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Calvin Chapman

Calvin Louis Chapman

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 20, 1910 in Courtland, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1935
Team: Reds 1935-1936

Final Game: September 27, 1936
Died: April 1, 1983 in Batesville, MS
Buried: Charleston City Cemetery, Charleston, MS
Relatives: Brother of Ed Chapman
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1935 CIN NL 24 SS 12 12 11 59 23 33 3 9 .949 4.67 .947 5.27
1935 CIN NL 24 2B 4 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 1.25 .963 5.75
1936 CIN NL 25 OF 31 28 24 51 46 3 2 1 .961 1.58 .973 2.38
1936 CIN NL 25 2B 23 8 7 87 39 46 2 5 .977 3.70 .963 5.94
1936 CIN NL 25 LF 21 19 15 41 37 2 2 0 .951 1.86 .972 2.18
1936 CIN NL 25 RF 9 9 9 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.11 .966 2.12
1936 CIN NL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
1936 CIN NL 25 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1 Season OF 31 28 24 51 46 3 2 1 .961 1.58 .973 2.38
2 Seasons 2B 27 8 7 93 43 47 3 5 .968 3.33 .963 5.91
1 Season LF 21 19 15 41 37 2 2 0 .951 1.86 .972 2.18
1 Season SS 12 12 11 59 23 33 3 9 .949 4.67 .947 5.27
1 Season RF 9 9 9 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.11 .966 2.12
1 Season CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
2 Seasons TOT 71 48 42 203 112 83 8 15 .961 2.75 .961 4.22
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1935 CIN NL 24 15 12 15 15 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 CIN NL 25 96 36 96 53 0 0 0 23 1 0 21 1 9 31 0 41 2
2 Seasons 111 48 111 68 0 0 0 27 1 12 21 1 9 31 0 41 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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