Alvin Dark, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alvin Dark

American baseball player and manager

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1922

Place of Birth: Comanche, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 13-Nov-2014

Profession: baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "The Swamp Fox", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop and manager.
He played fourteen years for five National League teams from 1946 through 1960.
Dark was named the major leagues' 1948 Rookie of the Year after batting .322 for the Boston Braves. Dark was an All-Star for three seasons.
He hit .300 or more three times while playing for the New York Giants, and became the first NL shortstop to hit 20 home runs more than once.
His .411 career slugging average was the seventh highest by an NL shortstop at his retirement, and his 126 home runs placed him behind only Ernie Banks and Travis Jackson.
After leading the NL in putouts and double plays three times each, he ended his career with the seventh most double plays (933) and tenth highest fielding percentage (.960) at shortstop in league history.
He went on to become the third manager to win pennants in both the National and American League (since then five other managers have achieved the feat as well).