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Kelvin Chapman

Kelvin Keith Chapman

Positions: Second Baseman and Pinch Hitter
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
Team: Mets 1979-1985

Final Game: July 24, 1985
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1979 23 NYM NL 35 87 80 7 12 1 2 0 4 0 0 5 15 .150 .198 .213 .410 14 17 1 0 1 1 0 4/5
1984 28 NYM NL 75 223 197 27 57 13 0 3 23 8 7 19 30 .289 .356 .401 .757 114 79 7 2 4 1 0 4/5
1985 29 NYM NL 62 159 144 16 25 3 0 0 7 5 4 9 15 .174 .231 .194 .425 21 28 2 2 3 1 0 4/5
3 Seasons 172 469 421 50 94 17 2 3 34 13 11 33 60 .223 .284 .295 .579 63 124 10 4 8 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 442 397 47 89 16 2 3 32 12 10 31 57 .223 .284 .295 .579 63 117 9 4 8 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1979 23 NYM NL 87 -9 1 -1 0 -1 0 3 -7 -0.8 -6 -0.7 -0.1 $ 4/5
1984 28 NYM NL 223 4 -1 -1 -1 -3 2 7 7 0.7 10 1.1 -0.4 $40,000 4/5
1985 29 NYM NL 159 -15 -1 3 0 -1 1 5 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ 4/5
3 Seasons 469 -20 -1 1 -1 -5 3 15 -7 -1.0 -3 -0.3 -0.7 $40,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 NYM NL 23 2B 22 15 12 161.0 98 50 46 2 15 .980 -1 -10 5.37 4.36 .979 5.42 5.40
1979 NYM NL 23 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .950 2.70 2.90
1984 NYM NL 28 2B 57 45 36 419.0 240 104 131 5 32 .979 -3 -9 5.05 4.12 .979 5.41 5.39
1984 NYM NL 28 3B 3 1 1 15.0 5 1 3 1 1 .800 -0 -32 2.40 1.33 .944 2.76 2.77
1985 NYM NL 29 2B 48 34 20 307.2 164 70 89 5 17 .970 -0 -2 4.65 3.31 .982 5.47 5.47
1985 NYM NL 29 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
3 Seasons 2B 127 94 68 887.2 502 224 266 12 64 .976 -5 -6 4.97 3.86 .980 5.43 5.42
3 Seasons 3B 5 1 1 18.0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 -1 -40 2.50 1.00 .945 2.75 2.82
3 Seasons TOT 132 95 69 905.2 508 226 269 13 65 .974 -5 -7 4.92 3.75 .980 5.38 5.32
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198428New York Mets$40,0001/4/85 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$40,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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