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Dave Chalk

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: August 30, 1950 in Del Rio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (10th) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Justin F. Kimball HS (Dallas, TX)

Schools: University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: September 4, 1973 (Age 23-005d, 13,425th in major league history)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1981 (Age 31-028d)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: David Lee Chalk

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

2910

733

.252

292

RBI

243

OBP

.325

SLG

.310

OPS

.636

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	41-28 / in Starts: 26-20
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	42 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 190 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	148 (69-50-29)
Avg. MLBer w/ 190 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	116 (56-39-20)

Most Driven In
J Wathan	7
W Aikens	3
W Wilson	2
Self	1
F White	1
C Hurdle	1
R Mulliniks	1
A Otis	1

Most Driven In By
U Washington	4
W Wilson	2
F White	2
W Aikens	2
G Brett	1
C Hurdle	1
H McRae	1
Self	1

1980 Batting Game Log

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1980 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	808	3 (2)	Apr 12	KCR		DET	W,8-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			8	3.43	0.105	4.14	0.08%	0.16	PH
2	809	8 (4)	Apr 18	KCR	@	DET	W,9-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	2.88	-0.065	2.97	-0.04%	-0.37	PH
3	810	12 (3)	Apr 22	KCR		TOR	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.167	.200	.367	7	.56	-0.021	.56	-0.01%	-0.25	DH
4	811	13	Apr 23	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.143	.167	.310	7	1.77	-0.070	1.91	-0.05%	-0.75	PH
5	812	14	Apr 25	KCR		BAL	W,7-0	4-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.222	.375	.597	3	.03	0.006	.04	0.00%	1.52	3B
6	813	15	Apr 26	KCR		BAL	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.231	.333	.564	3	1.35	-0.091	1.70	-0.07%	-0.67	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	814	19 (3)	May 2	KCR		BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.267	.308	.574	9	2.44	-0.042	3.21	-0.03%	0.02	PH SS
8	815	22 (2)	May 6	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.278	.267	.544	7	1.94	-0.034	2.87	-0.03%	-0.08	3B
9	816	23	May 7	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.211	.261	.263	.524	3	.73	-0.019	1.06	-0.02%	-0.59	3B
10	817	24	May 8	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.259	.261	.520	3	.85	-0.114	1.38	-0.11%	-1.29	3B
11	818	28 (3)	May 12	KCR	@	NYY	W,12-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.250	.286	.536	8	.27	-0.036	.39	-0.03%	0.28	3B
12	819	29	May 13	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.250	.258	.508	7	.26	-0.003	.37	0.00%	-0.42	3B
13	820	30	May 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-16	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.275	.286	.561	6	.29	-0.019	.45	-0.02%	0.05	3B
14	821	34 (3)	May 19	KCR		OAK	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.295	.316	.611	9	1.35	0.138	2.67	0.16%	1.54	2B
15	822	36 (1)	May 21	KCR		OAK	L,2-4	9-10	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.311	.359	.670	9	7.38	0.514	16.29	0.68%	1.83	PH
16	823	38 (1)	May 23	KCR	@	CAL	W,13-9	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.340	.395	.735	7	.58	0.088	1.21	0.11%	1.23	DH
17	824	40 (1)	May 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.327	.375	.702	8	.58	-0.076	1.36	-0.11%	-1.35	DH
18	825	45 (4)	May 31	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.322	.365	.687	8	1.16	-0.147	3.27	-0.25%	-0.92	DH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	826	46	Jun 1	KCR		CHW	L,1-6	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.339	.370	.709	8	1.67	-0.004	5.04	-0.01%	0.23	DH
20	827	47	Jun 2	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	7	1.84	-0.047	4.27	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
21	828	51 (3)	Jun 6	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.328	.357	.685	8	.28	-0.007	.79	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
22	829	53 (1)	Jun 8	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.328	.356	.684	9	1.26	0.078	3.69	0.14%	0.95	2B
23	830	54	Jun 10	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-4	3-GF	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.329	.355	.683	3	.52	0.017	1.31	0.03%	-0.08	PR 3B
24	831	55	Jun 11 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.311	.333	.644	8	.52	-0.055	1.22	-0.08%	-1.34	3B
25	832	57 (1)	Jun 13	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.308	.329	.636	8	.67	-0.069	1.60	-0.10%	-0.48	3B
26	833	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.305	.315	.620	8	.98	-0.077	2.25	-0.11%	-0.89	3B
27	834	60 (1)	Jun 16	KCR		TEX	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.294	.303	.597	9	.48	-0.038	1.22	-0.06%	-0.58	3B
28	835	65 (4)	Jun 21	KCR		MIL	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.295	.304	.599	8	.67	0.011	1.43	0.02%	-0.01	2B
29	836	66	Jun 22	KCR		MIL	W,7-4	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.300	.321	.621	8	.49	0.011	1.11	0.02%	0.11	3B
30	837	67	Jun 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.309	.313	.622	8	1.40	-0.074	3.16	-0.10%	-0.52	3B
31	838	68	Jun 24 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.309	.314	.623	9	.85	-0.006	2.03	-0.01%	-0.03	3B
