Cliff Chambers

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Full Name: Clifford Day Chambers	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/208	First Game: April 24, 1948
Birthdate: January 10, 1922	Final Game: September 22, 1953
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on January 10, 1922 in Portland, Oregon, Cliff Chambers (Clifford Day Chambers) played for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 6 year career. Chambers broke into the bigs on April 24, 1948 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.43 ERA in 103.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Cliff Chambers's best season was 1949, when he posted a 3.96 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 93 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1948	CHI	N	29	12	2	9	4.43	51	57	51	3	1	0	103.2	100	4	48	0	0	3
1949	PIT	N	34	21	13	7	3.96	93	89	78	10	1	0	177.1	186	15	58	0	1	5
1950	PIT	N	37	33	12	15	4.30	93	138	119	11	2	0	249.1	262	18	92	0	4	6
1951	STL	N	21	16	11	6	3.83	45	59	55	9	1	0	129.1	120	13	56	0	2	0
1951	PIT	N	10	10	3	6	5.58	19	38	37	2	1	0	59.2	64	5	31	0	2	4
1951	TOT	N	31	26	14	12	4.38	64	97	92	11	2	0	189	184	18	87	0	4	4
1952	STL	N	26	13	4	4	4.12	47	51	45	2	1	1	98.1	110	8	33	0	1	2
1953	STL	N	32	8	3	6	4.86	26	50	43	0	0	0	79.2	82	7	43	0	3	1
Total			189	113	48	53	4.29	374	482	428	37	7	1	897.1	924	70	361	0	13	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	CHI	N	P	29	0	0	5	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	PIT	N	P	34	0	0	6	33	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	PIT	N	P	37	0	0	9	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1951	STL	N	P	21	0	0	4	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1951	PIT	N	P	10	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	TOT	N	P	31	0	0	5	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.906
1952	STL	N	P	26	0	0	10	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1953	STL	N	P	32	0	0	3	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.950
Total			P	189	0	0	38	146	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	.963

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	CHI	N	29	30	0	4	0	3	.133	.133	.167	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1
1949	PIT	N	34	55	5	13	0	5	.236	.300	.309	2	1	5	7	0	6	0	0	1
1950	PIT	N	37	90	10	26	2	9	.289	.319	.389	1	1	4	18	0	2	0	0	2
1951	STL	N	21	49	3	8	0	4	.163	.226	.184	1	0	4	13	0	1	0	0	2
1951	PIT	N	10	21	1	7	1	3	.333	.333	.476	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1951	TOT	N	31	70	4	15	1	7	.214	.257	.271	1	0	4	16	0	2	0	0	2
1952	STL	N	26	32	4	9	0	1	.281	.343	.375	3	0	3	8	0	1	0	0	0
1953	STL	N	32	17	1	2	0	0	.118	.118	.176	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total			189	294	24	69	3	25	.235	.274	.310	9	2	16	56	0	14	0	0	6

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1942).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Clyde McCullough to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Cal McLish and Frankie Gustine (December 8, 1948).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Wally Westlake to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bill Howerton, Howie Pollet, Ted Wilks, Joe Garagiola and Dick Cole (June 15, 1951).

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