Dave Chalk
1973–1981 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, Athletics, Texas Rangers
903G
.252AVG
.325OBP
.310SLG
More career statistics
733H
15HR
243RBI
36SB
1Rare feat
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 903 | 3,330 | 2,910 | 292 | 733 | 107 | 9 | 15 | 243 | 295 | 327 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 27 | 903 | .252 | .325 | .310 | .635 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1974-06-06 to 1974-06-26
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1974-05-12 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1974-04-29 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1976-05-14 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 446 | 1584 | 355 | 5 | 122 | 137 | 161 | .255 | .311 | .309 |
| Away | 457 | 1746 | 378 | 10 | 121 | 158 | 166 | .249 | .307 | .311 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 104 | 391 | 104 | 1 | 45 | 44 | 31 | .316 | .379 | .401 |
| May | 162 | 603 | 135 | 1 | 35 | 50 | 81 | .259 | .307 | .317 |
| June | 157 | 563 | 126 | 4 | 38 | 53 | 57 | .257 | .318 | .322 |
| July | 151 | 596 | 121 | 3 | 47 | 47 | 40 | .230 | .282 | .276 |
| August | 148 | 546 | 112 | 3 | 32 | 45 | 48 | .230 | .288 | .287 |
| September | 171 | 594 | 128 | 3 | 45 | 52 | 66 | .245 | .303 | .294 |
| October | 10 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .212 | .297 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 101 | 372 | 78 | 0 | 24 | 41 | 45 | .248 | .320 | .292 |
| texas-rangers | 98 | 365 | 73 | 2 | 27 | 36 | 34 | .230 | .299 | .274 |
| athletics | 86 | 312 | 64 | 0 | 20 | 24 | 32 | .233 | .282 | .269 |
| kansas-city-royals | 79 | 294 | 77 | 1 | 18 | 33 | 36 | .303 | .374 | .362 |
| chicago-white-sox | 78 | 300 | 70 | 2 | 32 | 27 | 17 | .272 | .323 | .331 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 69 | 243 | 54 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 18 | .252 | .305 | .332 |
| cleveland-guardians | 65 | 244 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 29 | .250 | .307 | .311 |
| baltimore-orioles | 63 | 231 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 19 | .262 | .312 | .317 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  California Angels | 24 | 69 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1974 | California Angels | 133 | 465 | 117 | 5 | 31 | 10 | .252 | – | – |
| 1975 | California Angels | 149 | 513 | 140 | 3 | 56 | 6 | .273 | – | – |
| 1976 | California Angels | 142 | 438 | 95 | – | 33 | – | .217 | – | – |
| 1977 | California Angels | 149 | 519 | 144 | 3 | 45 | 12 | .277 | – | – |
| 1978 | California Angels | 135 | 470 | 119 | 1 | 34 | 5 | .253 | – | – |
| 1979 | Athletics, Texas Rangers | 75 | 220 | 49 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .223 | – | – |
| 1980 |  Kansas City Royals | 69 | 167 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1981 | Kansas City Royals | 27 | 49 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .224 | – | – |