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Sam Chapman

Samuel Blake Chapman

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 11, 1916 in Tiburon, CA
High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1938
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 1938-1951

Final Game: September 22, 1951
Died: December 22, 2006 in Kentfield, CA
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All-Star

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
1938 PHA AL 22 OF 110 110 109 249 229 8 12 0 .952 2.15 .972 2.35
1938 PHA AL 22 LF 103 102 102 230 212 7 11 0 .952 2.13 .972 2.17
1938 PHA AL 22 CF 8 8 7 19 17 1 1 0 .947 2.25 .972 2.82
1939 PHA AL 23 CF 117 115 107 378 350 11 17 2 .955 3.09 .977 2.87
1939 PHA AL 23 OF 117 115 107 378 350 11 17 2 .955 3.09 .969 2.44
1939 PHA AL 23 1B 19 14 14 156 147 5 4 6 .974 8.00 .990 9.64
1940 PHA AL 24 CF 129 127 124 375 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 .976 2.78
1940 PHA AL 24 OF 129 127 124 375 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 .970 2.40
1941 PHA AL 25 CF 141 141 140 452 416 21 15 5 .967 3.10 .976 2.79 MVP-12
1941 PHA AL 25 OF 141 141 140 452 416 21 15 5 .967 3.10 .973 2.41 MVP-12
1945 PHA AL 29 CF 8 7 7 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .982 2.80
1945 PHA AL 29 OF 8 7 7 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .978 2.40
1946 PHA AL 30 OF 145 145 140 394 369 13 12 4 .970 2.63 .977 2.36 AS
1946 PHA AL 30 LF 84 84 79 193 184 6 3 2 .984 2.26 .974 2.24 AS
1946 PHA AL 30 CF 65 61 61 201 185 7 9 2 .955 2.95 .984 2.74 AS
1947 PHA AL 31 OF 146 145 144 450 428 16 6 2 .987 3.04 .979 2.47
1947 PHA AL 31 CF 134 134 133 418 399 13 6 2 .986 3.07 .983 2.95
1947 PHA AL 31 LF 12 11 11 32 29 3 0 0 1.000 2.67 .976 2.36
1948 PHA AL 32 CF 118 117 116 382 367 8 7 3 .982 3.18 .978 3.01
1948 PHA AL 32 OF 118 117 116 383 368 8 7 2 .982 3.19 .975 2.51
1949 PHA AL 33 CF 154 154 153 466 447 9 10 3 .979 2.96 .980 2.84
1949 PHA AL 33 OF 154 154 153 471 450 11 10 3 .979 2.99 .980 2.44
1950 PHA AL 34 CF 140 140 140 1230.1 440 419 11 10 4 .977 3.15 3.07 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 PHA AL 34 OF 140 140 140 1230.1 449 428 11 10 4 .978 3.21 3.14 .979 2.51 2.47
1951 TOT AL 35 OF 101 73 65 727.2 182 175 3 4 1 .978 2.20 1.76 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 TOT AL 35 CF 62 37 33 406.0 114 110 2 2 1 .982 2.48 1.81 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 PHA AL 35 CF 17 17 17 149.1 47 44 1 2 0 .957 2.71 2.65 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 PHA AL 35 OF 17 17 17 149.1 46 43 1 2 0 .957 2.65 2.59 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 CLE AL 35 OF 84 56 48 578.1 136 132 2 2 1 .985 2.09 1.60 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 CLE AL 35 CF 45 20 16 256.2 67 66 1 0 1 1.000 2.35 1.49 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 CLE AL 35 LF 37 31 28 276.2 64 61 1 2 0 .969 2.02 1.68 .973 2.43 2.41
1951 CLE AL 35 RF 7 5 4 45.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 0.57 .978 2.06 2.04
1951 CLE AL 35 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.70
11 Seasons OF 1309 1274 1245 1958.0 3801 3579 115 107 25 .972 2.84 2.82 .975 2.49 2.43
11 Seasons CF 1076 1041 1021 1636.1 3263 3076 96 91 24 .972 2.98 2.95 .979 2.92 2.86
4 Seasons LF 236 228 220 276.2 519 486 17 16 2 .969 2.02 2.13 .973 2.43 2.24
2 Seasons 1B 20 14 14 1.0 157 148 5 4 7 .975 9.00 7.65 .990 9.90 9.64
1 Season RF 7 5 4 45.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 0.57 .978 2.06 2.04
11 Seasons TOT 1329 1288 1259 1959.0 3958 3727 120 111 32 .972 2.84 2.89 .976 2.49 2.54
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1938 PHA AL 22 LF
1938 PHA AL 22 CF
1939 PHA AL 23 CF
1939 PHA AL 23 1B
1940 PHA AL 24 CF
1941 PHA AL 25 CF
1945 PHA AL 29 CF
1946 PHA AL 30 LF
1946 PHA AL 30 CF
1947 PHA AL 31 CF
1947 PHA AL 31 LF
1948 PHA AL 32 CF
1949 PHA AL 33 CF
1950 PHA AL 34 CF
1951 PHA AL 35 CF
1951 CLE AL 35 CF
1951 CLE AL 35 LF
1951 CLE AL 35 RF
1951 CLE AL 35 1B
11 Seasons CF
4 Seasons LF
2 Seasons 1B
1 Season RF
11 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1938 PHA AL 22 114 110 114 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 8 0 110 0 4 0
1939 PHA AL 23 140 129 140 134 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 0 7 0
1940 PHA AL 24 134 127 134 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 0 7 0
1941 PHA AL 25 143 141 143 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 0 2 0
1945 PHA AL 29 9 7 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 1 0
1946 PHA AL 30 146 145 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 65 0 145 0 1 0
1947 PHA AL 31 149 145 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 134 0 146 0 4 0
1948 PHA AL 32 123 117 123 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 118 0 6 0
