Alvin Dark
American baseball player and manager (1922-2014) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 92
Alvin Ralph Dark, nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager.
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He played fourteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves, the New York Giants (1950-1956), the St. Louis Cardinals (1956-1958), the Chicago Cubs (1958-59), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1960). Later, he managed the San Francisco Giants (1961-1964), the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, the Cleveland Indians (1968-1971), and the San Diego Padres (1977). He was a three-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion, once as a player (1954) and once as a manager (1974).