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 (May 28)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	9	0	11	3	SS
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	43	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
7	7	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,12-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-10	CG	52	10.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
11	11	Apr 26	NYG		MLN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 27	NYG		MLN	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 28	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
14	14	Apr 30	NYG		STL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	57	16.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
16	16	May 3	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
17	17	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	6	4	0	10	1	SS
18	18	May 5	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
20	20	May 7	NYG		PIT	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
21	21	May 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	22	May 8 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
23	23	May 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
24	24	May 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
25	25	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	1	6	2	9	1
27	27	May 15 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
28	28	May 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
29	29	May 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	30	May 18	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
31	31	May 19	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
32	32	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
33	33	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
34	34	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
35	35	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
36	37 (1)	May 25 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
37	38	May 25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
38	39	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	48	10.2	1	5	0	6	0	SS
39	40	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
40	41	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
41	42	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
42	43	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
43	44	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
44	45	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
46	47	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
47	48	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
48	49	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,8-9	CG	53	12.0	2	3	0	5	1
49	50	Jun 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
50	51	Jun 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
51	53 (1)	Jun 8	NYG		MLN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
52	54	Jun 10	NYG		STL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
53	55	Jun 12 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
54	56	Jun 12 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	55	13.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
55	57	Jun 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
56	58	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
57	59	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	60	Jun 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	3	3	0	6	0	SS
59	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
60	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	2	5	1	SS
61	63	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
62	64	Jun 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
63	65	Jun 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
64	66	Jun 24	NYG	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
65	67	Jun 25	NYG	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
66	68	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
67	69	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
68	70	Jun 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
69	71	Jun 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
70	72	Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	45	10.1	4	2	0	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	73	Jul 1	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
72	74	Jul 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
73	75	Jul 3	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
74	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	4	2	0	6	1
75	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	11.0	0	3	1	4	0
76	78	Jul 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	79	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	26	6.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
78	80	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
79	81	Jul 8	NYG		BRO	L,8-12	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
80	82	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
81	83	Jul 10	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
82	84	Jul 14	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
83	85	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
84	86	Jul 16	NYG		MLN	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
85	87	Jul 17 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	88	Jul 17 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
87	89	Jul 18	NYG		MLN	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
88	90	Jul 19 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
89	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYG		STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
90	92	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
91	93	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	1	9	4	SS
92	94	Jul 22	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	57	14.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
93	95	Jul 23	NYG		CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
94	96	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
95	97	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
96	98	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	55	12.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
97	99	Jul 27 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
98	100	Jul 27 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
99	101	Jul 28	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
100	102	Jul 29	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
101	103	Jul 30	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
102	104	Jul 31	NYG	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	105	Aug 1	NYG	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
104	106	Aug 2	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
105	107	Aug 3	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
106	108	Aug 4	NYG	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
107	109	Aug 5	NYG	@	CIN	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
108	110	Aug 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-13	GS	27	4.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
109	111	Aug 7 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
110	115 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
111	124 (8)	Aug 25	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	132 (7)	Sep 1	NYG		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
113	133	Sep 2	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
							115gm		999.0	213	324	21	558	70