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Sam Chapman
Samuel Blake Chapman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School University of California

Debut May 16, 1938
Final Game September 22, 1951
Born April 11, 1916 in Tiburon, CA
Died December 22, 2006 in Kentfield, CA

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 22 PHA AL 114  406   60  105  17  7  17   63   3  4  55  94  .259  .353  .461  105  187   1           4    
 1939 23 PHA AL 140  498   74  134  24  6  15   64  11  4  51  62  .269  .338  .432   97  215   4           1  11
 1940 24 PHA AL 134  508   88  140  26  3  23   75   2  6  46  96  .276  .337  .474  109  241   7           1  14
 1941 25 PHA AL 143  552   97  178  29  9  25  106   6  9  47  49  .322  .378  .543  143  300   1           2  13 MVP-12
 1945 29 PHA AL   9   30    3    6   2  0   0    1   0  0   2   4  .200  .250  .267   50    8   0           0   0
 1946 30 PHA AL 146  545   77  142  22  5  20   67   1  3  54  66  .261  .327  .429  111  234   2           0  22 AS
 1947 31 PHA AL 149  551   84  139  18  5  14   83   3  4  65  70  .252  .331  .379   96  209   8           0  14
 1948 32 PHA AL 123  445   58  115  18  6  13   70   6  1  55  50  .258  .341  .413  100  184   5           1  18
 1949 33 PHA AL 154  589   89  164  24  4  24  108   3  4  80  68  .278  .367  .455  120  268   3           2  23
 1950 34 PHA AL 144  553   93  139  20  6  23   95   3  3  68  79  .251  .338  .434   98  240   2           4  14
 1951 35 TOT AL 112  311   31   67  10  1   6   41   3  0  39  44  .215  .303  .312   69   97   2           0   8
         PHA AL  18   65    7   11   1  0   0    5   0  0  12  12  .169  .299  .185   32   12   1           0   2
         CLE AL  94  246   24   56   9  1   6   36   3  0  27  32  .228  .304  .346   79   85   1           0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1368 4988  754 1329 210 52 180  773  41 38 562 682  .266  .342  .438  106 2183  35   0   0  15 137
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        591   89  157  25  6  21   92   5  5  67  81  .266  .342  .438  106  259   4   0   0   2  16
 Career High    154  589   97  178  29  9  25  108  11  9  80  96  .322  .378  .543  143  300   8   0   0   4  23

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 22 PHA AL  466  306   64   5.5   116| .259  .286| .353  .365| .461  .427| .814  .791| 105  .520   1.7   0.2  42%
 1939 23 PHA AL  554  383   73   5.0   112| .269  .284| .338  .359| .432  .420| .770  .778|  97  .498  -3.5  -0.3  73%
 1940 24 PHA AL  562  395   79   5.3   109| .276  .277| .337  .349| .474  .420| .811  .769| 109  .531   5.5   0.5  25%
 1941 25 PHA AL  602  397  109   7.3   105| .322  .273| .378  .349| .543  .402| .921  .752| 143  .691  31.3   3.0  40%
 1945 29 PHA AL   32   24    2   2.2    89| .200  .262| .250  .334| .267  .356| .517  .689|  50  .269  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1946 30 PHA AL  601  430   76   4.7    95| .261  .262| .327  .337| .429  .378| .756  .714| 111  .558   5.9   0.6  25%
 1947 31 PHA AL  624  438   68   4.1    98| .252  .265| .331  .345| .379  .381| .710  .726|  96  .497  -4.4  -0.5  42%
 1948 32 PHA AL  506  354   63   4.7   105| .258  .273| .341  .358| .413  .394| .754  .752| 100  .513  -1.5  -0.2  85%
 1949 33 PHA AL  674  455   97   5.7   104| .278  .267| .367  .358| .455  .388| .822  .746| 120  .597  14.8   1.5  42%
 1950 34 PHA AL  627  433   79   4.8   112| .251  .276| .338  .363| .434  .414| .772  .776|  98  .489  -4.2  -0.4  50%
 1951 35 TOT AL  352  254   30   3.2    99| .215  .263| .303  .344| .312  .386| .615  .730|  69  .344 -13.5  -1.3 100%
         PHA AL   78   57    4   1.9   104| .169  .270| .299  .351| .185  .396| .484  .747|  32  .169  -6.0  -0.6   0%
         CLE AL  274  197   26   3.6    98| .228  .261| .304  .342| .346  .383| .650  .725|  79  .392  -7.5  -0.7 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5600 3869  740   5.1   105| .266  .272| .342  .353| .438  .400| .780  .753| 106  .538  30.1   2.9  51%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
 1938 22 PHA AL  OF  110    229    8   12    0  .952  .972  2.15  2.28              103    8    0
 1939 23 PHA AL  OF  117    350   11   17    2  .955  .969  3.09  2.35                0  117    0
                 1B   19    147    5    4    6  .974  .990  8.00  9.43            
 1940 24 PHA AL  OF  129    348   13   14    2  .963  .970  2.80  2.32                0  129    0
 1941 25 PHA AL  OF  141    416   21   15    5  .967  .973  3.10  2.33                0  140    1
 1945 29 PHA AL  OF    8     18    0    0    0 1.000  .978  2.25  2.27                0    8    0
 1946 30 PHA AL  OF  145    369   13   12    4  .970  .977  2.63  2.24               89   59    0 AS
 1947 31 PHA AL  OF  146    428   16    6    2  .987  .979  3.04  2.35               12  134    0
 1948 32 PHA AL  OF  118    368    8    7    2  .982  .975  3.19  2.36                0  118    0
 1949 33 PHA AL  OF  154    450   11   10    3  .979  .980  2.99  2.27                0  154    0
 1950 34 PHA AL  OF  140    428   11   10    4  .978  .979  3.14  2.34                0  140    0
 1951 35 TOT AL  OF  101    175    3    4    1  .978  .977  1.76  2.23               38   61    7
         PHA AL  OF   17     43    1    2    0  .957  .978  2.59  2.23                0   17    0
         CLE AL  OF   84    132    2    2    1  .985  .977  1.60  2.23               38   44    7
                 1B    1      1    0    0    1 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.50            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1939 23 PHA AL  1B   19    147    5    4    6  .974  .990  8.00  9.43            
 1951 35 CLE AL  1B    1      1    0    0    1 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.50            

