Nickname: "Blackie, The Swamp Fox"
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 01-07-1922
Birthplace: Comanche, OK, USA
Career Positions Played: SS,LF,3B,2B,OF,1B
Rookie of the Year: 1948
All-Star: 1951,1952,1954
Height: 5 ft., 11 in. Weight: 185 lbs.
(Alvin Dark at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 2589 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1946 BOS:N 6,7 24 15 13 13 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 .231 .256 .231 .462 0 - 3 0 - 0 1946 BOS:N
1948 BOS:N 6 26 137 579 543 175 127 39 6 3 48 85 .322 .261 .353 .433 24 - 36 10 - 2 1948 BOS:N
1949 BOS:N 5,6 27 130 572 529 146 115 23 5 3 53 74 .276 .262 .317 .355 31 - 43 11 - 1 1949 BOS:N
1950 NY:N 6 28 154 643 587 164 107 36 5 16 67 79 .279 .261 .331 .440 39 - 60 11 - 6 1950 NY:N
1951 NY:N 6 29 156 700 646 196 134 41 7 14 69 114 .303 .260 .352 .454 42 - 39 6 - 6 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N 6 30 151 649 589 177 131 29 3 14 73 92 .301 .253 .357 .431 47 - 39 8 - 5 1952 NY:N
1953 NY:N 4,5,6,OF 31 155 693 647 194 124 41 6 23 88 126 .300 .266 .335 .488 28 - 34 12 - 6 1953 NY:N
1954 NY:N 6 32 154 693 644 189 137 26 6 20 70 98 .293 .265 .327 .446 27 - 40 12 5 5 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 6 33 115 508 475 134 102 20 3 9 45 77 .282 .259 .321 .394 22 2 32 4 2 5 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N 6 34 48 222 206 52 38 12 0 2 17 19 .252 .256 .284 .340 8 0 13 3 4 1 1956 NY:N
1956 STL:N 6 34 100 442 413 118 93 14 7 4 37 54 .286 .256 .320 .383 21 0 33 2 4 2 1956 STL:N
1957 STL:N 5,6 35 140 625 583 169 132 25 8 4 64 80 .290 .260 .326 .381 29 4 56 5 4 4 1957 STL:N
1958 STL:N 5,6 36 18 66 64 19 18 0 0 1 5 7 .297 .262 .318 .344 2 0 6 0 0 0 1958 STL:N
1958 CHI:N 5 36 114 506 464 137 114 16 4 3 43 54 .295 .262 .343 .366 29 1 23 2 6 5 1958 CHI:N
1959 CHI:N 3,5,6 37 136 545 477 126 89 22 9 6 45 60 .264 .260 .344 .386 55 9 50 7 3 3 1959 CHI:N
1960 PHI:N 3,5 38 55 221 198 48 39 5 1 3 14 29 .242 .255 .315 .323 19 2 14 2 0 2 1960 PHI:N
1960 MIL:N 3,4,5,7 38 50 152 141 42 33 6 2 1 18 16 .298 .255 .329 .390 7 2 13 0 3 1 1960 MIL:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1946 BOS:N 24 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 6 - - - - - 0 - 1946 BOS:N
1948 BOS:N 26 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 235 - - - - 1.08 4 - 1948 BOS:N
1949 BOS:N 27 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 188 - - - - - 10 - 1949 BOS:N
1950 NY:N 28 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 258 - - - - - 10 - 1950 NY:N
1951 NY:N 29 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 293 - - - - .81 11 - 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N 30 6 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 254 - - - - - 10 - 1952 NY:N
1953 NY:N 31 7 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 316 - - - - - - - 1953 NY:N
1954 NY:N 32 5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 287 - - - - - 16 - 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 33 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 187 - - - - - 5 - 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 70 166 - - - - 5 - 1956 NY:N
1956 STL:N 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .52 .80 6 0 0 0 158 311 143 117 19 1.22 9 108 1956 STL:N
1957 STL:N 35 3 4 1 0 0 0 .03 .01 .60 .67 8 0 0 0 222 434 187 163 38 1.15 7 146 1957 STL:N
