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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
3	3	Apr 19	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	3	SS
4	4	Apr 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 28	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	73	17.0	2	3	0	5	1
14	14	May 4	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	15	May 6 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
16	16	May 6 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
17	17	May 7	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
18	18	May 8	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
19	19	May 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	20	May 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
21	21	May 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
22	22	May 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
23	23	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 16	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	25	May 17	NYG		MLN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
26	26	May 19	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
27	27	May 20 (1)	NYG		STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
28	28	May 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 21	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
30	30	May 22	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 25	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
32	32	May 26	NYG		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	2	8	0	SS
33	33	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
34	34	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
35	35	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	62	15.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
36	36	May 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	28	7.1	0	2	1	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	38	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
39	39	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
40	40	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
41	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	42	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
43	43	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
44	44	Jun 8	NYG	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
45	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
46	46	Jun 10	NYG	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
47	47	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	2	5	1	SS
48	48	Jun 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
				Player went from New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals
49	53	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
50	54	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	24	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
51	55	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
52	56	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
53	57	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
54	58	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
55	59	Jun 21	STL	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	47	8.2	5	3	0	8	1	SS
56	60	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
57	61	Jun 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
58	62	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
59	63	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
60	64	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
61	65	Jun 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
62	66	Jun 29	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
63	67	Jun 30	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	68	Jul 1 (1)	STL		CIN	L,15-19	CG	59	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
65	69	Jul 1 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
66	70	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
67	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
68	72	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
69	73	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
70	74	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
71	75	Jul 7	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
72	76	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
73	77	Jul 12	STL		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
74	78	Jul 13	STL		NYG	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
75	79	Jul 14	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
76	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	GS	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
77	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
78	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
79	83	Jul 17	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
80	84	Jul 18	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
81	85	Jul 20	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
82	86	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
83	87	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
84	88	Jul 22 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
85	89	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
86	90	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
87	91	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,14-9	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
88	92	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
89	93	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
90	94	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
91	95	Jul 31	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	96	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
93	97	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	7	1	10	2	SS
94	98	Aug 3	STL	@	BRO	W,11-8	CG	58	12.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
95	99	Aug 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	GS	27	5.0	1	4	2	7	1	SS
96	100	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
97	101	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
98	102	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
99	103	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
100	104	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
101	105	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
102	106	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
103	107	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	108	Aug 10	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
105	109	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
106	110	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
107	111	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	CHC	T,0-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
108	112	Aug 14	STL		MLN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
109	113	Aug 15	STL		MLN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
110	114	Aug 16	STL		MLN	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
111	115	Aug 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
112	116	Aug 18	STL		CHC	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
113	117	Aug 19 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
114	118	Aug 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
115	119	Aug 21	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	4	SS
116	120	Aug 22	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
117	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
119	123	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
120	124	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
121	125	Aug 26 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
122	126	Aug 26 (2)	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
123	127	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
124	128	Aug 29	STL		PHI	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	SS
125	129	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
126	130	Aug 31 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	132 (1)	Sep 2	STL	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
128	133	Sep 3 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
129	135 (1)	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
130	136	Sep 7	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
131	137	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,6-4	GS	22	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
132	138	Sep 9	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
133	139	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
134	140	Sep 13	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
135	141	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
136	142	Sep 15	STL	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
137	143	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
138	144	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
139	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
140	146	Sep 19	STL	@	BRO	L,2-17	GS	36	5.0	1	5	2	8	1	SS
141	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
142	150 (2)	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
143	152 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
144	153	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
145	154	Sep 28	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
146	155	Sep 29	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
147	156	Sep 30	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
							147gm		1289.2	267	424	29	720	93