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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 Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1930 21 NYY AL 138 564 513 74 162 31 10 10 81 14 6 43 58 .316 .371 .474 .845 116 243 2 6 54
1931 22 NYY AL 149 686 600 120 189 28 11 17 122 61 23 75 77 .315 .396 .483 .879 135 290 5 6 *O4 MVP-15
1932 23 NYY AL 151 662 581 101 174 41 15 10 107 38 18 71 55 .299 .381 .473 .854 125 275 5 5 *O
1933 24 NYY AL 147 651 565 112 176 36 4 9 98 27 18 72 45 .312 .393 .437 .830 125 247 4 10 *O AS,MVP-20
1934 25 NYY AL 149 666 588 82 181 21 13 5 86 26 16 67 68 .308 .381 .413 .795 111 243 3 8 *O AS
1935 26 NYY AL 140 629 553 118 160 38 8 8 74 17 10 61 39 .289 .361 .430 .791 108 238 1 14 *O AS
1936 27 TOT AL 133 628 540 110 170 50 10 5 81 20 9 84 38 .315 .408 .472 .880 121 255 1 3 *O AS
1936 27 NYY AL 36 156 139 19 37 14 3 1 21 1 2 15 20 .266 .338 .432 .769 91 60 0 2 O
1936 27 WSH AL 97 472 401 91 133 36 7 4 60 19 7 69 18 .332 .431 .486 .917 131 195 1 1 O
1937 28 TOT AL 148 643 553 99 164 30 12 7 69 35 12 83 42 .297 .389 .432 .822 105 239 1 6 *O/6
1937 28 WSH AL 35 156 130 23 34 7 1 0 12 8 0 26 7 .262 .385 .331 .715 85 43 0 0 O
1937 28 BOS AL 113 487 423 76 130 23 11 7 57 27 12 57 35 .307 .391 .463 .854 111 196 1 6 *O/6
1938 29 BOS AL 127 553 480 92 163 40 8 6 80 13 6 65 33 .340 .418 .494 .912 123 237 0 8 *O/5
1939 30 CLE AL 149 654 545 101 158 31 9 6 82 18 6 87 30 .290 .390 .413 .802 108 225 19 2 20 *O
1940 31 CLE AL 143 631 548 82 157 40 6 4 50 13 7 78 45 .286 .377 .403 .781 105 221 19 2 3 *O
1941 32 TOT AL 85 331 300 35 71 15 1 3 29 4 4 29 20 .237 .304 .323 .627 68 97 9 0 2 O
1941 32 WSH AL 28 121 110 9 28 6 0 1 10 2 2 10 6 .255 .317 .336 .653 76 37 7 0 1 O
1941 32 CHW AL 57 210 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 2 2 19 14 .226 .297 .316 .612 63 60 2 0 1 O
1944 35 BRO NL 20 44 38 11 14 4 0 0 11 1 5 4 .368 .442 .474 .916 160 18 0 0 1 1
1945 36 TOT NL 37 77 73 6 19 2 0 0 7 0 4 2 .260 .299 .288 .586 65 21 5 0 0 1O/5
1945 36 BRO NL 13 24 22 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 .136 .208 .136 .345 -3 3 1 0 0 1
1945 36 PHI NL 24 53 51 4 16 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 .314 .340 .353 .693 95 18 4 0 0 O/51
1946 37 PHI NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 1717 7420 6478 1144 1958 407 107 90 977 287 135 824 556 .302 .383 .440 .823 114 2849 52 26 92
162 Game Avg. 162 700 611 108 185 38 10 8 92 27 78 52 .302 .383 .440 .823 114 269 2 9
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 910 4014 3539 626 1079 209 64 60 589 184 93 404 362 .305 .379 .451 .830 119 1596 20 51
WSH (3 yrs) 160 749 641 123 195 49 8 5 82 29 9 105 31 .304 .403 .429 .832 113 275 7 1 2
PHI (2 yrs) 25 54 52 5 16 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 .308 .333 .346 .679 91 18 4 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 240 1040 903 168 293 63 19 13 137 40 18 122 68 .324 .405 .480 .885 117 433 1 14
BRO (2 yrs) 33 68 60 13 17 4 0 0 14 1 7 5 .283 .358 .350 .708 100 21 1 0 1
CLE (2 yrs) 292 1285 1093 183 315 71 15 10 132 31 13 165 75 .288 .384 .408 .792 106 446 38 4 23
CHW (1 yr) 57 210 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 2 2 19 14 .226 .297 .316 .612 63 60 2 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1659 7298 6366 1126 1925 401 107 90 959 286 135 815 550 .302 .384 .441 .825 114 2810 47 26 91
NL (3 yrs) 58 122 112 18 33 6 0 0 18 1 9 6 .295 .347 .348 .695 96 39 5 0 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 23 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 19 17 1 5 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 4 .294 .368 .412 .780 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 19 17 1 5 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 4 .294 .368 .412 .780 7 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Pitching

