Baseball player
| Al Chambers | |
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| Designated hitter / Outfielder | |
| Born: (1961-03-24) March 24, 1961 (age 63) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Batted: LeftThrew: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 23, 1983, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 25, 1985, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .208 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 11 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Albert Eugene Chambers (born March 24, 1961) is an American former professional baseball player from 1983 to 1985 for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Chambers was the first pick overall in the 1979 MLB draft out of high school by the Mariners, but proved a disappointment, as he only appeared in fifty-seven games in his career. In that same draft, the Toronto Blue Jays drafted catcher Jay Schroeder, who'd go on to be an NFL quarterback. That first round also produced Tim Leary, Andy Van Slyke, Steve Buechele, Brad Komminsk, Tim Wallach, Rick Leach and Jerry Don Gleaton, all of whom would go on to have long MLB careers compared to Chambers.
References
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
| Preceded byBob Horner | First overall pick in the MLB Entry Draft 1979 |
Succeeded byDarryl Strawberry |
| Major League Baseball number one overall draft picks | |
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| 1979 Major League Baseball draft first round selections | |
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| Seattle Mariners first-round draft picks | |
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Baseball players from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Bellingham Mariners players
- Calgary Cannons players
- Columbus Astros players
- Leones del Caracas players
- Lynn Sailors players
- Major League Baseball designated hitters
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Mexican League baseball players
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Pittsfield Cubs players
- Rieleros de Aguascalientes players
- Salt Lake City Gulls players
- San Jose Missions players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Sultanes de Monterrey players
- Tigres del México players
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen