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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 (Mill Valley, CA)
School: University of California
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:02AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #803. Joe Vosmik… #804. Dan Driessen… #805. Roy Johnson… #806. SAM CHAPMAN… #807. Tom Tresh… #808. B.J. Upton… #809. Casey Blake… 

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 .813 106 187 4 1 *O
1939 23 PHA AL 140 554 498 74 134 24 6 15 64 11 4 51 62 .269 .338 .432 .770 98 215 10 1 4 *O3
1940 24 PHA AL 134 562 508 88 140 26 3 23 75 2 6 46 96 .276 .337 .474 .811 110 241 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 51 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 .757 112 234 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 95 209 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 99 184 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 87/93
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 8O
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 O87/93
11 Seasons 1368 5600 4988 754 1329 210 52 180 773 41 38 562 682 .266 .342 .438 .780 107 2183 136 15 35
162 Game Avg. 162 663 591 89 157 25 6 21 92 5 5 67 81 .266 .342 .438 .780 107 259 2 4
PHA (11 yrs) 1274 5326 4742 730 1273 201 51 174 737 38 38 535 650 .268 .344 .442 .787 108 2098 130 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

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
1938 22 PHA AL 466 -1 -2 0 0 -2 -5 15 5 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ *O
1939 23 PHA AL 554 -7 1 0 0 -8 -2 18 2 0.3 10 0.9 -0.6 $ *O3
1940 24 PHA AL 562 5 -1 0 0 -4 -1 15 14 1.4 18 1.8 -0.4 $ *O
1941 25 PHA AL 602 32 -1 0 0 2 -1 16 48 4.8 46 4.6 0.2 $ *O MVP-12
1945 29 PHA AL 32 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /O
1946 30 PHA AL 601 5 0 0 0 2 -4 16 19 2.0 17 1.9 0.1 $ *O AS
1947 31 PHA AL 624 -4 1 0 0 6 -1 16 18 1.8 12 1.2 0.6 $ *O
1948 32 PHA AL 506 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ *O
1949 33 PHA AL 674 17 -1 0 0 2 -1 17 34 3.4 32 3.3 0.1 $ *O
1950 34 PHA AL 627 -9 1 0 0 1 -1 17 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ *O
1951 35 PHA AL 78 -6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 8O
1951 35 CLE AL 274 -8 0 0 0 -6 -2 8 -8 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $ O87/93
11 Seasons 5600 23 -1 0 0 -8 -19 154 149 15.1 157 15.9 -0.8 $
PHA (11 yrs) 5326 31 -1 0 0 -2 -17 146 157 15.9 159 16.1 -0.2 $
CLE (1 yr) 274 -8 0 0 0 -6 -2 8 -8 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $

Standard Fielding

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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 110 249 229 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 OF 117 378 350 11 17 2 .955 3.09 .969 2.44
1939 PHA AL 23 1B 19 156 147 5 4 6 .974 8.00 .990 9.64
1939 PHA AL 23 CF 117 115 107 378 350 11 17 2 .955 3.09 .977 2.87
1940 PHA AL 24 OF 129 375 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 .970 2.40
1940 PHA AL 24 CF 129 127 124 375 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 .976 2.78
1941 PHA AL 25 OF 141 452 416 21 15 5 .967 3.10 .973 2.41 MVP-12
1941 PHA AL 25 CF 141 141 140 452 416 21 15 5 .967 3.10 .976 2.79 MVP-12
1945 PHA AL 29 OF 8 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .978 2.40
1945 PHA AL 29 CF 8 7 7 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .982 2.80
1946 PHA AL 30 OF 145 394 369 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 146 450 428 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 OF 118 383 368 8 7 2 .982 3.19 .975 2.51
1948 PHA AL 32 CF 118 117 116 383 368 8 7 2 .982 3.19 .978 3.03
1949 PHA AL 33 OF 154 471 450 11 10 3 .979 2.99 .980 2.44
1949 PHA AL 33 CF 154 154 153 471 450 11 10 3 .979 2.99 .981 2.86
1950 PHA AL 34 OF 140 449 428 11 10 4 .978 3.14 .979 2.47
1950 PHA AL 34 CF 140 140 140 1230.1 440 419 11 10 4 .977 3.15 3.07 .981 2.95 2.90
1951 TOT AL 35 OF 101 73 65 727.2 182 175 3 4 1 .978 2.20 1.76 .977 11.75 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 11.75 2.44
1951 CLE AL 35 OF 84 56 48 578.1 136 132 2 2 1 .985 2.09 1.60 .977 11.75 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 .974 2.43 2.42
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 0.00 9.70
11 Seasons OF 1309 73 65 727.2 3801 3579 115 107 25 .972 2.20 2.82 .975 11.75 2.43
11 Seasons CF 1076 1041 1021 1636.1 3269 3080 98 91 23 .972 2.98 2.95 .979 2.92 2.87
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 0 0 1.0 157 148 5 4 7 .975 9.00 7.65 .990 0.00 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 73 65 728.2 3958 3727 120 111 32 .972 2.21 2.89 .976 11.73 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.
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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
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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)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.8 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.8 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.6 (7th)

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)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  1,076 (71st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  3,080 (55th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  98 (32nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  91 (8th)

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  .985 (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  3.19 (2nd)
1949 AL  2.99 (2nd)
1950 AL  3.07 (2nd)
Career  2.95 (5th)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 35 (695), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1098), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Milton Bradley (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Hisle (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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