What years did Dal Maxvill play?

Dal Maxvill played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1975.

Was Dal Maxvill a pitcher?

No. Dal Maxvill was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Dal Maxvill hit?

Dal Maxvill hit 6 career home runs with 748 hits.

What was Dal Maxvill's career batting average?

Dal Maxvill batted .217 over his career, with 748 hits in 3,443 at bats.

How many RBI did Dal Maxvill have?

Dal Maxvill drove in 252 runs in his career.

Is Dal Maxvill in the Hall of Fame?

No. Dal Maxvill has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dal Maxvill

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1962-1975)

Dal Maxvill was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1975 for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Athletics, and the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 14 seasons. In 1,423 career games, he hit .217 with 748 hits, 6 home runs, and 252 RBI. Dal Maxvill was a Gold Glove.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .217

HR 6

RBI 252

H 748

OPS .552

PIV -8,622

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 157 lb
Born: 2/18/1939 in Granite City, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 1962-06-10
Last Game: 1975-09-28
Awards: Gold Glove

Full name: Charles Dallan Maxvill

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Career Batting Statistics

Dal Maxvill — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,423	3,443	302	748	79	24	6	252	7	370	538	.217	.293	.259	.552	-8,622

Career AVG .217 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 13.1% below league average.

Career OBP .293 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 7.5% below league average.

Career SLG .259 vs. league average .370 across their career seasons — 30.0% below league average.

Career OPS .552 vs. league average .687 across their career seasons — 19.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dal Maxvill Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1962	SLN	NL	79	189	20	42	3	1	1	18	1	17	39	.222	.257 (-14%)	.326 (-12%)	.393 (-33%)	.719 (-23%)	-680.7
1963	SLN	NL	53	51	12	12	2	0	0	3	0	6	11	.235	.246 (-4%)	.308 (+2%)	.371 (-26%)	.680 (-13%)	-82.1
1964	SLN	NL	37	26	4	6	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	.231	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	SLN	NL	68	89	10	12	2	2	0	10	0	7	15	.135	.245 (-45%)	.310 (-34%)	.371 (-46%)	.682 (-40%)	-547.7
1966	SLN	NL	134	394	25	96	14	3	0	24	3	37	61	.244	.248 (-2%)	.309 (+1%)	.376 (-22%)	.685 (-12%)	-593.2
1967	SLN	NL	152	476	37	108	14	4	1	41	0	48	66	.227	.242 (-6%)	.306 (-3%)	.357 (-22%)	.663 (-13%)	-857.8
1968	SLN	NL	151	459	51	116	8	5	1	24	0	52	71	.253	.236 (+7%)	.298 (+10%)	.340 (-12%)	.638 (-2%)	45.0
1969	SLN	NL	132	372	27	65	10	2	2	32	1	44	52	.175	.248 (-30%)	.320 (-18%)	.369 (-38%)	.689 (-29%)	-1585.2
1970	SLN	NL	152	399	35	80	5	2	0	28	0	51	56	.201	.253 (-21%)	.325 (-12%)	.385 (-42%)	.711 (-28%)	-1714.5
1971	SLN	NL	142	356	31	80	10	1	0	24	1	43	45	.225	.249 (-10%)	.316 (-3%)	.365 (-29%)	.682 (-17%)	-831.0
1972	SLN	NL	105	276	22	61	6	1	1	23	0	31	47	.221	.243 (-9%)	.310 (-4%)	.353 (-26%)	.664 (-16%)	-573.2
1972	OAK	AL	27	36	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	11	.250	—	—	—	—	-573.2
1973	OAK	AL	29	19	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	PIT	NL	74	217	19	41	4	3	0	17	0	22	40	.189	.256 (-26%)	.325 (-20%)	.378 (-38%)	.703 (-29%)	0.0
1974	PIT	NL	8	22	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	OAK	AL	60	52	3	10	0	0	0	2	0	8	10	.192	.256 (-25%)	.324 (-7%)	.369 (-48%)	.693 (-29%)	0.0
1975	OAK	AL	20	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			1,423	3,443	302	748	79	24	6	252	7	370	538	.217	—	—	—	—	-7,994

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dal Maxvill — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
29	70	2	8	1	1	0	2	9	13	.114

Playoff Batting by Year

Dal Maxvill — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1974	ALCS	OAK	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1974	WS	OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1972	ALCS	OAK	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.125
1968	WS	SLN	7	22	1	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000
1967	WS	SLN	7	19	1	3	0	1	1	4	1	.158
1964	WS	SLN	7	20	0	4	1	0	1	1	4	.200