32	839	70 (1)	Jun 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.244	.307	.311	.618	9	.37	-0.045	.87	-0.06%	-0.87	3B
33	840	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.314	.330	.644	9	1.13	-0.081	2.71	-0.12%	-0.81	3B
34	841	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.312	.337	.649	9	1.11	-0.002	2.34	0.00%	-0.42	3B
35	842	74 (1)	Jun 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-12	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.313	.330	.643	9	.39	-0.028	.79	-0.04%	-0.21	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	843	75	Jul 1	KCR		MIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.313	.330	.643	9	.96	-0.028	2.07	-0.04%	-0.08	3B
37	844	76	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.319	.336	.656	9	1.37	0.093	3.13	0.13%	0.38	3B
38	845	77	Jul 3	KCR		SEA	L,2-13	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.322	.333	.656	8	.88	-0.051	1.94	-0.07%	-0.31	PH 3B
39	846	78	Jul 4	KCR		SEA	W,5-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.320	.330	.650	7	3.60	-0.081	8.66	-0.12%	-0.48	PH 3B
40	847	80 (1)	Jul 6	KCR		SEA	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.317	.321	.639	9	1.01	-0.076	1.98	-0.09%	-0.46	3B
41	848	88 (7)	Jul 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.315	.316	.631	9	.21	-0.019	.20	-0.01%	0.00	3B
42	849	98 (9)	Jul 27	KCR		NYY	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.328	.347	.676	9	.42	0.015	.33	0.01%	0.32	2B
43	850	99	Jul 29	KCR		BOS	W,9-8	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.341	.385	.726	9	1.28	0.540	.82	0.21%	2.66	2B
44	851	100	Jul 30	KCR		BOS	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.336	.379	.715	9	1.50	-0.075	.81	-0.02%	-0.53	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	852	103 (2)	Aug 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.336	.379	.715	3						3B
46	853	106 (2)	Aug 5	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	6-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.340	.392	.732	3	.13	0.008	.05	0.00%	1.00	3B
47	854	109 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	KCR	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.386	.731	9	1.32	-0.008	.26	0.00%	0.03	2B
48	855	111 (1)	Aug 10	KCR	@	TOR	W,8-5	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.356	.392	.748	8	1.27	0.079	.22	0.01%	1.43	2B
49	856	113 (1)	Aug 12	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.353	.389	.743	9	3.19	-0.077	.54	-0.01%	-0.36	PH
50	857	117 (3)	Aug 17	KCR		TOR	W,8-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.351	.386	.737	8	1.05	-0.011	.11	0.00%	-0.18	2B
51	858	119 (1)	Aug 19	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.349	.383	.732	9	1.55	-0.038	.06	0.00%	-0.15	PH
52	859	120	Aug 20	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	11-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.353	.383	.736	8	1.76	0.059	.03	0.00%	0.25	PH 2B
53	860	121	Aug 21	KCR		CLE	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.351	.381	.731	8	2.58	-0.062	.04	0.00%	-0.30	PH
54	861	124 (2)	Aug 24	KCR		CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.348	.372	.720	9	.47	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.92	DH
55	862	126 (1)	Aug 26	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262	.340	.362	.701	9	.46	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-1.31	2B
56	863	130 (3)	Aug 30	KCR		TEX	L,5-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.337	.359	.697	7	2.30	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH 2B
57	864	131	Aug 31	KCR		TEX	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.335	.357	.692	4	3.47	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	865	132	Sep 1	KCR		MIL	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.354	.688	8	.21	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH
59	866	137 (4)	Sep 7	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.337	.359	.696	8	.48	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH 3B
60	867	138	Sep 8	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.337	.359	.696	8						3B
61	868	139	Sep 9	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.337	.358	.695	9	1.69	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.42	3B
62	869	140	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.329	.349	.678	9	2.75	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-1.81	3B
63	870	143 (2)	Sep 13	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.326	.344	.670	9	.76	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.56	3B
64	871	145 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.318	.335	.654	9	.58	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-1.25	3B
65	872	152 (6)	Sep 23	KCR	@	SEA	L,3-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.317	.333	.650	9	.67	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.24	2B
66	873	153	Sep 24	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.324	.342	.666	9	.98	0.109	.00	0.00%	1.09	2B
67	874	159 (5)	Oct 2	KCR		SEA	W,6-2	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.330	.340	.669	8	.95	0.088	.00	0.00%	1.42	2B
68	875	161 (1)	Oct 4	KCR		MIN	W,17-1	6-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.326	.335	.662	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	2B
69	876	162	Oct 5	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.326	.341	.668	8	.76	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.56	2B
							41-28		190	167	19	42	10	1	1	20	18	0	27	2	0	3	2	5	1	1	.251	.326	.341	.668		1.01	-0.390	1.36	-0.29%	-5.86

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