Kelvin Chapman
Kelvin Keith Chapman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: June 2, 1956 in Willits, CA
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1979
Final Game: July 24, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 NYM NL 23 2B 22 15 161.0 98 50 46 2 15 .980 -1.3 -9.7 -1.3 -0.8 -0.5 0 5.37 4.36 .979 5.42 4.55
1979 NYM NL 23 3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.50
1984 NYM NL 28 2B 57 45 419.0 240 104 131 5 32 .979 -3.0 -8.6 -3.0 0.4 -3.4 0 5.05 4.12 .979 5.41 4.71
1984 NYM NL 28 3B 3 1 15.0 5 1 3 1 1 .800 -0.4 -32.0 -0.4 -0.7 0.3 0 2.40 1.33 .960 2.76 2.37
1985 NYM NL 29 2B 48 34 307.2 164 70 89 5 17 .970 -0.4 -1.6 -0.4 -1.2 0.8 0 4.65 3.31 .982 5.47 4.82
1985 NYM NL 29 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
3 Seasons 2B 127 94 887.2 502 224 266 12 64 .976 -4.7 -6.4 -4.7 -1.6 -3.1 0 4.97 3.86 .980 5.43 4.72
3 Seasons 3B 5 1 18.0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 -0.6 -40.0 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 2.50 1.00 .950 2.75 2.42
3 Seasons TOT 132 95 905.2 508 226 269 13 65 .974 -5.3 -7.0 -5.3 -2.5 -2.8 0 4.92 3.75 .954 5.38 4.64

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
1979 NYM NL 23 35 15 35 23 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
1984 NYM NL 28 75 46 75 60 0 0 0 57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6
1985 NYM NL 29 62 34 62 49 0 0 0 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5
3 Seasons 172 95 172 132 0 0 0 127 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 14
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.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 NYM NL 23 710 61% 79% 23% 56 96% 0 49 14 21 14 51 40 8 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 14 4 4 4 1 13 5 8 1 0 1
1984 NYM NL 28 1858 51% 74% 22% 156 98% 0 102 39 38 25 135 112 21 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 31 7 7 10 2 29 12 14 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 29 1294 50% 75% 24% 111 97% 0 68 26 28 14 95 80 13 0 2 5 0 5 0 3 17 5 5 5 0 16 5 11 0 0 0
3 Seasons 3862 53% 75% 23% 323 98% 0 219 79 87 53 281 232 42 0 5 12 2 10 0 7 62 16 16 19 3 58 22 33 1 0 1
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 NYM NL 23 8 50% 100% 25% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 28 76 63% 82% 25% 5 80% 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1985 NYM NL 29 6 67% 83% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 90 62% 83% 23% 6 83% 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 90% 76%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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