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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 23)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	31 (30)	May 13 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
2	34 (2)	May 15	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-8	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
3	42 (7)	May 25 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
4	43	May 25 (2)	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Oakland Athletics
5	68	Jun 19	OAK		KCR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	69	Jun 20	OAK		KCR	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
7	70	Jun 21	OAK		KCR	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
8	71	Jun 22	OAK		TEX	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
9	72	Jun 23	OAK		TEX	L,5-8	CG	44	10.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
10	73	Jun 24 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
11	75 (1)	Jun 26	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	46	9.0	5	1	2	8	0	SS
12	76	Jun 27	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-10	GS	29	6.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
13	78 (1)	Jun 29	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
14	79	Jun 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	43	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	80	Jul 1	OAK	@	TEX	W,13-12	CG	72	15.0	4	5	0	9	0	3B
16	81	Jul 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
17	82	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
18	83	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-17	CG	50	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
19	84	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
20	85	Jul 6 (1)	OAK		NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
21	86	Jul 6 (2)	OAK		NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	89 (2)	Jul 9	OAK		BAL	L,3-7	GS	41	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	3B SS
23	90	Jul 10	OAK		BAL	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
24	91	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,1-3	GS	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B SS
25	92	Jul 13	OAK		BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
26	93	Jul 14	OAK		BOS	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	94	Jul 15	OAK		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
28	95	Jul 19	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	3	5	0	8	4	SS
29	96	Jul 20	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
30	97	Jul 21	OAK	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
31	98	Jul 22	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
32	99	Jul 23	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
33	100	Jul 24	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	7	6	0	13	3	2B
34	101	Jul 25	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-16	GS	34	6.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
35	102	Jul 26	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
36	103	Jul 27	OAK		SEA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
37	104	Jul 28	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	109 (4)	Aug 3	OAK	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	110	Aug 4	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
40	111	Aug 5	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
41	112	Aug 6	OAK		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
42	113	Aug 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
43	114	Aug 8	OAK		CAL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
44	115	Aug 10 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
45	116	Aug 10 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	57	11.2	2	5	0	7	0	2B
46	118 (1)	Aug 12	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
47	119	Aug 13	OAK		TOR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	2B
48	120	Aug 14	OAK		TOR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
49	122 (1)	Aug 17	OAK		CLE	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
50	123	Aug 18	OAK		CLE	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
51	124	Aug 19	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
52	125	Aug 20	OAK		DET	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
53	127 (1)	Aug 22	OAK		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
54	130 (2)	Aug 25	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
55	134 (3)	Aug 29	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	137 (2)	Sep 1	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
57	138	Sep 2	OAK	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B 3B
58	139	Sep 3	OAK		MIL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
59	140	Sep 5	OAK		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
60	141	Sep 7	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	GS	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	144 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
62	145	Sep 11	OAK	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
63	146	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIL	L,0-7	GS	25	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
64	151 (4)	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
65	152	Sep 18	OAK		TEX	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
66	153	Sep 19	OAK		TEX	L,4-9	GF	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
67	159 (5)	Sep 27	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
68	162 (2)	Sep 30	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
							73gm		545.0	123	154	11	288	31