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Chris Chambliss Chris Chambliss
Full name: Carroll Christopher Chambliss
Born: December 26, 1948, Dayton, Ohio
First Game: May 28, 1971; Final Game: May 8, 1988
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 195
AL Rookie of the Year (1971)
TSN AL Rookie Player of the Year (1971)
Minor League Manager of the Year (1991)
1B on TSN AL All-Star Team (1976)
AL Gold Glove as 1B (1978)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1971 CLE A Daily Splits  111   415   49  114  20   4   9   48   40   1   83   2   2   0   0   5   9    2   0  .275  .341  .407  -1.3 1971 CLE A
1972 CLE A Daily Splits  121   466   51  136  27   2   6   44   26   2   63   0   3   4   0   9   8    3   4  .292  .327  .397  -1.4 1972 CLE A
1973 CLE A Daily Splits  155   572   70  156  30   2  11   53   58   8   76   3   1   2   0   6  14    4   8  .273  .342  .390  -0.7 1973 CLE A
1974 CLE A Daily Splits   17    67    8   22   4   0   0    7    5   1    5   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   1  .328  .375  .388  -0.3 1974 CLE A
1974 NY  A Daily Splits  110   400   38   97  16   3   6   43   23   1   43   0   2   2   0  10   9    0   0  .243  .282  .343  -1.5 1974 NY  A
1974 TOT A               127   467   46  119  20   3   6   50   28   2   48   0   2   2   0  10  10    0   1  .255  .296  .349  -1.8 1974 TOT A
1975 NY  A Daily Splits  150   562   66  171  38   4   9   72   29   9   50   1   4   6   1  11  19    0   1  .304  .336  .434   0.4 1975 NY  A
1976 NY  A Daily Splits  156   641   79  188  32   6  17   96   27   1   80   3   1   3   1   6  11    1   0  .293  .323  .441   0.1 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits  157   600   90  172  32   6  17   90   45   5   73   2   0   5   1   6  22    4   0  .287  .336  .445  -0.2 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits  162   625   81  171  26   3  12   90   41   3   60   5   1   5   0  15   6    2   1  .274  .321  .382  -0.7 1978 NY  A
1979 NY  A Daily Splits  149   554   61  155  27   3  18   63   34   4   53   5   1   5   0   8   9    3   2  .280  .324  .437  -0.3 1979 NY  A
1980 ATL N Daily Splits  158   602   83  170  37   2  18   72   49   6   73   4   2   4   2  10  11    7   3  .282  .338  .440  -0.1 1980 ATL N
1981 ATL N Daily Splits  107   404   44  110  25   2   8   51   44  10   41   1   2   3   1   6  11    4   1  .272  .343  .403   0.5 1981 ATL N
1982 ATL N Daily Splits  157   534   57  144  25   2  20   86   57  13   57   0   0   6   1   7  11    7   3  .270  .337  .436   1.1 1982 ATL N
1983 ATL N Daily Splits  131   447   59  125  24   3  20   78   63  15   68   0   0   3   1   3   8    2   7  .280  .366  .481   0.7 1983 ATL N
1984 ATL N Daily Splits  135   389   47  100  14   0   9   44   58  12   54   1   0   6   1   7  10    1   2  .257  .350  .362  -0.9 1984 ATL N
1985 ATL N Daily Splits  101   170   16   40   7   0   3   21   18   4   22   0   0   1   0   5   5    0   0  .235  .307  .329  -0.7 1985 ATL N
1986 ATL N Daily Splits   97   122   13   38   8   0   2   14   15   4   24   0   0   1   0   1   2    0   2  .311  .384  .426   0.0 1986 ATL N
1988 NY  A Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1988 NY  A
Total NL                 886  2668  319  727 140   9  80  366  304  64  339   6   4  24   6  39  58   21  18  .272  .345  .422   0.6 Total NL        
Total AL                1289  4903  593 1382 252  33 105  606  328  35  587  21  15  32   3  76 108   19  17  .282  .328  .411  -5.9 Total AL        
Total            Splits 2175  7571  912 2109 392  42 185  972  632  99  926  27  19  56   9 115 166   40  35  .279  .334  .415  -5.3 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 NY  A Daily Splits    5    21    5   11   1   1   2    8    0   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   1    2   0  .524  .500  .952 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    5    17    0    1   0   0   0    0    3   2    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .059  .200  .059 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    4    15    1    6   0   0   0    2    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .400  .400 1978 NY  A
1982 ATL N Daily Splits    3    10    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .091  .000 1982 ATL N
Total NL                   3    10    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   1    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .091  .000 Total NL        
Total AL                  14    53    6   18   1   1   2   10    3   2    9   0   0   1   0   0   1    2   0  .340  .368  .509 Total AL        
Total            Splits   17    63    6   18   1   1   2   10    4   3    9   0   0   1   0   0   2    2   0  .286  .324  .429 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 NY  A Daily Splits    4    16    1    5   1   0   0    1    0   0    2   1   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .313  .353  .375 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    6    24    4    7   2   0   1    4    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .292  .292  .500 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    3    11    1    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .182  .250  .182 1978 NY  A
Total            Splits   13    51    6   14   3   0   1    5    1   0    5   1   0   0   0   2   1    0   0  .275  .302  .392 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1976 AL   

