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Alvin Dark
Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie,The Swamp Fox)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Louisiana State

MLB Debut July 14, 1946
Final Game October 2, 1960
Born January 7, 1922 in Comanche, OK
Died November 13, 2014 (age 92)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 26 BON NL  134  583   61  178  38   3   2   65   3   4   17   51  .305  .327  .391  .718   102   228   4   7   0   5  11  
         BOA AL    5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200  .200  .200  .400    55     1   0   0   0   0   0  
         TOT     139  588   61  179  38   3   2   65   3   4   17   52  .304  .326  .389  .715         229   4   7   0   5  11 
 1949 27 BOA AL  102  286   27   85  14   0   3   36   0   0   19   31  .297  .338  .378  .715    93   108   1   3   3   0   7  
 1950 28 NYN NL  150  641   81  177  37   2  12   69   9   4   33   65  .276  .314  .396  .710    94   254  13   1   0   3  13  
 1951 29 NYN NL  154  685  135  225  49   8  10   72  31  11   51   54  .328  .376  .467  .843   111   320   2   4   8   3  11  
 1952 30 NYN NL  154  627   75  199  25   4  12   83   7   5   29   54  .317  .347  .427  .774   111   268   2  11   1   5  11  
 1953 31 NYN NL  154  612   73  175  33   4  18   92   6   4   29   40  .286  .320  .441  .761    97   270   2   5   5   4  20  
 1954 32 NYN NL  154  644   86  219  33  10  26  105   3   2   21   39  .340  .361  .543  .905   121   350  16   5   2   3  24  MVP-6
 1955 33 NYN NL  130  516   74  128  11   7  11   51   2   1   28   40  .248  .294  .360  .655    90   186   5   3   0   7  10  
 1956 34 NYN NL   49  204   29   53   9   1   1   20   0   0   10   20  .260  .293  .328  .621    85    67   3   1   1   0   6  
         MLN NL   14   12    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .250  .308  .250  .558    73     3   2   0   0   0   0  
         TOT      63  216   30   56   9   1   1   21   0   0   11   22  .259  .294  .324  .618          70   5   1   1   0   6 
 1957 35 MLN NL  152  628   73  169  28   2   6   53   4   3   26   76  .269  .298  .349  .647    90   219  18   4   2   2  11  
 1958 36 CHN NL  138  568   74  183  15   1   7   57   0   0   27   38  .322  .353  .389  .742   102   221   3   2   2   1   9  
 1959 37 CHN NL  121  478   71  126  36  11   3   37   1   2   49   51  .264  .333  .404  .736   101   193   9   1   1   1   5  
 1960 38 CHN NL   52  185   15   53   4   3   3   19   0   0    8   11  .286  .316  .389  .705    97    72   3   0   0   0   3  
         CHA AL   26   94   11   26   3   0   1    4   0   0    4    8  .277  .306  .340  .647    90    32   0   0   0   0   1  
         TOT      78  279   26   79   7   3   4   23   0   0   12   19  .283  .313  .373  .685         104   3   0   0   0   4 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1689 6768  886 2000 335  56 115  764  66  36  352  581  .296  .331  .413  .744        2792  83  47  25  34 142
 Per 600 PA           557   73  165  28   5   9   63   5   3   29   48                                 230   7   4   2   3  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NY2      945 3929  553 1176 197  36  90  492  58  27  201  312  .299  .335  .436  .772        1715  43  30  17  25  95
   With CHN      311 1231  160  362  55  15  13  113   1   2   84  100  .294  .339  .395  .734         486  15   3   3   2  17
   With MLN      300 1223  135  350  66   5   8  119   7   7   44  129  .286  .312  .368  .680         450  24  11   2   7  22
   With BOA      107  291   27   86  14   0   3   36   0   0   19   32  .296  .335  .375  .710         109   1   3   3   0   7
   With CHA       26   94   11   26   3   0   1    4   0   0    4    8  .277  .306  .340  .647          32   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1828 7219 1064 2089 358  72 126  757  59  27  430  534  .289  .333  .411  .744        2969  95  31  20  54 134
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1948 26 BON NL  30   72   4.5   0   0   0  .000  29  163  111  .681    0    0  .000  SS   3e30      -68   
         BOA AL   0    0   1.4   5   1   0  .200   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -386   
         TOT                     5   1   0  .200  29  163  111  .681    0    0  .000
 1949 27 BOA AL  61   35   4.6  30   6   0  .200  11   68   50  .735    0    0  .000  SS   2e30       43   
 1950 28 NYN NL  37   78   4.3   1   0   0  .000  24  181  140  .773    0    0  .000  SS   2e32      -60   
 1951 29 NYN NL  37  121   6.7   0   0   0  .000  51  198  132  .667    0    0  .000  SS   2e43       38   