1958 STL:N 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .25 .00 0 0 0 0 22 48 19 22 4 .86 3 17 1958 STL:N
1958 CHI:N 36 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 170 349 - - - - 13 - 1958 CHI:N
1959 CHI:N 37 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 184 - - - - - 4 - 1959 CHI:N
1960 PHI:N 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .33 .70 0 0 0 0 64 158 84 57 14 1.47 5 56 1960 PHI:N
1960 MIL:N 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .17 .60 3 0 0 0 55 105 42 46 8 .91 3 35 1960 MIL:N
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1946 BOS:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1948 BOS:N 26 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 .750 1.500
1949 BOS:N 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1950 NY:N 28 - - - - - - - - -
1951 NY:N 29 0 0 - - 0 0 - .000 .000
1952 NY:N 30 - - - - - - - - -
1953 NY:N 31 - - - - - - - - -
1954 NY:N 32 0 0 - - 0 0 - .000 .000
1955 NY:N 33 1 0 - - - - - - -
1956 NY:N 34 - - - 0 - - - - -
1956 STL:N 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1957 STL:N 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1958 STL:N 36 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .800
1958 CHI:N 36 - - - - - - - - -
1959 CHI:N 37 1 0 0 0 0 - - .000 .000
1960 PHI:N 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1960 MIL:N 38 15 3 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .267
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1946 BOS:N 24 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .667 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .286 1946 BOS:N
1948 BOS:N 26 271 89 21 3 1 12 15 .328 .439 272 86 18 3 2 14 21 .316 .426 1948 BOS:N
1949 BOS:N 27 260 76 14 2 0 19 19 .292 .362 269 70 9 3 3 12 24 .260 .349 1949 BOS:N
1950 NY:N 28 275 81 20 3 11 20 20 .295 .509 312 83 16 2 5 19 38 .266 .378 1950 NY:N
1951 NY:N 29 312 91 19 4 10 18 18 .292 .474 334 105 22 3 4 24 21 .314 .434 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N 30 287 99 18 1 13 22 14 .345 .551 302 78 11 2 1 25 25 .258 .318 1952 NY:N
1953 NY:N 31 310 102 16 3 16 14 14 .329 .555 337 92 25 3 7 14 19 .273 .427 1953 NY:N
1954 NY:N 32 314 90 11 2 15 12 22 .287 .478 330 99 15 4 5 15 19 .300 .415 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 33 227 59 9 2 8 11 14 .260 .423 248 75 11 1 1 11 18 .302 .367 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N 34 73 19 4 0 2 2 7 .260 .397 133 33 8 0 0 6 6 .248 .308 1956 NY:N
1956 STL:N 34 167 46 6 3 1 7 14 .275 .365 246 72 8 4 3 14 19 .293 .394 1956 STL:N
1957 STL:N 35 282 78 8 5 1 14 27 .277 .351 301 91 17 3 3 15 29 .302 .409 1957 STL:N
1958 STL:N 36 31 7 0 0 0 1 4 .226 .226 33 12 0 0 1 1 2 .364 .455 1958 STL:N
1958 CHI:N 36 187 47 2 1 0 16 12 .251 .273 277 90 14 3 3 13 12 .325 .430 1958 CHI:N
1959 CHI:N 37 234 59 7 6 5 26 26 .252 .397 243 67 15 3 1 29 24 .276 .374 1959 CHI:N
1960 PHI:N 38 88 23 4 1 1 9 5 .261 .364 110 25 1 0 2 10 9 .227 .291 1960 PHI:N
1960 MIL:N 38 70 21 3 2 0 3 4 .300 .400 71 21 3 0 1 4 9 .296 .380 1960 MIL:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1946 BOS:N 24 - - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - 1946 BOS:N
1948 BOS:N 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1948 BOS:N
1949 BOS:N 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1949 BOS:N
