Barnstorming
Al Dark
Alvin Ralph Dark Born: 1/7/1922 in Comanche, OK USA      Died: 11/13/2014 in Easley, SC USA
Weight: 185 lb.      Height: 5'11"
Bats: R                 Throws: R
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1946 | 24 | BSN | NL | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .462 | .692 | |||
| 1948 | 26 | BSN | NL | 137 | 543 | 85 | 175 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 24 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 4 | .322 | .353 | .433 | .786 | |||
| 1949 | 27 | BSN | NL | 130 | 529 | 74 | 146 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 31 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 10 | .276 | .317 | .355 | .673 | |||
| 1950 | 28 | NY1 | NL | 154 | 587 | 79 | 164 | 36 | 5 | 16 | 67 | 9 | 39 | 60 | 6 | 11 | 10 | .279 | .331 | .440 | .770 | |||
| 1951 | 29 | NY1 | NL | 156 | 646 | 114 | 196 | 41 | 7 | 14 | 69 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 11 | .303 | .352 | .454 | .805 | ||
| 1952 | 30 | NY1 | NL | 151 | 589 | 92 | 177 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 73 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 10 | .301 | .357 | .431 | .788 | ||
| 1953 | 31 | NY1 | NL | 155 | 647 | 126 | 194 | 41 | 6 | 23 | 88 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 19 | .300 | .335 | .488 | .823 | ||
| 1954 | 32 | NY1 | NL | 154 | 644 | 98 | 189 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 16 | .293 | .325 | .446 | .770 | |
| 1955 | 33 | NY1 | NL | 115 | 475 | 77 | 134 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .282 | .319 | .394 | .713 |
| 1956 | 34 | SLN | NL | 100 | 413 | 54 | 118 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .286 | .320 | .383 | .703 |
| 1956 | 34 | NY1 | NL | 48 | 206 | 19 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .252 | .279 | .340 | .618 |
| 1957 | 35 | SLN | NL | 140 | 583 | 80 | 169 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .290 | .326 | .381 | .707 |
| 1958 | 36 | CHN | NL | 114 | 464 | 54 | 137 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | .295 | .339 | .366 | .706 |
| 1958 | 36 | SLN | NL | 18 | 64 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .297 | .318 | .344 | .662 |
| 1959 | 37 | CHN | NL | 136 | 477 | 60 | 126 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .264 | .342 | .386 | .728 |
| 1960 | 38 | PHI | NL | 55 | 198 | 29 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .242 | .315 | .323 | .638 |
| 1960 | 38 | ML1 | NL | 50 | 141 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .298 | .329 | .390 | .719 |
| 14 Seasons | 1828 | 7219 | 1064 | 2089 | 358 | 72 | 126 | 757 | 59 | 27 | 430 | 534 | 20 | 54 | 95 | 31 | 134 | .289 | .333 | .411 | .744 | |||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1948 | 26 | BSN | WS | 6 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167 | .167 | .208 | .375 |
| 1951 | 29 | NY1 | WS | 6 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 417 | .462 | .667 | 1.128 |
| 1954 | 32 | NY1 | WS | 4 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 412 | .444 | .412 | .856 |
| 3 Post Seasons | 16 | 65 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .323 | .353 | .431 | .784 | |||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1953 | 31 | NY1 | NL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 Seasons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1946 | 24 | BSN | NL | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 1946 | 24 | BSN | NL | SS | 12 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0.905 | ||
| 1948 | 26 | BSN | NL | SS | 133 | 0 | 253 | 393 | 25 | 66 | 0.963 | ||
| 1949 | 27 | BSN | NL | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | ||
| 1949 | 27 | BSN | NL | SS | 125 | 0 | 232 | 387 | 25 | 76 | 0.961 | ||
| 1950 | 28 | NY1 | NL | SS | 154 | 0 | 288 | 465 | 30 | 101 | 0.962 | ||
| 1951 | 29 | NY1 | NL | SS | 156 | 0 | 295 | 465 | 45 | 114 | 0.944 | ||
| 1952 | 30 | NY1 | NL | SS | 150 | 0 | 324 | 423 | 27 | 116 | 0.965 | ||
| 1953 | 31 | NY1 | NL | 2B | 26 | 0 | 68 | 72 | 2 | 17 | 0.986 | ||
| 1953 | 31 | NY1 | NL | 3B | 8 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0.906 | ||
| 1953 | 31 | NY1 | NL | OF | 17 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | ||
| 1953 | 31 | NY1 | NL | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | 31 | NY1 | NL | SS | 110 | 0 | 219 | 343 | 19 | 79 | 0.967 | ||
| 1954 | 32 | NY1 | NL | SS | 154 | 154 | 1366 | 289 | 487 | 36 | 105 | 0.956 | |
| 1955 | 33 | NY1 | NL | SS | 115 | 114 | 999 | 213 | 324 | 21 | 70 | 0.962 | |
| 1956 | 34 | NY1 | NL | SS | 48 | 48 | 432.1 | 89 | 132 | 9 | 27 | 0.961 | |
| 1956 | 34 | SLN | NL | SS | 99 | 99 | 857.1 | 178 | 292 | 20 | 66 | 0.959 | |
