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Ben Chapman

William Benjamin Chapman

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 25, 1908 in Nashville, TN
High School: Phillips HS (Birmingham, AL)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1930
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/RedSox/Senators/WhiteSox/... 1930-1946

Final Game: May 12, 1946
Died: July 7, 1993 in Hoover, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1944 35 BRO NL 5 3 .625 3.40 11 9 1 6 0 0 79.1 75 36 30 4 33 37 3 0 1 349 105 1.361 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.12
1945 36 TOT NL 3 3 .500 5.79 13 7 5 2 0 0 60.2 71 41 39 3 38 27 3 1 2 288 66 1.797 10.5 0.4 5.6 4.0 0.71
1945 36 BRO NL 3 3 .500 5.53 10 7 2 2 0 0 53.2 64 33 33 3 32 23 3 1 2 254 68 1.789 10.7 0.5 5.4 3.9 0.72
1945 36 PHI NL 0 0 7.71 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 7 8 6 0 6 4 0 0 0 34 52 1.857 9.0 0.0 7.7 5.1 0.67
1946 37 PHI NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8
3 Yrs 8 6 .571 4.39 25 16 7 8 0 0 141.1 147 77 69 7 71 65 6 1 3 642 84 1.542 9.4 0.4 4.5 4.1 0.92
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .571 4.39 41 27 12 13 0 0 234 244 128 114 12 118 108 10 2 5 1065 84 1.542 9.4 0.4 4.5 4.1 0.92
PHI (2 yrs) 0 0 6.48 4 0 4 0 0 0 8.1 8 8 6 0 6 5 0 0 0 39 63 1.680 8.6 0.0 6.5 5.4 0.83
BRO (2 yrs) 8 6 .571 4.26 21 16 3 8 0 0 133.0 139 69 63 7 65 60 6 1 3 603 86 1.534 9.4 0.5 4.4 4.1 0.92

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1944 35 BRO NL 79.1 11 9 36 4.08 3.90 -0.53 0.00 100.0 4.43 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.9 11 .532 .502 $
1945 36 BRO NL 53.2 10 7 33 5.53 4.29 -0.08 0.00 97.9 4.28 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .423 .495 $
1945 36 PHI NL 7.0 3 0 8 10.29 4.80 -0.45 0.00 97.9 5.14 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .374 .498 $
1946 37 PHI NL 1.2 1 0 0 0.00 4.47 -0.16 0.00 98.0 4.54 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .602 .501 $
3 Seasons 141.2 25 16 77 4.89 4.10 -0.35 0.00 99.1 4.41 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .472 .499 $
PHI (2 yrs) 8.2 4 0 8 8.31 4.74 -0.40 0.00 97.9 5.03 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .431 .499 $
BRO (2 yrs) 133.0 21 16 69 4.67 4.06 -0.35 0.00 99.2 4.37 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.5 8 .480 .499 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1944 35 BRO NL 349 1.2% 10.6% 9.5% 4.6% 21% 77%
1945 36 TOT NL 287 1.1% 9.4% 13.2% 1.4% 6% 74%
1945 36 BRO NL 253 1.2% 9.1% 12.7% 1.6% 6% 75%
1945 36 PHI NL 34 0.0% 11.8% 17.7% 68%
1946 37 PHI NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 80%
3 Yrs 641 1.1% 10.1% 11.1% 3.1% 14% 76%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.5% 3.1% 13% 79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1944 35 5 3 .625 3.40 11 9 1 6 0 0 79.1 75 36 30 4 33 37 3 0 1 349 105 1.361 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.12 105
1945 36 8 6 .571 4.44 24 16 6 8 0 0 140.0 146 77 69 7 71 64 6 1 3 637 83 1.550 9.4 0.5 4.6 4.1 0.90 83
1946 37 8 6 .571 4.39 25 16 7 8 0 0 141.1 147 77 69 7 71 65 6 1 3 642 84 1.542 9.4 0.4 4.5 4.1 0.92 84

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1944 35 5 4 .556 3.67 81.0 80 37 33 4 35 38 3 1.420 8.9 3.9 4.2 1.09 0.4 11
1945 36 2 4 .333 6.05 61.0 74 46 41 3 40 27 3 1.869 10.9 5.9 4.0 0.68 0.4 13
1946 37 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 1
3 Yrs 7 8 .467 4.63 144.0 154 83 74 7 75 66 6 1.590 9.6 4.1 0.88 0.4 25

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1933 (LF)
1934 *
1935 *
1936 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 AL (15, 9%)
1933 AL (20, 5%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1931 AL  5.7 (8th)

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