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Ray Chapman
Raymond Johnson Chapman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut August 30, 1912
Final Game August 16, 1920
Born January 15, 1891 in Beaver Dam, KY
Died August 17, 1920 in New York, NY

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 21 CLE AL  31  109   29   34   6  3   0   19  10     10      .312  .375  .422  125   46  12           1    
 1913 22 CLE AL 141  508   78  131  19  7   3   39  29     46  51  .258  .322  .341   91  173  45           2    
 1914 23 CLE AL 106  375   59  103  16 10   2   42  24  9  48  48  .275  .358  .387  120  145  18           1    
 1915 24 CLE AL 154  570  101  154  14 17   3   67  36 15  70  82  .270  .353  .370  115  211  26           3    
 1916 25 CLE AL 109  346   50   80  10  5   0   27  21 14  50  46  .231  .330  .289   81  100  40           1    
 1917 26 CLE AL 156  563   98  170  28 13   2   36  52     61  65  .302  .370  .409  131  230  67           0    
 1918 27 CLE AL 128  446   84  119  19  8   1   32  30     84  46  .267  .390  .352  116  157  35           6    
 1919 28 CLE AL 115  433   75  130  23 10   3   53  18     31  38  .300  .351  .420  111  182  50           3    
 1920 29 CLE AL 111  435   97  132  27  8   3   49  13  9  52  38  .303  .380  .423  110  184  41           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1051 3785  671 1053 162 81  17  364 233 47 452 414  .278  .358  .377  111 1428 334   0   0  19   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        583  103  162  25 12   3   56  36  7  70  64  .278  .358  .377  111  220  51   0   0   3   0
 Career High    156  570  101  170  28 17   3   67  52 15  84  82  .303  .390  .423  131  230  67   0   0   6   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 21 CLE AL  132   87   17   5.2    94| .312  .276| .375  .345| .422  .363| .797  .708| 125  .626   3.5   0.4     
 1913 22 CLE AL  601  422   55   3.5    89| .258  .268| .322  .340| .341  .352| .663  .692|  91  .481  -6.4  -0.7     
 1914 23 CLE AL  442  299   53   4.7    85| .275  .261| .358  .335| .387  .341| .745  .676| 120  .664   9.6   1.1  72%
 1915 24 CLE AL  669  457   75   4.4    85| .270  .257| .353  .336| .370  .338| .723  .674| 115  .612   9.5   1.1  70%
 1916 25 CLE AL  437  320   33   2.8    87| .231  .263| .330  .339| .289  .344| .619  .682|  81  .404  -7.0  -0.8  60%
 1917 26 CLE AL  691  460   85   5.0    85| .302  .263| .370  .335| .409  .340| .779  .674| 131  .671  20.8   2.4     
 1918 27 CLE AL  571  362   60   4.5    89| .267  .271| .390  .343| .352  .345| .742  .688| 116  .614  13.4   1.5     
 1919 28 CLE AL  517  353   63   4.8   100| .300  .283| .351  .350| .420  .381| .771  .731| 111  .575   4.7   0.5     
 1920 29 CLE AL  530  353   69   5.2   109| .303  .295| .380  .360| .423  .405| .803  .765| 110  .560   7.3   0.7  59%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4590 3113  510   4.4    91| .278  .270| .358  .342| .377  .355| .735  .697| 111  .583  55.3   6.2     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 21 CLE AL SS 31 70 72 15 10 .904 .920 4.58 5.06 1913 22 CLE AL SS 138 299 408 48 59 .936 .935 5.12 5.09 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1914 23 CLE AL SS 72 161 187 33 24 .913 .937 4.83 5.17 2B 33 62 92 9 1 .945 .953 4.67 4.78 1915 24 CLE AL SS 154 378 469 50 38 .944 .937 5.50 5.00 1916 25 CLE AL SS 52 117 170 20 19 .935 .938 5.52 4.92 3B 36 53 97 6 13 .962 .939 4.17 3.23 2B 16 37 43 6 3 .930 .964 5.00 4.88 1917 26 CLE AL SS 156 360 528 59 71 .938 .931 5.69 4.84 1918 27 CLE AL SS 128 321 398 49 42 .936 .939 5.62 5.23 OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.20 0 1 0 1919 28 CLE AL SS 115 255 347 36 44 .944 .942 5.23 5.04 1920 29 CLE AL SS 111 243 371 26 43 .959 .944 5.53 5.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 23 CLE AL 2B 33 62 92 9 1 .945 .953 4.67 4.78 1916 25 CLE AL 2B 16 37 43 6 3 .930 .964 5.00 4.88 1916 25 CLE AL 3B 36 53 97 6 13 .962 .939 4.17 3.23 1913 22 CLE AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1918 27 CLE AL OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.20 0 1 0 1912 21 CLE AL SS 31 70 72 15 10 .904 .920 4.58 5.06 1913 22 CLE AL SS 138 299 408 48 59 .936 .935 5.12 5.09 1914 23 CLE AL SS 72 161 187 33 24 .913 .937 4.83 5.17 1915 24 CLE AL SS 154 378 469 50 38 .944 .937 5.50 5.00 1916 25 CLE AL SS 52 117 170 20 19 .935 .938 5.52 4.92 1917 26 CLE AL SS 156 360 528 59 71 .938 .931 5.69 4.84 1918 27 CLE AL SS 128 321 398 49 42 .936 .939 5.62 5.23 1919 28 CLE AL SS 115 255 347 36 44 .944 .942 5.23 5.04 1920 29 CLE AL SS 111 243 371 26 43 .959 .944 5.53 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 957 2204 2950 336 350 .939 .937 5.39 5.03 2B 49 99 135 15 4 .940 .957 4.78 4.81 3B 36 53 97 6 13 .962 .939 4.17 3.23 OF 2 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 2.10 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1044 2358 3182 358 367 .939 .938 5.31 4.95
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1917 AL-.302-10

