Ben Chapman
William Benjamin Chapman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 25, 1908 in Nashville, TN
High School: Phillips (Birmingham, AL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1930
Final Game: May 12, 1946
Died: July 7, 1993 in Hoover, AL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1930 NYY AL 21 3B 91 273 100 149 24 11 .912 2.74 .947 2.84
1930 NYY AL 21 2B 45 296 132 146 18 36 .939 6.18 .970 5.66
1931 NYY AL 22 OF 137 326 300 14 12 1 .963 2.29 .969 2.25 90-0-50 MVP-15
1931 NYY AL 22 2B 11 60 25 33 2 4 .967 5.27 .965 5.48 MVP-15
1932 NYY AL 23 OF 150 333 303 13 17 2 .949 2.11 .968 2.28 81-0-86
1933 NYY AL 24 OF 147 320 288 24 8 4 .975 2.12 .970 2.21 76-0-77 AS,MVP-20
1934 NYY AL 25 OF 149 393 368 12 13 2 .967 2.55 .968 2.16 41-87-23 AS
1935 NYY AL 26 OF 138 412 372 25 15 7 .964 2.88 .970 2.30 0-138-0 AS
1936 TOT AL 27 OF 133 406 377 13 16 4 .961 2.93 .968 2.29 0-133-0 AS
1936 NYY AL 27 OF 36 113 106 3 4 0 .965 3.03 .968 2.29 0-36-0
1936 WSH AL 27 OF 97 293 271 10 12 4 .959 2.90 .968 2.29 0-97-0
1937 TOT AL 28 OF 144 367 349 10 8 1 .978 2.49 .969 2.28 2-42-100
1937 WSH AL 28 OF 32 92 87 1 4 0 .957 2.75 .970 2.28 0-32-0
1937 BOS AL 28 OF 112 275 262 9 4 1 .985 2.42 .968 2.28 2-10-100
1937 BOS AL 28 SS 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .975 5.10
1938 BOS AL 29 OF 126 292 267 15 10 5 .966 2.24 .972 2.28 1-0-125
1938 BOS AL 29 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.10
1939 CLE AL 30 OF 146 379 356 12 11 0 .971 2.52 .969 2.35 2-137-9
1940 CLE AL 31 OF 140 329 307 10 12 3 .964 2.26 .970 2.32 62-18-62
1941 TOT AL 32 OF 75 185 176 7 2 2 .989 2.44 .972 2.33 47-22-7
1941 WSH AL 32 OF 26 58 54 3 1 1 .983 2.19 .972 2.33 26-0-0
1941 CHW AL 32 OF 49 127 122 4 1 1 .992 2.57 .972 2.33 21-22-7
1944 BRO NL 35 P 11 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0.82 .960 1.09
1945 TOT NL 36 P 13 17 2 14 1 1 .941 1.23 .965 1.06
1945 BRO NL 36 P 10 16 2 13 1 1 .938 1.50 .962 1.06
1945 PHI NL 36 OF 10 15 13 1 1 0 .933 1.40 .980 2.33 2-6-2
1945 PHI NL 36 3B 4 10 2 6 2 1 .800 2.00 .950 2.98
1945 PHI NL 36 P 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 1.07
1946 PHI NL 37 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
12 Seasons OF 1495 3757 3476 156 125 31 .967 2.43 .969 2.27 404-583-541
3 Seasons 3B 96 284 102 156 26 12 .908 2.69 .947 2.85
2 Seasons 2B 56 356 157 179 20 40 .944 6.00 .969 5.62
3 Seasons P 25 27 5 20 2 1 .926 1.00 .963 1.07
1 Season SS 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .975 5.10
15 Seasons TOT 1673 4428 3742 512 174 84 .961 2.54 .929 2.40 404-583-541
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1930 NYY AL 21 138 138 138 0 0 0 45 91 0 0 0 0 0
1931 NYY AL 22 149 149 149 0 0 0 11 0 0 90 0 50 137
1932 NYY AL 23 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 86 150
1933 NYY AL 24 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 77 147
1934 NYY AL 25 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 87 23 149
1935 NYY AL 26 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138
1936 WSH AL 27 97 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 97
1936 NYY AL 27 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 36
1937 BOS AL 28 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 100 112
1937 WSH AL 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 32
1938 BOS AL 29 127 127 127 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 125 126
1939 CLE AL 30 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 137 9 146
1940 CLE AL 31 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 18 62 140
1941 CHW AL 32 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 22 7 49
1941 WSH AL 32 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26
1944 BRO NL 35 20 20 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 PHI NL 36 24 24 24 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 2 10
1945 BRO NL 36 13 13 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PHI NL 37 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 1717 1717 1717 25 0 0 56 96 1 404 583 541 1495
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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