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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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL		CHC	L,0-4	GS	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
2	2	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
4	4	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
5	9 (4)	Apr 25	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	10	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
7	11	Apr 27	STL	@	LAD	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	12	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
9	13	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14	May 2	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
11	15	May 4	STL		MLN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
12	16	May 6	STL		MLN	L,8-12	GS	47	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS 3B
13	17	May 7	STL		MLN	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
14	21 (3)	May 11 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
15	22	May 12	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	GF	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs
16	34	May 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
17	35	May 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
18	36	May 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
19	37	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
20	38	May 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	39	May 25 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	40	May 25 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
23	41	May 26	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	42	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	43	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
26	44	May 30 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
27	45	May 30 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	46	May 31	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	47	Jun 1	CHC		LAD	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	50 (2)	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
31	51	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	52	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
33	53	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
34	54	Jun 10	CHC		MLN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
35	55	Jun 11	CHC		MLN	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
36	56	Jun 12	CHC		MLN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
37	57	Jun 14	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	58	Jun 15 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	59	Jun 15 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	60	Jun 17	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	61	Jun 19	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
42	62	Jun 20	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-3	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	63	Jun 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	64	Jun 22 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	65	Jun 22 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	66	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
47	67	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	2	3	0	5	0	3B
48	68	Jun 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	69	Jun 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	70	Jun 29 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
51	71	Jun 29 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	72	Jul 1	CHC		SFG	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
53	73	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
54	74	Jul 3	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
55	75	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
56	76	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
57	77	Jul 5	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
58	78	Jul 6	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
59	79	Jul 10	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
60	80	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	81	Jul 12	CHC		PHI	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
62	82	Jul 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
63	83	Jul 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
64	84	Jul 14	CHC		PHI	W,11-10	GS	30	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
65	88 (3)	Jul 18	CHC		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	89	Jul 19	CHC		MLN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	3B
67	90	Jul 20	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
68	91	Jul 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	45	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
69	92	Jul 23	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	3B
70	93	Jul 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
71	94	Jul 25 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
72	95	Jul 25 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	96	Jul 26	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
74	97	Jul 27	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	98	Jul 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
76	99	Jul 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	32	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
77	100	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	101	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	102	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
80	103	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	104	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
82	105	Aug 4	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	106	Aug 5	CHC		SFG	W,10-9	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
84	107	Aug 6	CHC		LAD	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	108	Aug 7	CHC		LAD	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
86	109	Aug 8	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	110	Aug 9	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	3	0	3	6	0	3B
88	111	Aug 10 (1)	CHC		STL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
89	112	Aug 10 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
90	113	Aug 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
91	114	Aug 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	35	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	115	Aug 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
93	116	Aug 15	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	117	Aug 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
95	118	Aug 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	119	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	120	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
98	125 (4)	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	126	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	127	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
101	128	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	129	Aug 29	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	130	Aug 30	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	39	10.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
104	131	Aug 31	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	132	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	133	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
107	134	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,7-9	CG	52	12.0	1	3	1	5	2	3B
108	135	Sep 4	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
109	136	Sep 6	CHC		SFG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
110	137	Sep 7 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	138	Sep 7 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
112	139	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	31	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
113	140	Sep 10	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
114	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	142	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	28	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	143	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
117	145 (1)	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	48	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
118	146	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
119	147	Sep 19	CHC		LAD	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
120	148	Sep 20	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
121	149	Sep 21	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	150	Sep 23	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
123	151	Sep 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
124	152	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
125	153	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
126	154	Sep 27	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
							127gm		1079.0	121	260	21	402	30