1949 PHA AL 33 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0 0
1950 PHA AL 34 144 140 144 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 0 3 1
1951 CLE AL 35 94 56 94 85 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 45 7 84 0 11 7
1951 PHA AL 35 18 17 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 0 1 0
11 Seasons 1368 1288 1368 1327 0 0 20 0 0 0 236 1076 7 1309 0 47 8
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.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 PHA AL 32 4 0 3 1 1 6 0 1 2 1 58 39 2 45 2 2 8 2 0 16 3 0 28 22 0 155 68 43.9% 83 4 2.6% 2 3083 53% 83% 29% 468 54%
1949 PHA AL 33 8 0 8 0 2 8 0 0 2 5 67 47 2 49 10 2 16 2 1 27 6 2 29 22 0 188 87 46.3% 94 7 3.7% 1 4555 60% 82% 32% 619 58%
1950 PHA AL 34 6 0 6 0 1 7 1 0 2 2 87 49 1 51 4 0 9 4 0 31 6 1 40 34 0 218 97 44.5% 119 2 0.9% 5 4187 62% 82% 30% 577 56%
1951 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 11 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 6 3 0 38 18 47.4% 19 1 2.6% 0 1078 52% 81% 31% 134 49%
1951 PHA AL 35 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 22 12 54.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 621 64% 84% 29% 85 48%
4 Seasons 20 0 19 1 4 23 1 2 6 9 238 151 5 163 19 4 34 9 1 78 17 4 108 86 0 621 282 45.4% 325 14 2.3% 9 13524 59% 82% 30% 1883 55%
MLB Averages 45.4% 2.9% 62% 82% 31% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1951 CLE AL 35 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 14 0 11 2 1 6 5 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 40 25 62.5% 14 1 2.5% 0 1194 53% 81% 28% 127 49%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 14 0 11 2 1 6 5 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 40 25 62.5% 14 1 2.5% 0 1194 53% 81% 28% 127 49%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.8% 62% 82% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1951 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 206 53% 82% 23% 16 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 206 53% 82% 23% 16 25%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1951 CLE AL 35 4 75% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 75% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1946 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 AL (12, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  103 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  7 (4th)
1946 AL  6 (5th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  11 (1st)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  117 (5th)
1941 AL  141 (3rd)
1947 AL  134 (3rd)
1948 AL  118 (5th)
1949 AL  154 (1st)
1950 AL  140 (2nd)
Career  1,076 (71st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  350 (4th)
1941 AL  416 (1st)
1947 AL  399 (3rd)
1948 AL  367 (5th)
1949 AL  447 (1st)
1950 AL  419 (1st)
Career  3,076 (55th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  11 (4th)
1940 AL  13 (1st)
1941 AL  21 (1st)
1946 AL  7 (5th)
1947 AL  13 (2nd)
1948 AL  8 (4th)
1949 AL  9 (3rd)
1950 AL  11 (3rd)
Career  96 (33rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  17 (1st)
1940 AL  14 (1st)
1941 AL  15 (1st)
1946 AL  9 (1st)
1947 AL  6 (5th)
1948 AL  7 (5th)
1949 AL  10 (1st)
1950 AL  10 (1st)
Career  91 (10th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1941 AL  141 (5th)
1946 AL  145 (4th)
1947 AL  146 (2nd)
1949 AL  154 (3rd)
1950 AL  140 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1941 AL  416 (1st)
1946 AL  369 (4th)
1947 AL  428 (1st)
1948 AL  368 (5th)
1949 AL  450 (1st)
1950 AL  428 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1940 AL  13 (4th)
1941 AL  21 (1st)
1946 AL  13 (4th)
1947 AL  16 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1938 AL  12 (4th)
1939 AL  17 (2nd)
1940 AL  14 (2nd)
1941 AL  15 (1st)
1946 AL  12 (1st)
1949 AL  10 (1st)
1950 AL  10 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  2.13 (5th)
1946 AL  2.26 (1st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  .984 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.15 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1939 AL  3.09 (2nd)
1940 AL  2.80 (4th)
1941 AL  3.10 (1st)
1947 AL  3.07 (2nd)
1948 AL  3.18 (3rd)
1949 AL  2.96 (2nd)
1950 AL  3.07 (2nd)
Career  2.95 (6th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  .986 (3rd)
1948 AL  .982 (1st)
1949 AL  .979 (2nd)
1950 AL  .977 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.21 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1939 AL  3.09 (2nd)
1940 AL  2.80 (4th)
1941 AL  3.10 (1st)
1946 AL  2.63 (4th)
1947 AL  3.04 (2nd)
1948 AL  3.19 (2nd)
1949 AL  2.99 (2nd)
1950 AL  3.14 (1st)
Career  2.82 (11th)

                                         

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