	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
81	88	Jul 16	NYY		KCR	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
82	89	Jul 17	NYY		KCR	L,7-9	CG	55	11.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
83	90	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
84	91	Jul 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
85	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
86	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	GS	28	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
87	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
88	95	Jul 24	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
89	97 (1)	Jul 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
90	98	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
91	99	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-17	CG	52	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
92	100	Jul 28	NYY		MIN	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
93	101	Jul 29	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
94	102	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
95	103	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	12	3	0	15	3	1B
96	104	Jul 31	NYY		TEX	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	105	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	GS	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
98	106	Aug 2 susp	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	67	17.0	19	4	0	23	0	1B
99	107	Aug 3	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	CG	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
100	108	Aug 4	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
101	109	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
102	110	Aug 6	NYY		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
103	111	Aug 8	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
104	112	Aug 9	NYY		MIL	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
105	113	Aug 10	NYY		MIL	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
106	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
107	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
108	116	Aug 13	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	5	1	1	7	2	1B
109	117	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
110	118	Aug 15	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
111	119	Aug 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
112	120	Aug 18	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
113	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
114	122	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
115	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
116	124	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
117	125	Aug 25	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
118	126	Aug 26	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
119	127	Aug 27	NYY		OAK	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
120	128	Aug 28	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
121	129	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	19	1	0	20	0	1B
122	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
123	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	132	Sep 1	NYY		SEA	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
125	133	Sep 2	NYY		SEA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
126	134	Sep 3	NYY		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
127	135	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
128	136	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
129	137	Sep 5	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
130	138	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
131	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	GS	30	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
132	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	GS	22	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
133	141	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
134	142	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
135	143	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
136	144	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	1B
137	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	13	3	0	16	3	1B
138	146	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
139	147	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
140	148	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
141	149	Sep 18	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
142	150	Sep 19	NYY		MIL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
143	151	Sep 20 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
144	152	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
145	153	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
146	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	11	1	0	12	0	1B
147	155	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
148	156	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
149	157	Sep 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	4	1B
150	158	Sep 27	NYY		TOR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
151	159	Sep 28	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
152	160	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
153	161	Sep 30	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
154	162	Oct 1	NYY		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
155	163	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
							155gm		1367.2	1366	111	4	1481	119