On-base %
1917 AL-.370-8
1918 AL-.390-8

Slugging %
1917 AL-.409-9

OPS
1917 AL-.779-8

Games
1915 AL-154-8
1917 AL-156-2
1918 AL-128-4

At Bats
1915 AL-570-6
1917 AL-563-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 AL-669-9
1917 AL-691-1
1918 AL-571-5

Runs
1915 AL-101-5
1917 AL-98-3
1918 AL-84-1
1920 AL-97-10

Hits
1917 AL-170-8

Total Bases
1915 AL-211-10
1917 AL-230-8

Doubles
1917 AL-28-9

Triples
1915 AL-17-3
1917 AL-13-4

Bases on Balls
1915 AL-70-8
1918 AL-84-1

Strikeouts
1915 AL-82-2
1917 AL-65-4
1918 AL-46-5

Stolen Bases
1915 AL-36-7
1917 AL-52-3
1918 AL-30-4

Adjusted OPS+
1917 AL-131-10

Runs Created
1915 AL-75-8
1917 AL-85-5
1918 AL-60-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1917 AL-21-8

Batting Wins
1917 AL-2.4-8

Extra-Base Hits
1917 AL-43-6

Times on Base
1915 AL-227-8
1917 AL-231-7
1918 AL-209-3

Offensive Win%
1914 AL-.664-10

Hit By Pitch
1918 AL-6-5

Sac. Hits
1913 AL-45-1
1916 AL-40-2
1917 AL-67-1
1918 AL-35-2
1919 AL-50-1
1920 AL-41-4
Car-334-6

Outs
1913 AL-422-9
1915 AL-457-10
1917 AL-460-1

         

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (369) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 41 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.5 (782) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  4. Luis Aparicio (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Browne (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bucky Harris (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bucky Harris (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bucky Harris (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


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