Ben Chapman

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: December 25, 1908 in Nashville, TN us

Died: July 7, 1993 in Hoover, AL

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL

High School: Phillips HS (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: April 15, 1930 (Age 21-111d, 7,048th in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 12, 1946 (Age 37-138d)
vs. BRO 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: William Benjamin Chapman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

6478

1958

.302

1144

RBI

977

287

OBP

.383

SLG

.440

OPS

.823

OPS+

114

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

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	57	11.1	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 18	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,8-14	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 21	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	20 (8)	May 6	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
13	21	May 7	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	22	May 8	WSH	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	23	May 10	WSH		PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	24	May 11	WSH		PHA	L,8-10	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	25	May 12	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	26	May 13	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	27	May 14	WSH		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	28	May 15	WSH		SLB	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	29	May 16	WSH		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	30	May 17	WSH		SLB	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	31	May 18	WSH		CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	32	May 19	WSH		CHW	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	33	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	34	May 21	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Chicago White Sox
27	49	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	50	Jun 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	51	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	52	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	53	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	56 (2)	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	GF	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	59 (2)	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-11	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	60	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	61	Jun 22 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	62	Jun 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	47	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	61	15.2	5	0	0	5	0
39	65	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	66	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	68	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	69	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	70	Jul 2	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	71	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	89 (16)	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	92	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	93	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	94	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	104 (9)	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	105	Aug 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	106	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	107	Aug 10 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
57	129 (21)	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	131	Aug 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	132	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-12	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
61	133	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	136	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	137	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	146 (8)	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	148 (1)	Sep 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	149	Sep 20	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	150	Sep 21 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	151	Sep 21 (2)	CHW		DET	T,1-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
71	152	Sep 22	CHW		DET	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	153	Sep 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	154	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	155	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	156	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							76gm			149	9	1	159	2