Cliff Chambers
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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.
[edit] Statistics
[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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