Al Dark

Alvin Ralph Dark
Born: January 7, 1922
Comanche, OK USA
Deceased: 2014
Easley, SC USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185
College: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana State University
Career: 1946-1960
Minor League Statistics

Al Dark compiled a career batting average of .289 with 126 home runs and 757 RBI in his 1828-game career with the Boston Braves, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Braves. He began playing during the 1946 season and last took the field during the 1960 campaign.

Boston Braves

New York Giants

St. Louis Cardinals

Chicago Cubs

Philadelphia Phillies

Milwaukee Braves

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1953	NL	New York Giants	0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Totals			0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1946	NL	Boston Braves	15	13	13	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.462	.692	6	0	0	0	0	0
1948	NL	Boston Braves	137	579	543	85	175	39	6	3	48	4	0	24	36	.322	.353	.433	.786	235	4	2	10	0	0
1949	NL	Boston Braves	130	572	529	74	146	23	5	3	53	5	0	31	43	.276	.317	.355	.673	188	10	1	11	0	0
1950	NL	New York Giants	154	643	587	79	164	36	5	16	67	9	0	39	60	.279	.331	.440	.770	258	10	6	11	0	0
1951	NL	New York Giants	156	700	646	114	196	41	7	14	69	12	7	42	39	.303	.352	.454	.805	293	11	6	6	0	0
1952	NL	New York Giants	151	649	589	92	177	29	3	14	73	6	6	47	39	.301	.357	.431	.788	254	10	5	8	0	0
1953	NL	New York Giants	155	693	647	126	194	41	6	23	88	7	2	28	34	.300	.335	.488	.823	316	19	6	12	0	0
1954	NL	New York Giants	154	693	644	98	189	26	6	20	70	5	3	27	40	.293	.325	.446	.770	287	16	5	12	5	0
1955	NL	New York Giants	115	508	475	77	134	20	3	9	45	2	1	22	32	.282	.319	.394	.713	187	5	5	4	2	2
1956	NL	New York Giants	48	222	206	19	52	12	0	2	17	0	0	8	13	.252	.279	.340	.618	70	5	1	3	4	0
1956	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	100	442	413	54	118	14	7	4	37	3	1	21	33	.286	.320	.383	.703	158	9	2	2	4	0
1957	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	140	625	583	80	169	25	8	4	64	3	4	29	56	.290	.326	.381	.707	222	7	4	5	4	4
1958	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	18	66	64	7	19	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	.297	.318	.344	.662	22	3	0	0	0	0
1958	NL	Chicago Cubs	114	506	464	54	137	16	4	3	43	1	1	29	23	.295	.339	.366	.706	170	13	5	2	6	1
1959	NL	Chicago Cubs	136	545	477	60	126	22	9	6	45	1	1	55	50	.264	.342	.386	.728	184	4	3	7	3	9
1960	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	55	221	198	29	48	5	1	3	14	1	1	19	14	.242	.315	.323	.638	64	5	2	2	0	2
1960	NL	Milwaukee Braves	50	152	141	16	42	6	2	1	18	0	0	7	13	.298	.329	.390	.719	55	3	1	0	3	2
Totals			1828	7829	7219	1064	2089	358	72	126	757	59	27	430	534	.289	.333	.411	.744	2969	134	54	95	31	20

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1946	NL	Boston Braves	OF	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
1946	NL	Boston Braves	SS	12	0	0.0	5	14	2	2	.905		1.583
1948	NL	Boston Braves	SS	133	0	0.0	253	393	25	66	.963		4.857
1949	NL	Boston Braves	3B	4	0	0.0	1	8	1	0	.900		2.250
1949	NL	Boston Braves	SS	125	0	0.0	232	387	25	76	.961		4.952
1950	NL	New York Giants	SS	154	0	0.0	288	465	30	101	.962		4.890
1951	NL	New York Giants	SS	156	0	0.0	295	465	45	114	.944		4.872
1952	NL	New York Giants	SS	150	0	0.0	324	423	27	116	.965		4.980
1953	NL	New York Giants	2B	26	0	0.0	68	72	2	17	.986		5.385
1953	NL	New York Giants	3B	8	0	0.0	12	17	3	5	.906		3.625
1953	NL	New York Giants	OF	17	0	0.0	26	1	0	1	1.000		1.588
1953	NL	New York Giants	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
1953	NL	New York Giants	SS	110	0	0.0	219	343	19	79	.967		5.109
1954	NL	New York Giants	SS	154	154	1366.0	289	487	36	105	.956	5.113	5.039
1955	NL	New York Giants	SS	115	114	999.0	213	324	21	70	.962	4.838	4.670
1956	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	99	99	857.3	178	292	20	66	.959	4.934	4.747
1956	NL	New York Giants	SS	48	48	432.3	89	132	9	27	.961	4.601	4.604
1957	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	139	134	1203.7	276	419	25	105	.965	5.197	5.000
1957	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	1	1	8.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000
1958	NL	Chicago Cubs	3B	111	111	964.0	107	225	18	24	.949	3.100	2.991
1958	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	8	8	64.0	10	23	2	6	.943	4.641	4.125
1958	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	8	5	51.0	4	12	1	0	.941	2.824	2.000
1959	NL	Chicago Cubs	3B	131	121	1090.0	111	255	20	20	.948	3.022	2.794
1959	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	4	4	27.0	26	4	1	1	.968	1.000	7.500
1959	NL	Chicago Cubs	SS	1	0	8.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.077	2.000
1960	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	53	48	430.7	57	84	7	7	.953	2.947	2.660
1960	NL	Milwaukee Braves	OF	25	25	203.0	46	2	2	0	.960	2.128	1.920
1960	NL	Milwaukee Braves	1B	10	4	43.0	40	2	1	4	.977	8.791	4.200
1960	NL	Milwaukee Braves	3B	4	1	17.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.118	1.000
1960	NL	Milwaukee Braves	2B	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1960	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Totals				1812	877	7771.7	3174	4854	342	1012	.959	9.297	4.430

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
1948	NL	Boston Braves	WS	6	25	24	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.208	.375	5	1	1
1951	NL	New York Giants	WS	6	26	24	5	10	3	1	4	2	3	.417	.462	.667	1.128	16	1	0
1954	NL	New York Giants	WS	4	19	17	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	.412	.444	.412	.856	7	0	1
Totals				16	70	65	9	21	4	1	4	3	6	.323	.353	.431	.784	28	2	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1948	NL	Boston Braves	WS	SS	6	6	52.0	7	12	3	1	.864	3.288	3.167
1951	NL	New York Giants	WS	SS	6	6	52.0	10	16	0	4	1.000	4.500	4.333
1954	NL	New York Giants	WS	SS	4	4	37.0	7	11	1	1	.947	4.378	4.500
Totals					16	16	141.0	24	39	4	6	.940	4.021	3.938

Awards

1948 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS

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