 1938 22 PHA AL  OF  110    229    8   12    0  .952  .972  2.15  2.28              103    8    0
 1939 23 PHA AL  OF  117    350   11   17    2  .955  .969  3.09  2.35                0  117    0
 1940 24 PHA AL  OF  129    348   13   14    2  .963  .970  2.80  2.32                0  129    0
 1941 25 PHA AL  OF  141    416   21   15    5  .967  .973  3.10  2.33                0  140    1
 1945 29 PHA AL  OF    8     18    0    0    0 1.000  .978  2.25  2.27                0    8    0
 1946 30 PHA AL  OF  145    369   13   12    4  .970  .977  2.63  2.24               89   59    0
 1947 31 PHA AL  OF  146    428   16    6    2  .987  .979  3.04  2.35               12  134    0
 1948 32 PHA AL  OF  118    368    8    7    2  .982  .975  3.19  2.36                0  118    0
 1949 33 PHA AL  OF  154    450   11   10    3  .979  .980  2.99  2.27                0  154    0
 1950 34 PHA AL  OF  140    428   11   10    4  .978  .979  3.14  2.34                0  140    0
 1951 35 TOT AL  OF  101    175    3    4    1  .978  .977  1.76  2.23               38   61    7
         PHA AL  OF   17     43    1    2    0  .957  .978  2.59  2.23                0   17    0
         CLE AL  OF   84    132    2    2    1  .985  .977  1.60  2.23               38   44    7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1309   3579  115  107   25  .972  .975  2.82  2.31              242 1068    8
                 1B   20    148    5    4    7  .975  .990  7.65  9.38            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1329   3727  120  111   32  .972  .976  2.89  2.41

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1946   PHA AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1946 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-AL-12-0.07
Car-983-0.07 shares

Batting Average
1941 AL-.322-7

Slugging %
1941 AL-.543-5

OPS
1941 AL-.921-6

Games
1949 AL-154-4

At Bats
1949 AL-589-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1949 AL-674-10

Runs
1947 AL-84-8

Hits
1941 AL-178-7

Total Bases
1941 AL-300-5
1949 AL-268-6

Home Runs
1941 AL-25-6
1946 AL-20-6
1949 AL-24-3

RBI
1941 AL-106-7
1949 AL-108-5

Strikeouts
1938 AL-94-2
1939 AL-62-7
1940 AL-96-1
1946 AL-66-10
1947 AL-70-6
1949 AL-68-8
1950 AL-79-5

Singles
1941 AL-115-10

Adjusted OPS+
1941 AL-143-6

Runs Created
1941 AL-109-6
1949 AL-97-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1941 AL-31-7

Batting Wins
1941 AL-3.0-7

Extra-Base Hits
1941 AL-63-7
1949 AL-52-4

Offensive Win%
1941 AL-.691-7

Hit By Pitch
1938 AL-4-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 AL-22-1
1948 AL-18-8
1949 AL-23-2

Caught Stealing
1941 AL-9-3

Power/Speed Number
1939 AL-12.7-8
1941 AL-9.7-7
1948 AL-8.2-8

At Bats per Home Run
1941 AL-22.1-6
1946 AL-27.3-6
1949 AL-24.5-9

Outs
1946 AL-430-9
1947 AL-438-10
1949 AL-455-2
1950 AL-433-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (679) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (813) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.5 (1051) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.
May 10, 1951: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Allie Clark and Lou Klein.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1946 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1941-AL-12-0.07 Car-983-0.07 shares	Batting Average 1941 AL-.322-7	Slugging % 1941 AL-.543-5	OPS 1941 AL-.921-6	Games 1949 AL-154-4
At Bats 1949 AL-589-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1949 AL-674-10	Runs 1947 AL-84-8	Hits 1941 AL-178-7	Total Bases 1941 AL-300-5 1949 AL-268-6	Home Runs 1941 AL-25-6 1946 AL-20-6 1949 AL-24-3
RBI 1941 AL-106-7 1949 AL-108-5	Strikeouts 1938 AL-94-2 1939 AL-62-7 1940 AL-96-1 1946 AL-66-10 1947 AL-70-6 1949 AL-68-8 1950 AL-79-5	Singles 1941 AL-115-10	Adjusted OPS+ 1941 AL-143-6	Runs Created 1941 AL-109-6 1949 AL-97-9	Adjusted Batting Runs 1941 AL-31-7
Batting Wins 1941 AL-3.0-7	Extra-Base Hits 1941 AL-63-7 1949 AL-52-4	Offensive Win% 1941 AL-.691-7	Hit By Pitch 1938 AL-4-7	Grounded into Double Plays 1946 AL-22-1 1948 AL-18-8 1949 AL-23-2	Caught Stealing 1941 AL-9-3
Power/Speed Number 1939 AL-12.7-8 1941 AL-9.7-7 1948 AL-8.2-8	At Bats per Home Run 1941 AL-22.1-6 1946 AL-27.3-6 1949 AL-24.5-9	Outs 1946 AL-430-9 1947 AL-438-10 1949 AL-455-2 1950 AL-433-9