Sam Chapman

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: April 11, 1916 in Tiburon, CA us

Died: December 22, 2006 in Kentfield, CA

High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)

School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: May 16, 1938 (Age 22-035d, 8,486th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1951 (Age 35-164d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Samuel Blake Chapman

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.2

4988

1329

180

.266

754

RBI

773

OBP

.343

SLG

.438

OPS

.780

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 23	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
2	5	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	6	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (6)	May 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	14	May 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	15	May 7	PHA	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	16	May 8	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	17	May 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	18	May 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	19	May 14	PHA		NYY	L,0-10	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	20	May 15	PHA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	21	May 16	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	22	May 18	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	23	May 19	PHA		DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	24	May 20	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	25	May 21	PHA		SLB	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	26	May 22	PHA		SLB	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
18	27	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	28	May 24	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	29	May 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	30	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
22	31	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	32	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	33	May 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	34	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	35	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	36	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	37	Jun 3 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	38	Jun 3 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	39	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,9-14	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	40	Jun 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	41	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	42	Jun 6	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	43	Jun 7	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
35	44	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	45	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
37	46	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	47	Jun 11 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	48	Jun 11 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	49	Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	50	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
42	51	Jun 17	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
43	52	Jun 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	14	1	2	17	2
44	53	Jun 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
45	54	Jun 20	PHA		DET	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
46	55	Jun 22	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
47	56	Jun 23	PHA		CLE	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
48	57	Jun 24	PHA		CLE	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
49	58	Jun 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
50	59	Jun 25 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	60	Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
52	61	Jun 28 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-23	CG	61	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
53	62	Jun 28 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-10	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	63	Jun 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	64	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
56	65	Jul 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
57	66	Jul 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-13	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	67	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,7-17	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	68	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,12-18	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	69	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
61	70	Jul 6	PHA		WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	71	Jul 8 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	72	Jul 8 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	73	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	74	Jul 9 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
66	75	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	76	Jul 14	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	77	Jul 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	78	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-13	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	81 (2)	Jul 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
71	82	Jul 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	83	Jul 21	PHA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
73	84	Jul 22 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	2	0	1	3	0
74	85	Jul 22 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,10-11	GS	37	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	86	Jul 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-16	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	88 (1)	Jul 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	92 (3)	Jul 30 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	93	Aug 1	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	94	Aug 2 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	95	Aug 2 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	96	Aug 3	PHA		CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	97	Aug 4	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	99 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	100	Aug 6 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
85	102 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	103	Aug 9 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
87	105 (1)	Aug 11	PHA		NYY	L,5-9	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
88	107 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	108	Aug 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-21	CG	55	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	109	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	110	Aug 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	111	Aug 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	112	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	113	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	114	Aug 22	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
96	115	Aug 23	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	116	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	117	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-17	GS	52	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	118	Aug 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
100	119	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	120	Aug 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
102	121	Aug 28	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
103	122	Aug 30 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	123	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	124	Aug 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	125	Sep 2	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	126	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
108	127	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
109	128	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	129	Sep 6	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	130	Sep 7	PHA		WSH	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	131	Sep 8	PHA		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
113	132	Sep 9	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	133	Sep 10 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	134	Sep 10 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	135	Sep 11	PHA		BOS	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	136	Sep 12	PHA		SLB	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	137	Sep 13	PHA		SLB	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	138	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	139	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	140	Sep 16	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	49	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	141	Sep 17 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	142	Sep 17 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,5-18	GS	39	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
124	143	Sep 18	PHA		CLE	L,4-9	GS	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
125	144	Sep 19	PHA		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	145	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	51	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	146	Sep 21	PHA		DET	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	147	Sep 22	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
129	148	Sep 23	PHA	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
130	149	Sep 24	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
131	150	Sep 26	PHA	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	151	Sep 28 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	152	Sep 28 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	153	Sep 30	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							136gm		137.0	493	15	21	529	8