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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 1 349 104 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 65 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 0 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 1 0 34 50 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 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
3 Seasons 8 6 .571 4.40 25 16 7 8 0 0 141.0 147 77 69 7 71 65 6 1 3 642 83 1.546 9.4 0.4 4.5 4.1 0.92
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .571 4.40 41 27 12 13 0 0 234 244 128 114 12 118 108 10 2 5 1065 83 1.546 9.4 0.4 4.5 4.1 0.92
PHI (2 yrs) 0 0 6.75 4 0 4 0 0 0 8.0 8 8 6 0 6 5 0 1 0 39 56 1.750 9.0 0.0 6.8 5.6 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 0 3 603 85 1.534 9.4 0.5 4.4 4.1 0.92

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 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 (812th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1938 AL  .340 (3rd)
Career  .302 (180th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1933 AL  .393 (9th)
1938 AL  .418 (8th)
Career  .383 (150th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1931 AL  .879 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1932 AL  151 (10th)
1939 AL  149 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1931 AL  600 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1931 AL  686 (7th)
1939 AL  654 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1931 AL  120 (4th)
1933 AL  112 (4th)
1935 AL  118 (4th)
Career  1144 (199th)

Hits s c a p y
1931 AL  189 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  290 (10th)
1932 AL  275 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1932 AL  41 (7th)
1933 AL  36 (10th)
1935 AL  38 (4th)
1936 AL  50 (3rd)
1938 AL  40 (3rd)
1940 AL  40 (6th)
Career  407 (150th)

Triples s c a p y
1931 AL  11 (10th)
1932 AL  15 (4th)
1934 AL  13 (1st)
1937 AL  12 (7th)
Career  107 (135th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  17 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1931 AL  122 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1931 AL  75 (10th)
1939 AL  87 (8th)
Career  824 (218th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1930 AL  58 (9th)
1931 AL  77 (4th)
1934 AL  68 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  61 (1st)
1932 AL  38 (1st)
1933 AL  27 (1st)
1934 AL  26 (3rd)
1935 AL  17 (5th)
1936 AL  20 (4th)
1937 AL  35 (1st)
1938 AL  13 (8th)
1939 AL  18 (5th)
1940 AL  13 (8th)
Career  287 (166th)

Singles s c a p y
1931 AL  133 (5th)
1933 AL  127 (9th)
1934 AL  142 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1931 AL  135 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1931 AL  116 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  31 (9th)
1933 AL  24 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1931 AL  3.0 (9th)
1933 AL  2.3 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1932 AL  66 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1931 AL  269 (7th)
1934 AL  251 (10th)
1939 AL  247 (10th)
Career  2808 (245th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1931 AL  .659 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 AL  5 (8th)
1932 AL  5 (3rd)
1933 AL  4 (3rd)
1934 AL  3 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1935 AL  14 (8th)
1939 AL  20 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL  19 (2nd)
1940 AL  19 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1931 AL  23 (1st)
1932 AL  18 (1st)
1933 AL  18 (1st)
1934 AL  16 (1st)
1935 AL  10 (4th)
1936 AL  9 (5th)
1937 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  135 (39th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1931 AL  26.6 (1st)
1932 AL  15.8 (2nd)
1933 AL  13.5 (3rd)
1935 AL  10.9 (9th)
1937 AL  11.7 (10th)
Career  137.0 (208th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1931 AL  35.3 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1931 AL  440 (6th)
1934 AL  431 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (246), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (363), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 78 (230), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 37 (185), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 14, 1936: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Washington Senators for Jake Powell.

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Washington Senators with Bobo Newsom to the Boston Red Sox for Mel Almada, Rick Ferrell and Wes Ferrell.

December 15, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Denny Galehouse and Tommy Irwin.

December 24, 1940: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for Joe Krakauskas.

May 26, 1941: Released by the Washington Senators.

May 29, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 3, 1941: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

June 15, 1945: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Peacock.

June 11, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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