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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	24	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 19	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 20	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
7	7	Apr 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
10	10	Apr 25 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
11	11	Apr 25 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 27	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
13	13	Apr 28	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
14	14	Apr 30	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	51	14.0	2	3	0	5	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 2 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
17	17	May 2 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
18	18	May 3	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	19	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
20	20	May 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
21	21	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
22	22	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
23	23	May 11	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
24	24	May 12	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
25	25	May 13	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
26	26	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
27	27	May 15	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	28	May 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
29	29	May 16 (2)	NYG		MLN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
30	30	May 18	NYG		STL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
31	31	May 19	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
32	32	May 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
33	33	May 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
34	34	May 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
35	35	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
36	36	May 25	NYG		PIT	W,21-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
37	37	May 26	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
38	38	May 28	NYG		BRO	W,17-6	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
39	39	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
40	40	May 30	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
41	41	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
42	42	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 3	NYG	@	STL	W,13-8	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
44	44	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
45	45	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
46	46	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
47	47	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	2	0	1	3	0	SS
48	48	Jun 7	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
49	49	Jun 8	NYG	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
50	50	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	51	Jun 10	NYG	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
52	52	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	3	4	2	9	0	SS
53	53	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
54	54	Jun 13 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	46	11.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
55	55	Jun 13 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	56	Jun 15	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
57	57	Jun 16	NYG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
58	58	Jun 17	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 18	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
60	60	Jun 19	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
61	61	Jun 20	NYG		STL	W,7-6	CG	50	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
62	62	Jun 21	NYG		STL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
63	63	Jun 22	NYG		MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
64	64	Jun 23	NYG		MLN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
65	65	Jun 24	NYG		MLN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
66	66	Jun 25	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
67	67	Jun 26	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
68	68	Jun 27	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
69	69	Jun 29	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
70	70	Jun 30	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
72	72	Jul 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	73	Jul 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	GS	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	77	Jul 5 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
78	78	Jul 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
79	79	Jul 7	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
80	80	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
81	81	Jul 9	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
82	82	Jul 10	NYG		PIT	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
83	83	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
84	84	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
85	85	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
86	86	Jul 16	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	4	3	1	8	2	SS
87	87	Jul 17	NYG	@	STL	W,10-9	CG	56	11.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
88	88	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-14	CG	48	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
89	89	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
90	90	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	44	11.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	91	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	53	13.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
92	92	Jul 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
93	93	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
94	94	Jul 23	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	0	5	0	5	0	SS
95	95	Jul 24	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
96	96	Jul 25	NYG	@	MLN	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
97	97	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	47	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
98	98	Jul 27	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
99	99	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,10-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
100	100	Jul 29	NYG		STL	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
101	101	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
102	102	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	103	Aug 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	104	Aug 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
105	105	Aug 3	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
106	106	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
107	107	Aug 5	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
108	108	Aug 6	NYG		MLN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
109	109	Aug 7	NYG		MLN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
110	110	Aug 8	NYG		MLN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
111	111	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
112	112	Aug 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
113	113	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	114	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
115	115	Aug 17	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
116	116	Aug 18	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
117	117	Aug 19	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
118	118	Aug 20	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
119	119	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
120	120	Aug 22 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
121	121	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
122	122	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
123	123	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
124	124	Aug 27	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
125	125	Aug 28	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
126	126	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	4	2	0	6	0	SS
127	127	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
128	128	Aug 30	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
129	129	Aug 31	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
131	131	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
132	132	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
133	133	Sep 5	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	3	SS
134	134	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
135	135	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
136	136	Sep 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	48	11.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
137	137	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
138	138	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	139	Sep 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
140	140	Sep 11	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
141	141	Sep 12	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
142	142	Sep 13	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
143	143	Sep 14	NYG		MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
144	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
145	145	Sep 16 (2)	NYG		MLN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
146	146	Sep 17	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
147	147	Sep 18	NYG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
148	148	Sep 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
149	149	Sep 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	1	10	3	SS
150	150	Sep 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
151	151	Sep 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
152	152	Sep 24 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
153	153	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	4	4	0	8	0	SS
154	154	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
							154gm		1366.0	289	487	36	812	105