Al Dark

1946–1960 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals

1,828G

.289AVG

.333OBP

.411SLG

More career statistics

2,089H

126HR

757RBI

59SB

1.0IP

18.00ERA

1GS

7Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Caught stealing	27	38
Batting · Strikeouts	534	535
Batting · Plate appearances	7,829	7,833
Batting · Walks	430	432

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,828	7,829	7,219	1,064	2,089	358	72	126	757	430	534	59	27	54	31	2,969	.289	.333	.411	.744

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	18.00	2.000

Streaks

24longest hitting streak · 1953-09-16 to 1954-05-01

33longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
61	Five Runs Scored	1954-06-03	1 in 688 games	box score ↗
48	Hitless in Seven	1952-06-10	1 in 202 games	box score ↗
47	First-Inning Ejection	1955-05-24	1 in 187 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	884	3687	989	84	421	206	238	.291	.324	.436
Away	944	4146	1100	42	336	226	297	.288	.320	.389

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	154	679	183	8	61	46	37	.297	.337	.395
May	335	1451	356	17	133	82	109	.267	.302	.369
June	340	1482	415	20	139	82	99	.304	.335	.416
July	354	1528	429	31	168	70	100	.301	.327	.438
August	360	1506	388	20	131	91	108	.281	.318	.397
September	275	1155	310	30	122	60	78	.290	.320	.451
October	10	32	8	0	3	1	4	.258	.281	.387

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
cincinnati-reds	261	1133	307	12	95	67	67	.295	.330	.401
pittsburgh-pirates	256	1100	296	15	106	57	88	.289	.321	.411
philadelphia-phillies	250	1039	272	15	88	36	72	.279	.296	.411
chicago-cubs	225	961	262	17	128	44	62	.292	.318	.403
st-louis-cardinals	218	934	254	13	83	60	61	.299	.336	.416
brooklyn-dodgers	210	928	240	24	90	56	68	.281	.319	.442
milwaukee-braves	152	678	178	9	58	38	43	.284	.319	.380
new-york-giants	80	330	99	5	37	23	21	.338	.370	.457

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1946	Boston Braves	15	13	3	–	1	–	.231	–	–
1948	Boston Braves	137	543	175	3	49	4	.322	–	–
1949	Boston Braves	130	529	146	3	53	5	.276	–	–
1950	New York Giants	154	587	164	16	67	9	.279	–	–
1951	New York Giants	156	646	196	14	68	12	.303	–	–
1952	New York Giants	151	589	177	14	73	6	.301	–	–
1953	New York Giants	155	647	194	23	88	7	.300	1	–
1954	New York Giants	154	644	189	20	70	5	.293	–	–
1955	New York Giants	115	475	134	9	45	2	.282	–	–
1956	New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals	148	619	170	6	54	3	.275	–	–
1957	St. Louis Cardinals	140	583	169	4	64	3	.290	–	–
1958	Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals	132	528	156	4	48	1	.295	–	–
1959	Chicago Cubs	136	477	126	6	45	1	.264	–	–
1960	Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies	105	339	90	4	32	1	.265	–	–