Sam Chapman
Samuel Blake Chapman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 11, 1916 in Tiburon, CA
High School: Tamalpais (Tiburon, CA)
School: University of California
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1938
Final Game: September 22, 1951
Died: December 22, 2006 in Kentfield, CA
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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
1938 22 PHA AL 114 466 406 60 105 17 7 17 63 3 4 55 94 .259 .353 .461 .813 105 187 4 1 *O
1939 23 PHA AL 140 554 498 74 134 24 6 15 64 11 4 51 62 .269 .338 .432 .770 97 215 11 1 4 *O3
1940 24 PHA AL 134 562 508 88 140 26 3 23 75 2 6 46 96 .276 .337 .474 .811 109 241 14 1 7 *O
1941 25 PHA AL 143 602 552 97 178 29 9 25 106 6 9 47 49 .322 .378 .543 .921 143 300 13 2 1 *O MVP-12
1945 29 PHA AL 9 32 30 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .200 .250 .267 .517 50 8 0 0 0 /O
1946 30 PHA AL 146 601 545 77 142 22 5 20 67 1 3 54 66 .261 .327 .429 .757 111 234 22 0 2 *O AS
1947 31 PHA AL 149 624 551 84 139 18 5 14 83 3 4 65 70 .252 .331 .379 .710 96 209 14 0 8 *O
1948 32 PHA AL 123 506 445 58 115 18 6 13 70 6 1 55 50 .258 .341 .413 .755 100 184 18 1 5 *O
1949 33 PHA AL 154 674 589 89 164 24 4 24 108 3 4 80 68 .278 .367 .455 .822 120 268 23 2 3 *O
1950 34 PHA AL 144 627 553 93 139 20 6 23 95 3 3 68 79 .251 .338 .434 .772 98 240 14 4 2 *O
1951 35 TOT AL 112 352 311 31 67 10 1 6 41 3 0 39 44 .215 .303 .312 .615 69 97 8 0 2 O/3
1951 35 PHA AL 18 78 65 7 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 12 12 .169 .299 .185 .483 32 12 2 0 1 O
1951 35 CLE AL 94 274 246 24 56 9 1 6 36 3 0 27 32 .228 .304 .346 .650 79 85 6 0 1 O/3
11 Seasons 1368 5600 4988 754 1329 210 52 180 773 41 38 562 682 .266 .342 .438 .780 106 2183 137 15 35
162 Game Avg. 162 663 591 89 157 25 6 21 92 5 5 67 81 .266 .342 .438 .780 106 259 2 4
PHA (11 yrs) 1274 5326 4742 730 1273 201 51 174 737 38 38 535 650 .268 .344 .442 .787 108 2098 131 15 34
CLE (1 yr) 94 274 246 24 56 9 1 6 36 3 0 27 32 .228 .304 .346 .650 79 85 6 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1938 22 PHA AL 466 306 64 5.5 116 .298 .259 .286 .353 .365 .461 .427 .813 .791 105 .520 1.7 0.2 .803 .335 .202 5.1
1939 23 PHA AL 554 383 73 5.0 112 .283 .269 .284 .338 .359 .432 .420 .770 .778 97 .498 -3.5 -0.3 .723 .279 .163 12.7
1940 24 PHA AL 562 395 79 5.3 109 .301 .276 .277 .337 .349 .474 .420 .811 .769 109 .531 5.5 0.5 .732 .281 .199 3.7
1941 25 PHA AL 602 397 109 7.3 105 .320 .322 .273 .378 .349 .543 .402 .921 .752 143 .691 31.3 3.0 .874 .301 .221 9.7
1945 29 PHA AL 32 24 2 2.2 89 .231 .200 .262 .250 .334 .267 .356 .517 .689 50 .269 -1.9 -0.2 .417 .133 .067
1946 30 PHA AL 601 430 76 4.7 95 .266 .261 .262 .327 .337 .429 .378 .757 .714 111 .558 5.9 0.6 .668 .264 .169 1.9
1947 31 PHA AL 624 438 68 4.1 98 .268 .252 .265 .331 .345 .379 .381 .710 .726 96 .497 -4.4 -0.5 .635 .243 .127 4.9
1948 32 PHA AL 506 354 63 4.7 105 .267 .258 .273 .341 .358 .413 .394 .755 .752 100 .513 -1.5 -0.2 .702 .290 .155 8.2
1949 33 PHA AL 674 455 97 5.7 104 .282 .278 .267 .367 .358 .455 .388 .822 .746 120 .597 14.8 1.4 .772 .311 .177 5.3
1950 34 PHA AL 627 433 79 4.8 112 .257 .251 .276 .338 .363 .434 .414 .772 .776 98 .489 -4.2 -0.4 .724 .306 .183 5.3
1951 35 TOT AL 352 254 30 3.2 99 .234 .215 .263 .303 .344 .312 .386 .615 .730 69 .344 -13.5 -1.4 .552 .232 .096 4.0
1951 35 PHA AL 78 57 4 1.9 104 .208 .169 .270 .299 .351 .185 .396 .483 .747 32 .169 -6.0 -0.6 .429 .200 .015
1951 35 CLE AL 274 197 26 3.6 98 .240 .228 .261 .304 .342 .346 .383 .650 .725 79 .392 -7.5 -0.8 .587 .240 .118 4.0
11 Seasons 5600 3869 740 5.1 105 .278 .266 .272 .342 .353 .438 .400 .780 .753 106 .538 30.1 2.8 .721 .284 .171 66.8
162 Game Avg. 663 458 88 5.1 105 .278 .266 .272 .342 .353 .438 .400 .780 .753 106 .538 4 0 .721 .284 .171 8
PHA (11 yrs) 5326 3672 714 5.2 106 .281 .268 .273 .344 .353 .442 .401 .787 .754 108 .544 37.6 3.6 .728 .287 .174 62.4
CLE (1 yr) 274 197 26 3.5 98 .240 .228 .261 .304 .342 .346 .383 .650 .725 79 .392 -7.5 -0.8 .587 .240 .118 4.0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 PHA AL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 22 114 466 406 60 105 17 7 17 63 3 4 55 94 .259 .353 .461 .813 105 187 4 1
1939 23 254 1020 904 134 239 41 13 32 127 14 8 106 156 .264 .345 .445 .790 101 402 11 5 5
1940 24 388 1582 1412 222 379 67 16 55 202 16 14 152 252 .268 .342 .455 .797 104 643 25 6 12
1941 25 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 114 943 38 8 13
1942 26 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 114 943 38 8 13
1943 27 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 114 943 38 8 13
1944 28 531 2184 1964 319 557 96 25 80 308 22 23 199 301 .284 .352 .480 .832 114 943 38 8 13
1945 29 540 2216 1994 322 563 98 25 80 309 22 23 201 305 .282 .350 .477 .827 114 951 38 8 13
1946 30 686 2817 2539 399 705 120 30 100 376 23 26 255 371 .278 .345 .467 .812 113 1185 60 8 15
1947 31 835 3441 3090 483 844 138 35 114 459 26 30 320 441 .273 .343 .451 .794 110 1394 74 8 23
1948 32 958 3947 3535 541 959 156 41 127 529 32 31 375 491 .271 .343 .446 .789 109 1578 92 9 28
1949 33 1112 4621 4124 630 1123 180 45 151 637 35 35 455 559 .272 .346 .448 .794 110 1846 115 11 31
1950 34 1256 5248 4677 723 1262 200 51 174 732 38 38 523 638 .270 .345 .446 .791 109 2086 129 15 33
1951 35 1368 5600 4988 754 1329 210 52 180 773 41 38 562 682 .266 .342 .438 .780 106 2183 137 15 35

