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Fred Chapman
William Fred Chapman (Chappie)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 15, 1939
Final Game September 23, 1941
Born July 17, 1916 in Liberty, NC
Died March 27, 1997 in Kannapolis, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 PHA AL  15   49    5   14   1  1   0    1   1  0   1   3  .286  .300  .347   66   17   1           0   0
 1940 23 PHA AL  26   69    6   11   1  0   0    4   1  1   6  10  .159  .227  .174    6   12   4           0   2
 1941 24 PHA AL  35   69    1   11   1  0   0    4   1  2   4  15  .159  .205  .174    2   12   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       76  187   12   36   3  1   0    9   3  3  11  28  .193  .237  .219   21   41   5   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        399   26   77   6  2   0   19   6  6  23  60  .193  .237  .219   21   87  11   0   0   0   6
 Career High     35   69    6   14   1  1   0    4   1  2   6  15                          17   4   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 PHA AL   51   36    5   3.7   112| .286  .284| .300  .359| .347  .420| .647  .778|  66  .357  -2.7  -0.3 100%
 1940 23 PHA AL   79   65    3   1.2   109| .159  .277| .227  .349| .174  .420| .401  .769|   6  .072  -9.6  -0.9  50%
 1941 24 PHA AL   73   61    2   0.9   105| .159  .273| .205  .349| .174  .402| .379  .752|   2  .044  -9.9  -1.0  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       203  162   10   1.6   108| .193  .277| .237  .352| .219  .413| .456  .765|  21  .119 -22.3  -2.2  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 22 PHA AL SS 15 24 38 7 5 .899 .949 4.13 4.68 1940 23 PHA AL SS 25 40 54 15 12 .862 .949 3.76 4.53 1941 24 PHA AL SS 28 22 55 7 7 .917 .948 2.75 4.59 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 5.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 24 PHA AL 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 5.20 1941 24 PHA AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1939 22 PHA AL SS 15 24 38 7 5 .899 .949 4.13 4.68 1940 23 PHA AL SS 25 40 54 15 12 .862 .949 3.76 4.53 1941 24 PHA AL SS 28 22 55 7 7 .917 .948 2.75 4.59
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 68 86 147 29 24 .889 .949 3.43 4.59 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 71 86 148 30 24 .886 .949 3.30 4.56
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

September 10, 1937: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ben Geraghty and Jack Radtke.

November 26, 1941: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Toronto (International) for Walter Klimczak (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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