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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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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

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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 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 (1001st)

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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  1. Bobby Higginson (945)
  2. Hank Bauer (941)
  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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  1. Mel Hall (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

May 10, 1951: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Allie Clark and Lou Klein.

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