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Dal Maxvill — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	692	1613	147	348	4	114	.216
Away	731	1830	155	400	2	138	.219

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dal Maxvill — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H
1975-09-28	OAK	LAA	W	1	1
1975-09-27	OAK	LAA	W	1	0
1975-09-26	OAK	LAA	W	0	0
1975-09-25	OAK	CHW	L	3	1
1975-09-20	OAK	KCR	W	1	0
1975-09-16	OAK	TEX	W	1	0
1975-09-16	OAK	TEX	W	0	0
1975-09-14	OAK	MIN	L	0	0
1975-09-13	OAK	MIN	W	1	0
1975-09-12	OAK	MIN	L	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dal Maxvill — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	185	82	214	278	8	65
3B	7	0	0	1	0	0
OF	2	0	1	0	0	0
SS	1207	1012	1759	3405	145	649

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dal Maxvill — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1962	SLN	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	SLN	SS	76	57	111	169	11	41
1963	SLN	2B	9	4	8	19	1	5
1963	SLN	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
1963	SLN	SS	24	5	17	21	1	5
1964	SLN	2B	15	1	21	14	1	5
1964	SLN	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0
1964	SLN	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1964	SLN	SS	13	1	5	4	0	0
1965	SLN	2B	49	19	64	76	1	22
1965	SLN	SS	12	2	10	10	1	1
1966	SLN	2B	5	0	4	6	0	3
1966	SLN	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1966	SLN	SS	128	122	219	428	22	88
1967	SLN	2B	7	5	5	16	0	4
1967	SLN	SS	148	142	236	470	19	74
1968	SLN	SS	151	149	232	458	22	81
1969	SLN	SS	131	126	216	408	20	78
1970	SLN	2B	22	19	44	59	1	11
1970	SLN	SS	136	116	216	426	12	80
1971	SLN	SS	140	111	188	413	13	71
1972	SLN	2B	11	10	28	30	2	4
1972	SLN	SS	95	78	145	243	8	56
1972	OAK	2B	24	21	25	32	1	8
1972	OAK	SS	4	2	3	8	0	1
1973	OAK	2B	11	0	1	8	1	1
1973	OAK	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1973	OAK	SS	18	2	13	15	1	4
1973	PIT	SS	74	73	105	234	10	46
1974	PIT	SS	8	7	12	23	2	8
1974	OAK	2B	30	3	12	18	0	2
1974	OAK	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1974	OAK	SS	29	18	23	62	2	14
1975	OAK	2B	2	0	2	0	0	0
1975	OAK	SS	20	1	8	13	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Dal Maxvill Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Second Base	193
Third Base	7
Shortstop	1203
Left Field	1
Right Field	1

Awards & Honors

Dal Maxvill — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1968	Gold Glove	SS

College History

Dal Maxvill — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis	MO	1958, 1959, 1960

Award Voting History

Dal Maxvill — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1968	Most Valuable Player	NL	20th	4.0	280	0

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Career Spans

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Dal Maxvill: the record in brief

The profile opens with Dal Maxvill's first major league game on June 10, 1962; the last one listed came on September 28, 1975. The team column moves through the St. Louis Cardinals (1962 to 1972), the Oakland Athletics (1972 to 1975), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1973 through 1974). At 5'11" and 157 pounds, Maxvill is listed as a shortstop. The bio says Maxvill both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is February 18, 1939, in Granite City, IL, USA. The bio lists the given name Charles Dallan.

Maxvill's career batting table shows 1,423 games, 3,443 at bats and 748 hits, a .217 average, along with 6 homers and 252 runs batted in. Maxvill got on base at a .293 rate and slugged .259 (.552 OPS). Set against a .250 league average for the same years, Maxvill's .217 average sits 13.1% below it. Maxvill collected a career-high 116 hits in 1968. Maxvill drove in a season-high 41 runs in 1967. 1968 was the strongest of the full seasons by average: .253 against a league .236, a 7% edge.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dal Maxvill

What years did Dal Maxvill play?: Dal Maxvill played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1975.
Was Dal Maxvill a pitcher?: No. Dal Maxvill was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did Dal Maxvill hit?: Dal Maxvill hit 6 career home runs with 748 hits.
What was Dal Maxvill's career batting average?: Dal Maxvill batted .217 over his career, with 748 hits in 3,443 at bats.
How many RBI did Dal Maxvill have?: Dal Maxvill drove in 252 runs in his career.
Is Dal Maxvill in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dal Maxvill has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.