Cliff Chambers
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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