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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 1)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.1	1	2	1	4	2	SS
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,12-13	CG	48	9.1	3	1	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
12	12	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	SS
13	13	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
15	15	Apr 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
17	17	May 2	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	4	SS
18	18	May 3	NYG		PIT	L,4-7	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
19	19	May 4	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
20	20	May 5	NYG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
21	21	May 6 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
22	23 (1)	May 8	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
23	24	May 9	NYG		STL	W,17-3	GS	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
24	25	May 10	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
25	26	May 12	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
26	27	May 13 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
27	28	May 13 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
28	29	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	6	0	8	3
29	30	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
30	31	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	32	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	33	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
33	34	May 20	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
34	35	May 21	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
35	36	May 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
36	37	May 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
37	38	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
38	39	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
39	40	May 28	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	41	May 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
41	42	May 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	43	Jun 1	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
43	44	Jun 2	NYG		PIT	W,14-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
44	45	Jun 3 (1)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
45	46	Jun 3 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
46	47	Jun 4	NYG		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
47	48	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
48	49	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
49	50	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
50	51	Jun 9	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
51	52	Jun 10 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
52	53	Jun 10 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
53	54	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
54	55	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
55	56	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
56	57	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
57	58	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
58	59	Jun 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	60	Jun 17 susp	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
60	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	55	12.0	1	5	2	8	0	SS
61	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
62	63	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
63	64	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
64	65	Jun 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	44	10.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
65	66	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	67	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
67	68	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
68	69	Jun 27	NYG		BRO	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
69	70	Jun 28	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
70	71	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-19	CG	50	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	73	Jul 2	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
73	74	Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W,9-8	CG	59	13.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
74	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	43	10.1	4	4	1	9	4	SS
75	76	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
76	77	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
77	78	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	W,12-10	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	79	Jul 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
79	80	Jul 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	4	3	1	8	3	SS
80	81	Jul 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
81	82	Jul 13	NYG		STL	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
82	83	Jul 14	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
83	84	Jul 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	53	12.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
84	85	Jul 15 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
85	86	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
86	87	Jul 17	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
87	88	Jul 18	NYG		CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
88	89	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
89	90	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
90	91	Jul 22 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
91	92	Jul 22 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
92	93	Jul 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
93	94	Jul 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	95	Jul 27	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
95	96	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
96	97	Jul 29 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
97	98	Jul 29 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
98	99	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
99	100	Jul 31	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	3	2	10	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	101	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
101	102	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
102	103	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
103	104	Aug 3	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
104	105	Aug 4	NYG	@	STL	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
105	106	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
106	107	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
107	108	Aug 8 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	44	9.2	2	9	0	11	1	SS
108	109	Aug 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
109	110	Aug 11	NYG		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
110	111	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
111	112	Aug 12 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
112	113	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
113	114	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
114	115	Aug 15	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
115	116	Aug 16	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	5	2	11	1	SS
116	117	Aug 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
117	118	Aug 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
118	119	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
119	120	Aug 21	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
120	121	Aug 22	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	7	1	10	2	SS
121	122	Aug 24	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
122	123	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
123	124	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
124	125	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
125	126	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
126	127	Aug 28	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
127	128	Aug 29	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
128	129	Aug 30	NYG		PIT	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	130	Sep 1	NYG		BRO	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	SS
130	131	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
131	132	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
132	133	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
133	134	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
134	135	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	4	4	2	10	3	SS
135	136	Sep 7	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
136	137	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
137	138	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
138	139	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
139	140	Sep 11 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
140	141	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
141	142	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
142	143	Sep 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
143	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
144	145	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
145	146	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
146	147	Sep 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
147	148	Sep 22	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
148	149	Sep 23	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
149	150	Sep 24	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
150	151	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
151	152	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
152	153	Sep 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
153	154	Sep 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
154	155	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	1	6	4	SS
155	156	Oct 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
156	157	Oct 3	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
							156gm		1390.0	295	465	45	805	114