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1971 CLE A Daily  1B  108  108  103   946     943   55    8   85   0  .992
1972 CLE A Daily  1B  119  117  114  1057    1109   56    8  109   0  .993
1973 CLE A Daily  1B  154  151  147  1361.2  1437  114   14  153   1  .991
1974 CLE A Daily  1B   17   17   17   154     162    6    3   14   0  .982
1974 NY  A Daily  1B  106  103   98   920.2   873   78    8   93   0  .992
1974 NY  A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1974 TOT A        1B  123  120  115  1074.2  1035   84   11  107   0  .990
1975 NY  A Daily  1B  147  146  142  1299.1  1222  106   12  113   0  .991
1976 NY  A Daily  1B  155  154  149  1400    1440  109    9  123   0  .994
1976 NY  A        DH    1    1    1                                      -
1977 NY  A Daily  1B  157  150  149  1356.1  1368   98   16  129   0  .989
1978 NY  A Daily  1B  155  154  147  1367.2  1366  111    4  119   0  .997
1978 NY  A        DH    7    7    7                                      -
1979 NY  A Daily  1B  134  132  130  1171.2  1299   95    7  135   0  .995
1979 NY  A        DH   16   14   14                                      -
1980 ATL N Daily  1B  158  158  148  1373    1626  101   12  140   0  .993
1981 ATL N Daily  1B  107  107   99   949    1046   94    4   83   0  .997
1982 ATL N Daily  1B  151  137  130  1261.1  1352  138   10  144   0  .993
1983 ATL N Daily  1B  126  122  108  1050.1  1092   89    5  117   0  .996
1984 ATL N Daily  1B  109  103   83   890.1   996   70    8   84   0  .993
1985 ATL N Daily  1B   39   27   25   271.1   299   25    1   31   0  .997
1986 ATL N Daily  1B   20   12   10   128.1   141    6    1   15   0  .993
Total             1B 1962 1898 1799 16958   17771 1351  130 1687   1  .993
Total             DH   25   22   22                                      -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1976 NY  A Daily  1B    5    5    5    44      50    3    1    3   0  .981
1977 NY  A Daily  1B    5    5    5    44      36    6    0    2   0 1.000
1978 NY  A Daily  1B    4    4    4    35      28    1    0    1   0 1.000
1982 ATL N Daily  1B    3    3    3    25.1    31    4    0    0   0 1.000
Total             1B   17   17   17   148.1   145   14    1    6   0  .994
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1976 NY  A Daily  1B    4    4    4    34.2    26    3    1    6   0  .967
1977 NY  A Daily  1B    6    6    6    56      55    5    0    2   0 1.000
1978 NY  A Daily  1B    3    3    3    27      17    1    0    4   0 1.000
Total             1B   13   13   13   117.2    98    9    1   12   0  .991
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign
(June 6, 1967).

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent
draft - did not sign (January 27, 1968).

Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (January 17, 1970).

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw to New York Yankees in
exchange for Fritz Peterson, Steve Kline, Fred Beene and Tom Buskey (April 26,
1974).

Traded by New York Yankees with Damaso Garcia and Paul Mirabella to Toronto Blue
Jays in exchange for Tom Underwood, Rick Cerone and Ted Wilborn (November 1, 1979).

Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Luis Gomez to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Barry
Bonnell, Pat Rockett and Joey McLaughlin (December 5, 1979).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).

Signed by New York Yankees (May 7, 1988).

Released by New York Yankees (May 10, 1988).


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