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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	PHI		MLN	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 16	PHI		MLN	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
4	4	Apr 17	PHI		MLN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	47	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22	PHI		CIN	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
9	9	Apr 23	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 24 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 27	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 28	PHI		PIT	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 29	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	PHI	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
16	16	May 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 3	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-9	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 4	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
19	19	May 5	PHI	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
20	20	May 6	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	21	May 7	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	3	1	0	4	0	3B
22	22	May 8	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
23	23	May 10	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 11	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	25	May 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	26	May 13	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
27	29 (2)	May 15 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	30	May 16	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	31	May 19	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
30	32	May 20	PHI		LAD	W,6-3	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	33	May 22	PHI		LAD	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	34	May 24	PHI		SFG	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
33	35	May 25	PHI		SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	36	May 26	PHI		SFG	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
35	37	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	GF	19	4.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	41	May 31	PHI		MLN	W,12-7	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	42	Jun 1	PHI		MLN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
39	43	Jun 2	PHI		MLN	L,8-9	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	44	Jun 3	PHI		PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	45	Jun 5 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	47 (1)	Jun 6	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	48	Jun 7	PHI	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	49	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	50	Jun 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
46	51	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	3B
47	52	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	2	2	0	4	1	3B
48	53	Jun 14	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-5	GS	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 1B
49	54	Jun 15	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	55	Jun 16	PHI	@	LAD	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	56	Jun 17	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	57	Jun 18	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
53	59 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Milwaukee Braves
54	65	Jun 30	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-11	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	66	Jul 1 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,7-8	GF	16	3.2	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
56	67	Jul 1 (2)	MLN	@	STL	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
57	70 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
58	72 (1)	Jul 5	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
59	75 (2)	Jul 8	MLN		CIN	W,6-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	93 (17)	Jul 30	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	103 (9)	Aug 10	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
62	104	Aug 11	MLN		SFG	L,7-8	GS	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
63	105	Aug 12	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
64	106	Aug 13	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
65	107	Aug 14	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
66	111 (3)	Aug 17	MLN	@	CIN	W,11-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	116 (4)	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-0	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	117	Aug 24	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	118	Aug 25	MLN	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	124 (5)	Aug 31 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	126 (1)	Sep 1	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-1	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 3B
72	127	Sep 2	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-6	GS	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF 3B
73	128	Sep 3	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-9	CG	54	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
74	129	Sep 4	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	131 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	132	Sep 6	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	133	Sep 7	MLN		SFG	W,6-5	GS	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	134	Sep 8	MLN		SFG	W,9-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	135	Sep 9	MLN		LAD	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
80	136	Sep 10	MLN		LAD	W,10-8	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
81	139 (2)	Sep 13	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	42	10.1	13	1	0	14	1	1B
82	140	Sep 14	MLN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
83	141	Sep 15	MLN		CHC	W,3-1	GS	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	142	Sep 16	MLN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	143	Sep 17	MLN		PHI	L,2-5	GS	41	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF 1B
86	144	Sep 18	MLN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	145	Sep 20	MLN		CIN	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
88	146	Sep 21	MLN		CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	149 (2)	Sep 25	MLN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
90	154 (4)	Oct 2	MLN	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							96gm		700.2	144	89	10	243	11