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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 21 (1)	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22	STL		CIN	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 23	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	47	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 24	STL	@	MLN	L,7-8	CG	35	8.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 28 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 28 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
12	12	May 2	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	62	16.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
13	13	May 3	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	4	5	2	11	0	SS
14	15 (1)	May 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
15	16	May 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
16	17	May 7	STL	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
17	18	May 8	STL	@	NYG	W,13-4	GS	34	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
18	19	May 10	STL		MLN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
19	20	May 11	STL		MLN	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
20	21	May 12 (1)	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
21	22	May 12 (2)	STL		MLN	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	23	May 14	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	24	May 15	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	58	14.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
24	25	May 16	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
25	26	May 17	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
26	27	May 18	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
27	28	May 19	STL		BRO	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
28	29	May 20	STL		BRO	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
29	30	May 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
30	31	May 24	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
31	32	May 25	STL	@	CIN	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
32	33	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
33	34	May 27	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
34	35	May 28	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	36	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	SS
36	37	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
37	38	May 31	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	39	Jun 1	STL	@	MLN	W,7-1	GS	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
39	40	Jun 2	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
40	41	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
41	42	Jun 5	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
42	43	Jun 6	STL	@	PIT	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	44	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	41	11.0	4	5	1	10	4	SS
44	45	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
45	46	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
46	47	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
47	48	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
48	49	Jun 12	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
49	50	Jun 13	STL	@	PHI	L,1-8	GS	30	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
50	51	Jun 14	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	3	4	1	8	2	SS
51	52	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
52	53	Jun 16 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	54	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
54	55	Jun 18	STL		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
55	58 (2)	Jun 20	STL		PIT	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
56	59	Jun 21	STL		BRO	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
57	60	Jun 22	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
58	61	Jun 23	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
59	62	Jun 24	STL		BRO	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	63	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
61	64	Jun 27	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
62	65	Jun 28	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
63	66	Jun 29	STL		NYG	L,0-1	CG	42	12.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
64	67	Jun 30 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	68	Jun 30 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	69	Jul 1	STL		MLN	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
67	70	Jul 2	STL		MLN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
68	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	5	1	11	2	SS
69	74 (2)	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
70	75	Jul 6	STL		CIN	W,13-3	GS	33	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
71	76	Jul 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
72	77	Jul 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,9-6	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
73	78	Jul 11	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
74	79	Jul 12	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
75	80	Jul 14 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
76	81	Jul 14 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	82	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
78	83	Jul 16	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
79	84	Jul 17	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
80	85	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,9-10	GS	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
81	86	Jul 19	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
82	87	Jul 20	STL	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
83	88	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
84	89	Jul 21 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,11-2	GS	27	6.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
85	90	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
86	91	Jul 24	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
87	92	Jul 25	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
88	93	Jul 26	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
89	94	Jul 27	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
90	95	Jul 28 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
91	96	Jul 28 (2)	STL		PIT	W,9-8	CG	52	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
92	97	Jul 29	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
93	98	Jul 30	STL		NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	SS
94	99	Jul 31	STL		NYG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	100	Aug 1	STL		NYG	W,8-0	GS	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	101	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
97	102	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
98	103	Aug 4 (1)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	51	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
99	104	Aug 4 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
100	105	Aug 6	STL		CHC	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
101	106	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
102	107	Aug 8	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
103	108	Aug 9	STL		MLN	L,2-13	GS	38	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
104	109	Aug 10	STL		MLN	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
105	110	Aug 11	STL		MLN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
106	111	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
107	112	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
108	113	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
109	114	Aug 16	STL	@	MLN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
110	115	Aug 17	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	40	10.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
111	116	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,8-6	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
112	117	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
113	118	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
114	119	Aug 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
115	120	Aug 21	STL	@	NYG	L,6-13	GS	30	5.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
116	121	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
117	122	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
118	123	Aug 24	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
119	124	Aug 25	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
120	125	Aug 27	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
121	126	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
122	127	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
123	128	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	129	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	130	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-10	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
126	132 (1)	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
127	133	Sep 4	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	46	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	134	Sep 5	STL		MLN	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
129	135	Sep 6	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
130	136	Sep 7	STL		CIN	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
131	137	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
132	138	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
133	140 (1)	Sep 13	STL		NYG	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
134	144 (3)	Sep 17	STL		BRO	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
135	145	Sep 18	STL		BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
136	146	Sep 20	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
137	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	44	9.2	2	3	0	5	2	SS
138	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
139	149	Sep 23	STL	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	49	10.2	3	8	1	12	3	SS
140	150	Sep 24	STL	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS	22	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
							140gm		1211.2	276	421	25	722	105