 1952 30 NYN NL  32   92   5.5   0   0   0  .000  24  182  131  .720    0    0  .000  SS   2e27      -14   
 1953 31 NYN NL  37   80   4.6   0   0   0  .000  22  176  130  .739    0    0  .000  SS   2e26      -62   
 1954 32 NYN NL  26  115   6.6   0   0   0  .000  40  188  137  .729    0    0  .000  SS   2e36      134   
 1955 33 NYN NL  35   54   3.6   3   1   0  .333  25  174  108  .621    0    0  .000  SS   3e30      -58   
 1956 34 NYN NL  23   18   3.1   0   0   0  .000   8   58   43  .741    0    0  .000  SS   3e33      -53   
         MLN NL  15    1   2.8   9   3   0  .333   2    3    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -117   
         TOT                     9   3   0  .333  10   61   43  .705    0    0  .000
 1957 35 MLN NL  20   64   3.5   0   0   0  .000  29   83   39  .470    0    0  .000  3B   3e22      -59   
 1958 36 CHN NL  20   77   5.2   4   0   0  .000  15   73   44  .603    0    0  .000  3B   3e24       41   
 1959 37 CHN NL   7   66   4.9   3   1   0  .333  16   54   32  .593    0    0  .000  3B   3e26        9   
 1960 38 CHN NL  69   22   4.4  11   5   1  .455   3   12    5  .417    0    0  .000  3B   4e22       33   
         CHA AL  37    9   3.8   3   1   0  .333   0    4    4 1.000    0    0  .000  UT             -25   
         TOT                    14   6   1  .429   3   16    9  .562    0    0  .000
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          911   4.8  69  18   1  .261 299 1617 1106  .684    0    0  .000                  -7   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 31.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1948 26 BON NL  SS   133   276   473   29  101   .963   133  1210.0   5.57
 1949 27 BOA AL  SS    70   135   192   11   38   .967    66   576.0   5.11
                 3B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1950 28 NYN NL  SS   150   243   560   24  116   .971   149  1340.1   5.39
 1951 29 NYN NL  SS   154   315   499   51   95   .941   154  1388.2   5.28
 1952 30 NYN NL  SS   154   242   458   24   98   .967   154  1373.0   4.59
 1953 31 NYN NL  SS   154   253   512   22  104   .972   154  1358.2   5.07
 1954 32 NYN NL  SS   154   294   542   40  110   .954   154  1381.0   5.45
 1955 33 NYN NL  SS   126   239   424   25   74   .964   121  1087.1   5.49
 1956 34 NYN NL  SS    49    89   157    8   29   .969    49   431.0   5.14
         MLN NL  SS     2     2     3    2    1   .714     1     9.0   5.00
 1957 35 MLN NL  3B   152   150   390   29   37   .949   152  1380.2   3.52
 1958 36 CHN NL  3B   134   173   344   15   26   .972   131  1195.2   3.89
 1959 37 CHN NL  3B   118    65   234   16   18   .949   116  1027.1   2.62
 1960 38 CHN NL  3B    33    13    79    3    9   .968    33   282.1   2.93
                 1B    10    68     2    0    8  1.000     6    63.0  10.00
                 LF     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   2.40
         CHA AL  LF    11    21     0    0    0  1.000    10   103.0   1.83
                 1B     9    71     3    0    6  1.000     7    71.1   9.34
                 3B     4     2    11    0    1  1.000     4    33.0   3.55
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     1.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1146  2088  3820  236  766   .962  1135 10155.0   5.24
                 3B   442   404  1058   63   91   .959   436  3921.0   3.36
                 1B    19   139     5    0   14  1.000    13   134.1   9.65
                 LF    13    25     0    0    0  1.000    12   118.0   1.91
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     1.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1949 WS    BOA BRN   L    4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1956 WS    NYN NYA   L    6  24  3  5  0  0  0   6  0  4  .208  .200  .208  0
 1958 WS    CHN NYA   L    5  14  3  4  0  0  0   1  2  2  .286  .412  .286  0
 1959 WS    CHN NYA   L    4  18  2  4  1  0  0   2  0  2  .222  .222  .278  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1948  BON   70-84   Jim Pardee
 1948  BOA  112-42   Steve Bivens
 1949  BOA   88-66   Steve Bivens
 1950  NYN   72-82   Rick Field
 1951  NYN   88-66   Rick Field
 1952  NYN   69-85   Rick Field
 1953  NYN   82-72   Rick Field
 1954  NYN   93-61   Larry Reeves
 1955  NYN   68-86   Larry Reeves
 1956  NYN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1956  MLN   88-66   John Storer
 1957  MLN   86-68   John Storer
 1958  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1959  CHN  102-52   Alan Boodman
 1960  CHN   82-72   Alan Boodman
 1960  CHA   70-84   Ron Tidrow

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