| 1957 | 35 | SLN | NL | 3B | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1957 | 35 | SLN | NL | SS | 139 | 134 | 1203.2 | 276 | 419 | 25 | 105 | 0.965 | |
| 1958 | 36 | CHN | NL | 3B | 111 | 111 | 964 | 107 | 225 | 18 | 24 | 0.949 | |
| 1958 | 36 | SLN | NL | 3B | 8 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.941 | |
| 1958 | 36 | SLN | NL | SS | 8 | 8 | 64 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0.943 | |
| 1959 | 37 | CHN | NL | 1B | 4 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.968 | |
| 1959 | 37 | CHN | NL | 3B | 131 | 121 | 1090 | 111 | 255 | 20 | 20 | 0.948 | |
| 1959 | 37 | CHN | NL | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1960 | 38 | PHI | NL | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1960 | 38 | ML1 | NL | 1B | 10 | 4 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.977 | |
| 1960 | 38 | ML1 | NL | 2B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | 38 | ML1 | NL | 3B | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1960 | 38 | PHI | NL | 3B | 53 | 48 | 430.2 | 57 | 84 | 7 | 7 | 0.953 | |
| 1960 | 38 | ML1 | NL | OF | 25 | 25 | 203 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.960 | |
| 14 Seasons | 1812 | 877 | 7771.2 | 3174 | 4854 | 342 | 1012 | 0.959 | |||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1948 | 26 | BSN | WS | SS | 6 | 6 | 52 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0.864 | |
| 1951 | 29 | NY1 | WS | SS | 6 | 6 | 52 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | |
| 1954 | 32 | NY1 | WS | SS | 4 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.947 | |
| 3 Post Seasons | 16 | 16 | 141 | 24 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 0.940 | |||||
| Year | Age | Team | League | Salary |
| Year | Age | League | Award |
| 1948 | 26 | ML | Rookie of the Year |
| 1948 | 26 | NL | Baseball Magazine All-Star - SS |
| 1954 | 32 | ML | TSN All-Star - SS |
| 1955 | 33 | ML | Lou Gehrig Memorial Award |
| Year | Age | Voters | Ballots | Required | Votes | Pct. | Inducted | Category |
| 1966 | 44 | BBWAA | 302 | 227 | 17.0 | 0.05629 | N | Player |
| 1967 | 45 | BBWAA | 292 | 219 | 38.0 | 0.13014 | N | Player |
| 1967 | 45 | Run Off | 306 | 7.0 | 0.02288 | N | Player | |
| 1968 | 46 | BBWAA | 283 | 213 | 36.0 | 0.12721 | N | Player |
| 1969 | 47 | BBWAA | 340 | 255 | 48.0 | 0.14118 | N | Player |
| 1970 | 48 | BBWAA | 300 | 225 | 55.0 | 0.18333 | N | Player |
| 1971 | 49 | BBWAA | 360 | 270 | 54.0 | 0.15000 | N | Player |
| 1972 | 50 | BBWAA | 396 | 297 | 55.0 | 0.13889 | N | Player |
| 1973 | 51 | BBWAA | 380 | 285 | 53.0 | 0.13947 | N | Player |
| 1974 | 52 | BBWAA | 365 | 274 | 54.0 | 0.14795 | N | Player |
| 1975 | 53 | BBWAA | 362 | 272 | 48.0 | 0.13260 | N | Player |
| 1976 | 54 | BBWAA | 388 | 291 | 62.0 | 0.15979 | N | Player |
| 1977 | 55 | BBWAA | 383 | 288 | 66.0 | 0.17232 | N | Player |
| 1978 | 56 | BBWAA | 379 | 285 | 60.0 | 0.15831 | N | Player |
| 1979 | 57 | BBWAA | 432 | 324 | 80.0 | 0.18519 | N | Player |
| 1980 | 58 | BBWAA | 385 | 289 | 43.0 | 0.11169 | N | Player |
| 2003 | 81 | Veterans - Players | N | Player | ||||
| 2005 | 83 | Veterans - Players | N | Player | ||||
| 2007 | 85 | Veterans - Players | N | Player |
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Div | # | G | W | L | Pct. | Div Rank | Ply/Mgr |
| 1961 | 39 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 1 | 155 | 85 | 69 | 0.548 | 3 | N | |
| 1962 | 40 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 1 | 165 | 103 | 62 | 0.624 | 1 | N | |
| 1963 | 41 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 1 | 162 | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 3 | N | |
| 1964 | 42 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 1 | 162 | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 4 | N | |
| 1966 | 44 | Kansas City Athletics | AL | 1 | 160 | 74 | 86 | 0.463 | 7 | N | |
| 1967 | 45 | Kansas City Athletics | AL | 1 | 121 | 52 | 69 | 0.430 | 10 | N | |
| 1968 | 46 | Cleveland Indians | AL | 1 | 162 | 86 | 75 | 0.531 | 3 | N | |
| 1969 | 47 | Cleveland Indians | AL | E | 1 | 161 | 62 | 99 | 0.385 | 6 | N |
| 1970 | 48 | Cleveland Indians | AL | E | 1 | 162 | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 5 | N |
| 1971 | 49 | Cleveland Indians | AL | E | 1 | 103 | 42 | 61 | 0.408 | 6 | N |
| 1974 | 52 | Oakland Athletics | AL | W | 1 | 162 | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 1 | N |
| 1975 | 53 | Oakland Athletics | AL | W | 1 | 162 | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | 1 | N |
| 1977 | 55 | San Diego Padres | NL | W | 3 | 113 | 48 | 65 | 0.425 | 5 | N |
| 13 Seasons | 1950 | 994 | 954 | 0.510 | 4.231 | ||||||
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