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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYG		BSN	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 19	NYG		BSN	L,6-10	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 25	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 27	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	2	3	0	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
9	9	May 4	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
10	10	May 5	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
11	11	May 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	4	6	1	11	1
12	12	May 7 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	13	May 7 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	14	May 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	15	May 10	NYG	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
16	16	May 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
17	17	May 14 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
18	18	May 14 susp	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-9	CG	46	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
19	19	May 16	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
20	20	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
21	21	May 18	NYG		CHC	W,10-4	CG	28	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	22	May 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
23	23	May 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
24	24	May 21 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
25	25	May 21 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
26	26	May 24	NYG		STL	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
27	27	May 25	NYG		STL	L,5-7	CG	63	13.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
28	28	May 26	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 27	NYG		PHI	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
30	30	May 28 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
31	31	May 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
32	32	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
33	33	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-3	GS	29	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	34	Jun 1 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
35	35	Jun 1 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
37	37	Jun 4	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
38	38	Jun 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	9	0	13	3	SS
39	39	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
40	40	Jun 7	NYG	@	CHC	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
41	41	Jun 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
42	42	Jun 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
43	43	Jun 10	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
44	44	Jun 11 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	45	Jun 11 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
46	46	Jun 13	NYG		PIT	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
47	47	Jun 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
48	48	Jun 17	NYG		CHC	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
49	49	Jun 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
50	50	Jun 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	51	Jun 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
52	52	Jun 20	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	53	Jun 21	NYG		STL	L,6-14	GS	49	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
54	54	Jun 22 (1)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	55	Jun 22 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
56	56	Jun 23	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
57	57	Jun 24	NYG		CIN	W,12-2	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
59	59	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
60	60	Jun 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
61	61	Jun 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
62	62	Jun 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
63	63	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	65	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
66	66	Jul 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
67	67	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
70	70	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
71	71	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	72	Jul 7	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 8	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
74	74	Jul 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	12.2	4	6	1	11	0
75	75	Jul 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
76	76	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	77	Jul 16 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-16	GS	30	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
78	78	Jul 16 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	59	11.2	2	5	0	7	2
79	79	Jul 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
80	80	Jul 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 19 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-18	GS	28	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
82	82	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
83	83	Jul 20	NYG	@	STL	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
84	84	Jul 21	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	86	Jul 23 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
87	87	Jul 23 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
88	88	Jul 25	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
89	89	Jul 26	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
90	90	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
91	91	Jul 29	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
92	92	Jul 30	NYG		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	93	Aug 2 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
94	94	Aug 2 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
95	95	Aug 4	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
96	96	Aug 5	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	97	Aug 6 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
98	98	Aug 6 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
99	99	Aug 7	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	100	Aug 8	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
101	101	Aug 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	6	1	12	2	SS
102	102	Aug 10	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
103	103	Aug 11	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
104	104	Aug 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	3	6	1	10	2	SS
105	105	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
106	106	Aug 15	NYG		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
107	107	Aug 16	NYG		BRO	W,16-7	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
108	108	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
109	109	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
110	110	Aug 18	NYG		PHI	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
111	111	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
112	112	Aug 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
113	113	Aug 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
114	114	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
115	115	Aug 25	NYG	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	46	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
116	116	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	3
117	117	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	118	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	4	0	10	1
119	119	Aug 28	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	1	4	0	5	1
120	120	Aug 29	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
121	121	Aug 30	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
122	122	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	123	Sep 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
124	124	Sep 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
125	125	Sep 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
126	126	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
127	127	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
128	128	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
129	129	Sep 7	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
130	130	Sep 8	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
131	131	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
132	132	Sep 10	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	133	Sep 12	NYG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
134	134	Sep 13	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	25	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
135	135	Sep 14 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
136	136	Sep 14 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
137	137	Sep 15	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
138	138	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
139	139	Sep 17	NYG		STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
140	140	Sep 18	NYG		STL	W,13-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
141	141	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
142	142	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
143	143	Sep 21	NYG		CIN	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
144	144	Sep 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
145	145	Sep 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
146	146	Sep 25 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
147	147	Sep 25 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
148	148	Sep 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	32	8.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
149	149	Sep 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
150	150	Sep 27 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
151	151	Sep 28 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
152	152	Sep 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
153	153	Sep 30	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
154	154	Oct 1	NYG		BSN	W,5-1	GS	0	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
							154gm		1356.2	288	465	30	783	101