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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1938 PHA AL 22 OF 110 249 229 8 12 0 .952 2.15 .973 2.28 103-8-0
1939 PHA AL 23 OF 117 378 350 11 17 2 .955 3.09 .970 2.35 0-117-0
1939 PHA AL 23 1B 19 156 147 5 4 6 .974 8.00 .990 9.43
1940 PHA AL 24 OF 129 375 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 .970 2.32 0-129-0
1941 PHA AL 25 OF 141 452 416 21 15 5 .967 3.10 .973 2.33 0-140-1 MVP-12
1945 PHA AL 29 OF 8 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .978 2.28 0-8-0
1946 PHA AL 30 OF 145 394 369 13 12 4 .970 2.63 .977 2.24 89-59-0 AS
1947 PHA AL 31 OF 146 450 428 16 6 2 .987 3.04 .979 2.35 12-134-0
1948 PHA AL 32 OF 118 383 368 8 7 2 .982 3.19 .975 2.36 0-118-0
1949 PHA AL 33 OF 154 471 450 11 10 3 .979 2.99 .980 2.27 0-154-0
1950 PHA AL 34 OF 140 449 428 11 10 4 .978 3.14 .979 2.34 0-140-0
1951 TOT AL 35 OF 101 182 175 3 4 1 .978 1.76 .977 2.23 38-61-7
1951 PHA AL 35 OF 17 46 43 1 2 0 .957 2.59 .978 2.23 0-17-0
1951 CLE AL 35 OF 84 136 132 2 2 1 .985 1.60 .976 2.23 38-44-7
1951 CLE AL 35 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00 1.000 8.50
11 Seasons OF 1309 3801 3579 115 107 25 .972 2.82 .976 2.31 242-1068-8
2 Seasons 1B 20 157 148 5 4 7 .975 7.65 .990 9.38
11 Seasons TOT 1329 3958 3727 120 111 32 .972 2.89 .948 2.41 242-1068-8

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
1938 PHA AL 22 114 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 8 0 110
1939 PHA AL 23 140 140 140 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 117 0 117
1940 PHA AL 24 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129
1941 PHA AL 25 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 1 141
1945 PHA AL 29 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8
1946 PHA AL 30 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 59 0 145
1947 PHA AL 31 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 134 0 146
1948 PHA AL 32 123 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 118
1949 PHA AL 33 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154
1950 PHA AL 34 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140
1951 CLE AL 35 94 94 94 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 44 7 84
1951 PHA AL 35 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 17
11 Seasons 1368 1368 1368 0 0 20 0 0 0 242 1068 8 1309
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.

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