Al Dark

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: January 7, 1922 in Comanche, OK us

Died: November 13, 2014 in Easley, SC

Buried: Robinson Memorial Gardens, Easley, SC

High School: Lake Charles HS (Lake Charles, LA)

Schools: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA), Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: July 14, 1946 (Age 24-188d, 10,162nd in major league history)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1960 (Age 38-269d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Alvin Ralph Dark

Nicknames: Blackie or The Swamp Fox

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.9

7219

2089

126

.289

1064

RBI

757

OBP

.333

SLG

.411

OPS

.744

OPS+

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

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 17	NYG		PHI	L,3-5	CG	43	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
4	4	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
6	6	Apr 21	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	46	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
10	10	Apr 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
14	14	May 3	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	44	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
16	16	May 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
17	17	May 6	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
18	18	May 7	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
19	19	May 8	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
20	20	May 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
21	21	May 13	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
22	22	May 14	NYG		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
23	23	May 16 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
24	24	May 16 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
25	25	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	26	May 19	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
27	27	May 21 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 21 (2)	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
29	29	May 22	NYG		STL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
30	30	May 23	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
31	31	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
33	33	May 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
34	34	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
35	35	May 29	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	36	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
37	37	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	4	2	0	6	1
39	39	Jun 1 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	0	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	2
41	41	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,17-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
42	42	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
43	43	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
44	44	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	6	1	10	4
46	46	Jun 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	3	12	2
47	47	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	57	13.1	3	8	0	11	2
48	48	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 14	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
50	50	Jun 15 (1)	NYG		STL	L,12-14	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
51	51	Jun 15 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	25	7.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
52	52	Jun 16	NYG		STL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
53	53	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
55	55	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
56	56	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
57	57	Jun 21	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
58	58	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	3	2	12	0	SS
59	59	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
60	60	Jun 25	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
61	61	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
62	62	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	63	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	64	Jun 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
65	65	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
66	66	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
68	68	Jul 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
69	69	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	3	SS
70	70	Jul 4	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
71	71	Jul 5	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
72	72	Jul 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
73	73	Jul 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
74	74	Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	50	11.2	2	7	0	9	1
75	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
76	78 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
77	79	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	80	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	81	Jul 16	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
80	82	Jul 17	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	SS
81	83	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
82	84	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	2	8	1	11	2	SS
83	85	Jul 22	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	86	Jul 24	NYG		STL	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
85	87	Jul 25	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
86	88	Jul 26	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
87	89	Jul 27	NYG		CIN	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
88	90	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
89	91	Jul 30 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
90	92	Jul 30 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
91	93	Jul 31	NYG		CHC	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	94	Aug 1	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
93	95	Aug 2	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	2
94	96	Aug 3 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
95	97	Aug 3 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,8-10	CG	37	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
96	98	Aug 5	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	62	15.0	7	3	0	10	0	SS
97	99	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
98	100	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	101	Aug 8	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
100	102	Aug 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
101	103	Aug 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,10-11	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
102	104	Aug 11 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
103	105	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
105	107	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
106	108	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
107	109	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
109	111	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
110	112	Aug 19 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
111	113	Aug 19 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
112	114	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
113	115	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	2	5	1	SS
114	116	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
115	117	Aug 23	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	6	0	9	2
116	118	Aug 24 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	3	1	8	2
117	119	Aug 24 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	32	7.0	3	3	0	6	1
118	120	Aug 25	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
119	121	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
120	122	Aug 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
121	123	Aug 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-7	GS	14	4.0	1	2	1	4	1
122	124	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
123	125	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	126	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
125	127	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
126	128	Sep 3	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
127	129	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
128	130	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
129	131	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	1	9	2	SS
130	132	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
131	133	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
132	134	Sep 8 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
133	135	Sep 8 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	136	Sep 9	NYG		PIT	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
135	137	Sep 10	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	3	10	0	13	0	SS
136	138	Sep 11	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
137	139	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	140	Sep 12 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
139	141	Sep 13	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
140	142	Sep 14	NYG		STL	L,4-14	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
141	143	Sep 15	NYG		STL	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
142	144	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
143	145	Sep 17	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
144	146	Sep 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
145	147	Sep 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
146	148	Sep 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
147	149	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
148	150	Sep 24 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
149	151	Sep 25	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
150	152	Sep 26	NYG		PHI	W,8-0	GS	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
							150gm		1324.0	324	423	27	774	116