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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BSN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
4	4	Apr 20	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	T,6-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
6	6	Apr 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
7	7	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
8	8	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
9	9	Apr 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 27	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
12	12	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	L,9-10	CG	52	10.0	5	5	0	10	3
13	13	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
15	15	May 1 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
16	16	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
17	17	May 4	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
18	18	May 6	BSN		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
19	19	May 7	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	20	May 8 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	May 8 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	22	May 9	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
23	23	May 11	BSN		STL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
24	24	May 13	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
25	25	May 14	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
26	26	May 15	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
28	28	May 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,9-13	CG	46	8.1	2	3	1	6	2
29	29	May 19	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
30	30	May 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
31	31	May 21	BSN	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	32	May 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
33	33	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
34	34	May 24	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
35	35	May 25	BSN	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	36	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
37	37	May 28	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
38	38	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
40	40	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	1	4	0	5	0
41	41	May 31	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
43	43	Jun 2	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
44	44	Jun 4	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
45	45	Jun 5	BSN		STL	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 6	BSN		STL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 7	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
48	48	Jun 8	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	CG	70	15.0	3	7	1	11	0
49	49	Jun 9	BSN		CIN	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
52	52	Jun 12 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
53	53	Jun 12 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	6	1	10	3
54	54	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	3	3	0	6	0
55	55	Jun 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 19 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
60	60	Jun 19 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
61	61	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	64	Jun 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	65	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
66	66	Jun 25	BSN	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	67	Jun 26	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	68	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
69	69	Jun 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	70	Jun 30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
71	71	Jun 30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
73	73	Jul 2	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
75	75	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
76	76	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
77	77	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
78	78	Jul 7	BSN		BRO	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
79	79	Jul 8	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	53	12.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	84 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	85	Jul 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	2	9	0
82	86	Jul 18	BSN		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
83	87	Jul 19	BSN		STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
84	88	Jul 20	BSN		STL	L,4-6	CG	48	10.0	0	2	0	2	1
85	89	Jul 21	BSN		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
86	90	Jul 22	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
87	91	Jul 23	BSN		PIT	L,9-12	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	92	Jul 24 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
89	93	Jul 24 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
90	94	Jul 26	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
91	95	Jul 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-7	CG	61	13.0	3	4	2	9	0
92	96	Jul 28	BSN	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
93	97	Jul 31 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
94	98	Jul 31 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	99	Aug 1	BSN	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	100	Aug 2	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
97	101	Aug 3	BSN	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
98	102	Aug 4	BSN	@	STL	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
99	103	Aug 5	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	2
100	104	Aug 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
101	105	Aug 7 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	106	Aug 7 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	3	3	1	7	1
103	107	Aug 9	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
104	108	Aug 10	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	109	Aug 11	BSN	@	NYG	T,7-7	CG	35	7.1	3	3	0	6	2
106	110	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
107	111	Aug 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
108	112	Aug 16	BSN		NYG	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
109	113	Aug 17	BSN		NYG	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	114	Aug 18	BSN		NYG	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
111	115	Aug 19	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	51	12.0	5	5	0	10	2
112	116	Aug 20	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
113	117	Aug 21	BSN		BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
114	118	Aug 22	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	119	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
116	120	Aug 24	BSN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
117	121	Aug 25	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
118	122	Aug 26	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	137 (14)	Sep 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
120	138	Sep 8	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	140 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
122	141	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	GS	0	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
123	148 (6)	Sep 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
124	149	Sep 21	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
125	150	Sep 22	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	4	5	0	9	3
126	152 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
127	153	Sep 25 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	154	Sep 29 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
129	155	Sep 29 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,0-8	GS	20	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
							129gm		1128.0	233	395	26	654	76