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Ben Chapman

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Full Name: William Benjamin Chapman Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: April 15, 1930
Birthdate: December 25, 1908 Final Game: May 12, 1946
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: July 7, 1993
Deathplace: Hoover, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ben Chapman (William Benjamin Chapman) was born on December 25, 1908 in Nashville, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1930 for the New York Yankees. In 1930, his rookie year, he hit .316 with 10 home runs and 81 RBI. Chapman played for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Ben Chapman's best season was 1931, when he slugged 17 home runs, stole 61 bases, hit for a .315 average and knocked in 122 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1930 NY A 138 513 74 162 10 81 .316 .371 .474 31 10 43 58 2 6 14 0 0
1931 NY A 149 600 120 189 17 122 .315 .396 .483 28 11 75 77 5 6 61 0 0
1932 NY A 151 581 101 174 10 107 .299 .381 .473 41 15 71 55 5 5 38 0 0
1933 NY A 147 565 112 176 9 98 .312 .393 .437 36 4 72 45 4 10 27 0 0
1934 NY A 149 588 82 181 5 86 .308 .381 .413 21 13 67 68 3 8 26 0 0
1935 NY A 140 553 118 160 8 74 .289 .361 .430 38 8 61 39 1 14 17 0 0
1936 WAS A 97 401 91 133 4 60 .332 .431 .486 36 7 69 18 1 1 19 0 0
1936 NY A 36 139 19 37 1 21 .266 .338 .432 14 3 15 20 0 2 1 0 0
1936 TOT A 133 540 110 170 5 81 .315 .408 .472 50 10 84 38 1 3 20 0 0
1937 WAS A 35 130 23 34 0 12 .262 .385 .331 7 1 26 7 0 0 8 0 0
1937 BOS A 113 423 76 130 7 57 .307 .391 .463 23 11 57 35 1 6 27 0 0
1937 TOT A 148 553 99 164 7 69 .297 .389 .432 30 12 83 42 1 6 35 0 0
1938 BOS A 127 480 92 163 6 80 .340 .418 .494 40 8 65 33 0 8 13 0 0
1939 CLE A 149 545 101 158 6 82 .290 .390 .413 31 9 87 30 2 20 18 0 19
1940 CLE A 143 548 82 157 4 50 .286 .377 .403 40 6 78 45 2 3 13 0 19
1941 WAS A 28 110 9 28 1 10 .255 .317 .336 6 0 10 6 0 1 2 0 7
1941 CHI A 57 190 26 43 2 19 .226 .297 .316 9 1 19 14 0 1 2 0 2
1941 TOT A 85 300 35 71 3 29 .237 .304 .323 15 1 29 20 0 2 4 0 9
1944 BRO N 20 38 11 14 0 11 .368 .442 .474 4 0 5 4 0 1 1 0 0
1945 PHI N 24 51 4 16 0 4 .314 .340 .353 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
1945 BRO N 13 22 2 3 0 3 .136 .208 .136 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
1945 TOT N 37 73 6 19 0 7 .260 .299 .288 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 5
1946 PHI N 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 58 112 18 33 0 18 .295 .347 .348 6 0 9 6 0 1 1 0 5
Total AL 1659 6366 1126 1925 90 959 .302 .384 .441 401 107 815 550 26 91 286 0 47
Total 1717 6478 1144 1958 90 977 .302 .383 .440 407 107 824 556 26 92 287 0 52

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1930 NY A 3B 91 0 0 100 149 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 .912
1930 NY A 2B 45 0 0 132 146 18 36 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1931 NY A OF 137 0 0 300 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1931 NY A 2B 11 0 0 25 33 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1932 NY A OF 150 0 0 303 13 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1933 NY A OF 147 0 0 288 24 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1934 NY A OF 149 0 0 368 12 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1935 NY A OF 138 0 0 372 25 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1936 WAS A OF 97 0 0 271 10 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1936 NY A OF 36 0 0 106 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1936 TOT A OF 133 0 0 377 13 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1936 TOT A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1937 WAS A OF 32 0 0 87 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1937 BOS A OF 112 0 0 262 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1937 BOS A SS 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1937 TOT A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1937 TOT A OF 144 0 0 349 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1938 BOS A 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 BOS A OF 126 0 0 267 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1939 CLE A OF 146 0 0 356 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1940 CLE A OF 140 0 0 307 10 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1941 WAS A OF 26 0 0 54 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1941 CHI A OF 49 0 0 122 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1941 TOT A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1941 TOT A OF 75 0 0 176 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1944 BRO N P 11 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1945 PHI N 3B 4 0 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1945 PHI N P 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1945 PHI N OF 10 0 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1945 BRO N P 10 0 0 2 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1945 TOT N P 13 0 0 2 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1946 PHI N P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 56 0 0 157 179 20 40 0 0 0 0 0 .944
Total P 25 0 0 5 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .926
Total 3B 96 0 0 102 156 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 .908
Total SS 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Total OF 1495 0 0 3476 156 125 31 0 0 0 0 0 .967

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1944 BRO N 11 9 5 3 3.40 37 36 30 6 0 0 79.1 75 4 33 0 1 3
1945 PHI N 3 0 0 0 7.71 4 8 6 0 0 0 7 7 0 6 0 0 0
1945 BRO N 10 7 3 3 5.53 23 33 33 2 0 0 53.2 64 3 32 0 2 3
1945 TOT N 13 7 3 3 5.79 27 41 39 2 0 0 60.2 71 3 38 0 2 3
1946 PHI N 1 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 25 16 8 6 4.40 65 77 69 8 0 0 141 147 7 71 0 3 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by New York Yankees to Washington Senators in exchange for Jake Powell (June 14, 1936).
  • Traded by Washington Senators with Bobo Newsom to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Rick Ferrell, Wes Ferrell and Mel Almada (June 11, 1937).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Denny Galehouse and Tommy Irwin (December 15, 1938).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Washington Senators in exchange for Joe Krakauskas (December 24, 1940).
  • Released by Washington Senators (May 26, 1941).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (May 29, 1941).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (November 3, 1941).
  • Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Johnny Peacock (June 15, 1945).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 11, 1946).

[edit] Trivia

  • Made the all-star team 4 times (1933-1936)
  • Won the World Series with the New York Yankees in 1932
  • Lead the league in stolen bases 4 times

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