MLB / Players

Chris Chambliss

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 195 lb

BornDecember 26, 1948 · Dayton, OH, USA

MLB debutMay 28, 1971

Final gameMay 8, 1988

Seasons17 (1971–1988)

Cleveland Indians 1971–1974; New York Yankees 1974–1979; Atlanta Braves 1980–1986; New York Yankees 1988

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified batters

131

6.9

513

2.3

447

1.5

21.5

125

15.4

41.5

29.2

73.8

RBI

66.9

75.4

58.5

33.8

.280

OBP

.366

76.9

SLG

.481

83.1

OPS

.847

83.1

wRC+

125.7

72.3

OPS+

127.3

75.4

wOBA

.378

82.3

sWAR

2.1

43.8

of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

108.0

57.6

OPS+

109.1

60.5

sWAR

18.4

92.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1971	111	459	415	49	114	20	4	9	48	40	83	2	0	.275	.341	.407	.749	108.4	104.5	.349	1.0
1972	121	499	466	51	136	27	2	6	44	26	63	3	4	.292	.327	.397	.724	113.0	111.7	.336	1.3
1973	155	636	572	70	156	30	2	11	53	58	76	4	8	.273	.342	.390	.732	104.4	104.8	.337	1.2
1974	127	499	467	46	119	20	3	6	50	28	48	0	1	.255	.296	.349	.645	85.1	87.0	.299	-0.3
1975	150	602	562	66	171	38	4	9	72	29	50	0	1	.304	.336	.434	.770	114.8	119.4	.346	1.8
1976	156	675	641	79	188	32	6	17	96	27	80	1	0	.293	.323	.441	.765	124.5	125.0	.353	2.9
1977	157	652	600	90	172	32	6	17	90	45	73	4	0	.287	.336	.445	.781	112.8	113.9	.346	1.9
1978	162	677	625	81	171	26	3	12	90	41	60	2	1	.274	.321	.382	.703	100.0	100.9	.322	0.9
1979	149	599	554	61	155	27	3	18	63	34	53	3	2	.280	.324	.437	.761	105.1	107.0	.338	1.1
1980	158	661	602	83	170	37	2	18	72	49	73	7	3	.282	.338	.440	.779	114.0	112.7	.354	1.9
1981	107	454	404	44	110	25	2	8	51	44	41	4	1	.272	.343	.403	.746	107.5	109.1	.342	0.9
1982	157	597	534	57	144	25	2	20	86	57	57	7	3	.270	.337	.436	.773	108.9	111.5	.347	1.3
1983	131	513	447	59	125	24	3	20	78	63	68	2	7	.280	.366	.481	.847	125.7	127.3	.378	2.1
1984	135	454	389	47	100	14	0	9	44	58	54	1	2	.257	.350	.362	.713	93.7	95.5	.328	0.2
1985	101	189	170	16	40	7	0	3	21	18	22	0	0	.235	.307	.329	.636	69.2	73.9	.292	-0.4
1986	97	138	122	13	38	8	0	2	14	15	24	0	2	.311	.384	.426	.810	117.3	117.7	.365	0.6
1988	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.1	-100.0	.000	0.0

Career totals

2,175

159th-most career G

8,305

232nd-most career PA

7,571

211th-most career AB

912

466th-most career R

2,109

233rd-most career H

392

222nd-most career 2B

185

452nd-most career HR

RBI

972

338th-most career RBI

632

481st-most career BB

926

475th-most career SO

.2786

OBP

.3341

SLG

.4147

OPS

.7488

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1973-09-06	DET @ CLE Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	6	1	10
1983-07-08	ATL @ WSH Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	4	0	10
1975-05-19	KC @ NYY Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	3	0	9
1983-04-13	CIN @ ATL Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	3	0	9
1980-06-16	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	1	4	1	1	5	0	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× Rookie of the Year1× Gold Glove1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.