1950 NY:N 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950 NY:N
1951 NY:N 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1952 NY:N
1953 NY:N 31 198 60 11 4 7 6 12 .303 .505 449 134 30 2 16 22 21 .298 .481 1953 NY:N
1954 NY:N 32 195 64 8 0 5 9 13 .328 .446 449 125 18 6 15 18 28 .278 .445 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N 34 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 1956 NY:N
1956 STL:N 34 129 34 4 1 3 7 6 .264 .380 284 84 10 6 1 14 27 .296 .384 1956 STL:N
1957 STL:N 35 177 46 9 3 0 9 17 .260 .345 406 123 16 5 4 20 39 .303 .397 1957 STL:N
1958 STL:N 36 25 8 0 0 1 0 1 .320 .440 39 11 0 0 0 2 5 .282 .282 1958 STL:N
1958 CHI:N 36 117 33 6 0 2 9 5 .282 .385 347 104 10 4 1 20 19 .300 .360 1958 CHI:N
1959 CHI:N 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1959 CHI:N
1960 PHI:N 38 66 18 2 1 2 7 5 .273 .424 132 30 3 0 1 12 9 .227 .273 1960 PHI:N
1960 MIL:N 38 55 20 3 0 0 5 9 .364 .418 86 22 3 2 1 2 4 .256 .372 1960 MIL:N
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1959 CHI:N 37 .968 .988 4 - - 26 4 1 - 1
1960 PHI:N 38 1.000 .990 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 MIL:N 38 .976 .990 10 4 43.0 39 2 1 0 4
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1953 NY:N 31 .986 .972 26 - - 68 72 2 - 17
1960 MIL:N 38 .000 .974 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1949 BOS:N 27 .900 .952 4 3 - 1 8 1 - 0
1953 NY:N 31 .906 .951 8 - - 12 17 3 - 5
1957 STL:N 35 1.000 .952 1 1 8.0 0 2 0 0 0
1958 STL:N 36 .938 .952 8 5 51.0 4 11 1 0 0
1958 CHI:N 36 .949 .952 111 - - 107 225 18 - 24
1959 CHI:N 37 .948 .950 131 - - 111 255 20 - 20
1960 PHI:N 38 .952 .951 53 48 430.7 57 81 7 1 7
1960 MIL:N 38 1.000 .951 4 1 17.0 2 2 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1946 BOS:N 24 .905 .957 12 0 - 5 14 2 - 2
1948 BOS:N 26 .963 .959 133 129 - 253 393 25 - 66
1949 BOS:N 27 .961 .961 125 124 - 232 387 25 - 76
1950 NY:N 28 .962 .961 154 - - 288 465 30 - 101
1951 NY:N 29 .944 .955 156 - - 295 465 45 - 114
1952 NY:N 30 .965 .960 150 - - 324 423 27 - 116
1953 NY:N 31 .967 .958 110 - - 219 343 19 - 79
1954 NY:N 32 .956 .959 154 - - 289 487 36 - 105
1955 NY:N 33 .962 .964 115 - - 213 324 21 - 70
1956 NY:N 34 .961 .962 48 - - 89 132 9 - 27
1956 STL:N 34 .960 .962 99 99 857.3 179 302 20 3 66
1957 STL:N 35 .964 .958 139 134 1203.7 266 406 25 5 105
1958 STL:N 36 .946 .964 8 8 64.0 10 25 2 0 6
1959 CHI:N 37 1.000 .966 1 - - 1 1 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1946 BOS:N 24 1.000 .977 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 - -
1960 MIL:N 38 .957 .978 25 25 203.0 44 1 2 0 0
FIELDING STATS - OUTFIELD POSITIONS COMBINED (BREAKOUTS UNAVAILABLE)
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1953 NY:N 31 1.000 .980 17 - - 26 1 0 0 1
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,390 3,549 2,161 1,833 2,724 2,402 4,911 470 3,066
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alvin Dark - Historical Batting Stastistics
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Fielding Statistics - Second Base
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Fielding Statistics - Shortstop
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
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Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
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