Player

Al Dark

Player Info
Full Name
Alvin Ralph
Born
January 7, 1922
Comanche, OK, USA
Died
November 13, 2014
Size
5'11" / 185 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
July 14, 1946
Final Game
October 2, 1960
Career
15 years
Teams
Honors
3 x All-Star
1954, 1952, 1951
1955 - Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (ML)
1954 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1948 - Rookie of the Year (ML)
1948 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
Career Batting
1,828
G
.289
AVG
2,089
H
126
HR
757
RBI
.741
OPS
105
OPS vs Lg
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Career Pitching
0-0
W-L
18.00
ERA
1
G
0
SO
0
SV
2.00
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1953 New York Giants 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 1.0 0 1
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1953 NL 1.0 0.00 9.00 2.000
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1960 Philadelphia Phillies 55 198 48 5 1 3 29 .242
1960 Milwaukee Braves 50 141 42 6 2 1 16 .298
1959 Chicago Cubs 136 477 126 22 9 6 60 .264
1958 St. Louis Cardinals 18 64 19 0 0 1 7 .297
1958 Chicago Cubs 114 464 137 16 4 3 54 .295
1957 St. Louis Cardinals 140 583 169 25 8 4 80 .290
1956 New York Giants 48 206 52 12 0 2 19 .252
1956 St. Louis Cardinals 100 413 118 14 7 4 54 .286
1955 New York Giants 115 475 134 20 3 9 77 .282
1954 New York Giants 154 644 189 26 6 20 98 .293
1953 New York Giants 155 647 194 41 6 23 126 .300
1952 New York Giants 151 589 177 29 3 14 92 .301
1951 New York Giants 156 646 196 41 7 14 114 .303
1950 New York Giants 154 587 164 36 5 16 79 .279
1949 Boston Braves 130 529 146 23 5 3 74 .276
1948 Boston Braves 137 543 175 39 6 3 85 .322
1946 Boston Braves 15 13 3 3 0 0 0 .231
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1960 NL 373 .086 .277 7.0 7.2 90 4.2
1959 NL 545 .122 .283 10.1 9.2 101 6.3 ✓
1958 NL 572 .068 .303 5.4 5.1 92 4.2 ✓
1957 NL 625 .091 .313 4.6 9.0 96 4.2 ✓
1956 NL 664 .094 .285 4.4 6.9 87 6.3 ✓
1955 NL 508 .112 .287 4.3 6.3 94 9.5 ✓
1954 NL 693 .152 .287 3.9 5.8 106 21.0 ✓
1953 NL 693 .189 .290 4.0 4.9 118 24.0 ✓
1952 NL 649 .131 .304 7.2 6.0 125 14.7 ✓
1951 NL 700 .150 .307 6.0 5.6 122 14.4 ✓
1950 NL 643 .160 .290 6.1 9.3 108 16.8 ✓
1949 NL 572 .079 .296 5.4 7.5 86 3.1 ✓
1948 NL 579 .111 .341 4.1 6.2 119 3.2 ✓
1946 NL 13 .231 .300 0.0 23.1 100 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
SS 1,404 2,672 4,168 286 933 .960
3B 320 294 605 50 56 .947
OF 43 73 3 2 1 .974
2B 29 68 72 2 17 .986
1B 15 67 6 2 5 .973
P 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1960 Milwaukee Braves 1B 10 40 2 1 4 .977
1960 Philadelphia Phillies 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1960 Milwaukee Braves 2B 3 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 Milwaukee Braves 3B 4 2 2 0 0 1.000
1960 Philadelphia Phillies 3B 53 57 84 7 7 .953
1960 Milwaukee Braves OF 25 46 2 2 0 .960
1959 Chicago Cubs 1B 4 26 4 1 1 .968
1959 Chicago Cubs 3B 131 111 255 20 20 .948
1959 Chicago Cubs SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
1958 Chicago Cubs 3B 111 107 225 18 24 .949
1958 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 8 4 12 1 0 .941
1958 St. Louis Cardinals SS 8 10 23 2 6 .943
1957 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000
1957 St. Louis Cardinals SS 139 276 419 25 105 .965
1956 New York Giants SS 48 89 132 9 27 .961
1956 St. Louis Cardinals SS 99 178 292 20 66 .959
1955 New York Giants SS 115 213 324 21 70 .962
1954 New York Giants SS 154 289 487 36 105 .956
1953 New York Giants 2B 26 68 72 2 17 .986
1953 New York Giants 3B 8 12 17 3 5 .906
1953 New York Giants OF 17 26 1 0 1 1.000
1953 New York Giants P 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1953 New York Giants SS 110 219 343 19 79 .967
1952 New York Giants SS 150 324 423 27 116 .965
1951 New York Giants SS 156 295 465 45 114 .944
1950 New York Giants SS 154 288 465 30 101 .962
1949 Boston Braves 3B 4 1 8 1 0 .900
1949 Boston Braves SS 125 232 387 25 76 .961
1948 Boston Braves SS 133 253 393 25 66 .963
1946 Boston Braves OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1946 Boston Braves SS 12 5 14 2 2 .905
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 16 65 21 1 4 .323
1954 World Series New York Giants 4 17 7 0 0 .412
1951 World Series New York Giants 6 24 10 1 4 .417
1948 World Series Boston Braves 6 24 4 0 0 .167
Managerial record: 994-954 (.510) Full Managerial Record
Year Team League G W L PCT Finish
1977 San Diego Padres NL 113 48 65 .425 5
1975 Oakland Athletics AL 162 98 64 .605 1
1974 Oakland Athletics AL 162 90 72 .556 1
1971 Cleveland Indians AL 103 42 61 .408 6
1970 Cleveland Indians AL 162 76 86 .469 5
1969 Cleveland Indians AL 161 62 99 .385 6
1968 Cleveland Indians AL 162 86 75 .534 3
1967 Kansas City Athletics AL 121 52 69 .430 10
1966 Kansas City Athletics AL 160 74 86 .463 7
1964 San Francisco Giants NL 162 90 72 .556 4
1963 San Francisco Giants NL 162 88 74 .543 3
1962 San Francisco Giants NL 165 103 62 .624 1
1961 San Francisco Giants NL 155 85 69 .552 3