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1938 22 121 475 419 54 100 16 7 16 56 3 52 100 .239 .328 .425 .753 57 114
1939 23 147 563 513 67 130 23 6 15 58 11 49 65 .253 .320 .409 .729 66 140
1940 24 140 565 520 83 135 25 3 22 71 2 44 100 .260 .319 .446 .765 74 134
1941 25 148 612 564 96 176 29 9 25 105 6 46 51 .312 .366 .528 .894 108 143
1945 29 10 33 31 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 .194 .242 .258 .500 2 9
1946 30 153 636 577 88 156 24 5 22 77 1 59 69 .270 .338 .444 .782 87 146
1947 31 155 645 576 92 148 19 5 15 91 3 69 73 .257 .336 .385 .722 75 149
1948 32 129 517 461 56 116 18 6 13 68 6 55 52 .252 .333 .401 .734 62 123
1949 33 161 694 611 90 167 24 4 24 110 3 81 71 .273 .360 .444 .804 98 154
1950 34 151 638 568 87 135 19 6 22 89 3 66 83 .238 .321 .408 .730 74 144
1951 35 118 369 328 33 71 11 1 6 43 3 41 46 .216 .304 .311 .614 32 112
11 Seasons 1433 5747 5168 749 1340 210 52 180 769 41 564 714 .259 .334 .425 .758 735 1368
162 Game Avg. 162 650 584 85 151 24 6 20 87 5 64 81 .259 .334 .425 .758 83 1368

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1946 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1941-AL-12-7%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1941 AL--.322--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL--.543--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1941 AL--.921--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--154--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1949 AL--589--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL--674--10th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1947 AL--84--8th

Hits s c a p y
1941 AL--178--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 AL--300--5th
1949 AL--268--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL--25--6th
1946 AL--20--6th
1949 AL--24--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1941 AL--106--7th
1949 AL--108--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 AL--94--2nd
1939 AL--62--7th
1940 AL--96--1st
1946 AL--66--10th
1947 AL--70--6th
1949 AL--68--8th
1950 AL--79--5th

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL--115--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1941 AL--143--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 AL--109--6th
1949 AL--97--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 AL--31--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 AL--3.0--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 AL--63--7th
1949 AL--52--4th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 AL--.691--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 AL--4--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 AL--22--1st
1948 AL--18--8th
1949 AL--23--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1941 AL--9--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1939 AL--12.7--8th
1941 AL--9.7--7th
1948 AL--8.2--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL--22.1--6th
1946 AL--27.3--6th
1949 AL--24.5--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1946 AL--430--9th
1947 AL--438--10th
1949 AL--455--2nd
1950 AL--433--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 35 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1067), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (942), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Jim Northrup (931)
  4. Carl Everett (930)
  5. Kevin McReynolds (926)
  6. Dave Henderson (925)
  7. Brian Jordan (924)
  8. Al Smith (920)
  9. Juan Encarnacion (919)
  10. Wally Moon (918)
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  2. Dick Kokos (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Williams (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wally Westlake (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jeffrey Hammonds (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Northrup (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Northrup (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Hisle (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Higginson (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kirk Gibson (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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