Cliff Chambers
1948–1953 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
189G
.235AVG
.274OBP
.310SLG
More career statistics
69H
3HR
25RBI
0SB
48–53W–L
897.1IP
374K
4.23ERA
113GS
1SV
5Rare 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 · At bats | 294 | 292 |
| Batting · Hits | 69 | 68 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 324 | 322 |
| Batting · RBI | 25 | 24 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,919 | 3,920 |
| Pitching · p er | 422 | 425 |
| Pitching · p h | 924 | 930 |
| Pitching · p hr | 70 | 68 |
| Pitching · p k | 374 | 373 |
| Pitching · p r | 476 | 475 |
| Pitching · p w | 361 | 362 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | 324 | 294 | 24 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | .235 | .274 | .310 | .584 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 897.3 | 189 | 113 | 37 | 48 | 53 | 1 | 924 | 476 | 422 | 70 | 361 | 374 | 0 | 0 | 4.23 | 1.432 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1950-05-08 to 1950-05-30
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | No-Hitter With Five Walks | 1951-05-06 | 1 in 5,452 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1950-09-16 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1951-05-06 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 92 | 155 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 33 | .191 | .219 | .291 |
| Away | 97 | 167 | 41 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 23 | .272 | .299 | .325 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .261 | .310 | .304 |
| May | 36 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | .262 | .269 | .311 |
| June | 29 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .132 | .125 | .237 |
| July | 39 | 52 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .340 | .365 | .480 |
| August | 39 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .200 | .230 | .236 |
| September | 34 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | .200 | .254 | .283 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 31 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .241 | .259 | .278 |
| cincinnati-reds | 28 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | .186 | .254 | .271 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 26 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .286 | .286 | .429 |
| new-york-giants | 23 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .147 | .147 | .206 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 20 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .304 | .296 | .478 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .278 | .357 |
| chicago-cubs | 18 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .333 | .395 | .364 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .167 | .160 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Chicago Cubs | 29 | 30 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .133 | 103 | 51 |
| 1949 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 54 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .222 | 177 | 91 |
| 1950 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 90 | 26 | 2 | 9 | – | .289 | 249 | 93 |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 7 | – | .214 | 189 | 64 |
| 1952 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 31 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .290 | 98 | 48 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | .118 | 79 | 26 |