Chris Chambliss

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 26, 1948 in Dayton, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from MiraCosta College (Oceanside, CA), the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from MiraCosta College (Oceanside, CA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, CA)

Schools: MiraCosta College (Oceanside, CA), Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: May 28, 1971 (Age 22-153d, 13,122nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1988 (Age 39-134d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Carroll Christopher Chambliss

Pronunciation: \CHAMM-bliss\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.5

7571

2109

185

.279

912

RBI

972

OBP

.334

SLG

.415

OPS

.749

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 3)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
2	2	Apr 8	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
3	3	Apr 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
4	4	Apr 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
5	5	Apr 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	8	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
9	9	Apr 17	CLE		MIL	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
10	10	Apr 18	CLE		MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
11	11	Apr 19	CLE		MIL	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
12	12	Apr 20	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
13	13	Apr 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
14	14	Apr 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
15	15	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
16	16	Apr 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
17	17	Apr 25	CLE	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
18	18	Apr 26	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	3	2	0	5	1	1B
19	19	Apr 27	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
20	21 (1)	Apr 29	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 2	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
22	23	May 4	CLE		OAK	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
23	24	May 5	CLE		OAK	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
24	25	May 6 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,0-12	CG	51	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
25	26	May 6 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
26	27	May 8	CLE		CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
27	28	May 9	CLE		CAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
28	29	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
29	30	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	13	0	1	14	2	1B
30	32 (1)	May 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
31	33	May 14	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
32	34	May 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	66	16.1	14	0	0	14	1	1B
33	35	May 17	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
34	38 (2)	May 20 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
35	39	May 20 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
36	40	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
37	41	May 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
38	42	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
39	43	May 26 susp	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	84	20.2	24	1	0	25	2	1B
40	44	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
41	45	May 29	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	10	2	1	13	0	1B
42	46	May 30	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	9	1	0	10	2	1B
43	47	May 31	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	48	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
45	50 (1)	Jun 3	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
46	52 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,9-13	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	53	Jun 8	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
48	54	Jun 9	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
49	55	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
50	56	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
51	57	Jun 12	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
52	58	Jun 13	CLE		TEX	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
53	60 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		KCR	L,2-5	CG	44	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
54	61	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
55	62	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		KCR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
56	63	Jun 18	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
57	64	Jun 19	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
58	65	Jun 20	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
59	66	Jun 21	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
60	67	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
61	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
62	69	Jun 24	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-8	GS	38	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
63	70	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
64	71	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
65	72	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
66	73	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	CG	49	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
67	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
68	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	76	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS	24	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
70	77	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
71	78	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
72	79	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
73	80	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
74	81	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
75	82	Jul 6	CLE		CAL	W,8-7	CG	44	11.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
76	83	Jul 7	CLE		CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
77	84	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
78	85	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	17	2	0	19	2	1B
79	86	Jul 10	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
80	87	Jul 11	CLE		OAK	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
81	88	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
82	89	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
83	90	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
84	91	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
85	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
86	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
87	94	Jul 17	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
88	95	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,10-8	CG	49	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
89	96	Jul 20	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
90	97	Jul 21	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
91	98	Jul 22	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
92	99	Jul 26 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
93	100	Jul 26 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
94	101	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
95	102	Jul 27 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
96	103	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
97	104	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	17	2	0	19	2	1B
98	105	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
99	106	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	107	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
101	108	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
102	109	Aug 3	CLE		MIL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
103	110	Aug 4	CLE		MIL	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
104	111	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
105	112	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
106	113	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
107	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	11	2	0	13	0	1B
108	115	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	8	4	0	12	1	1B
109	116	Aug 10	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
110	117	Aug 11	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
111	118	Aug 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	52	11.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
112	119	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
113	120	Aug 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
114	121	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	1	14	2	1B
115	122	Aug 17	CLE		MIN	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
116	123	Aug 18	CLE		MIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
117	124	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
118	125	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
119	126	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
120	127	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	46	12.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
121	128	Aug 24	CLE		TEX	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
122	129	Aug 25	CLE		TEX	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
123	130	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
124	131	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
125	132	Aug 28	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
126	133	Aug 29	CLE		KCR	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	11	2	1	14	1	1B
127	134	Aug 30	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	17	1	0	18	0	1B
128	135	Aug 31	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	136	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	9	2	1	12	1	1B
130	137	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
131	138	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
132	139	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
133	140	Sep 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
134	141	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
135	142	Sep 6	CLE		DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
136	143	Sep 7	CLE		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
137	144	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
138	145	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
139	146	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
140	147	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
141	148	Sep 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
142	149	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
143	150	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
144	151	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
145	152	Sep 18	CLE		MIL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
146	153	Sep 19	CLE		MIL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
147	154	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
148	155	Sep 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
149	156	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
150	157	Sep 25	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
151	158	Sep 26	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
152	159	Sep 28 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
153	160	Sep 28 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-18	CG	50	8.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
154	161	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
							154gm		1361.2	1437	114	14	1565	153