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.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	62	14.2	5	1	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
4	4	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	4	3	1	8	0
7	7	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
11	11	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,1-10	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	13	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 4	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 6	NYY		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
18	18	May 9	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
19	19	May 10	NYY		DET	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 11	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 12	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	22	May 13	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	23	May 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	24	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
25	25	May 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	27	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	50	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
28	28	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 22 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	30	May 22 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,20-13	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 24 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	32	May 24 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	33	May 25	NYY		PHA	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
34	34	May 26	NYY		WSH	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
35	35	May 27	NYY		WSH	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
39	39	May 31	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	1	3	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 8	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
48	48	Jun 12	NYY	@	DET	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYY	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	54	Jun 20	NYY		DET	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
55	55	Jun 21	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
56	56	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
57	57	Jun 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,15-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
59	59	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,6-10	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	61	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 26	NYY		CLE	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jun 27	NYY		CLE	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
64	64	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	65	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,14-2	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	66	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	67	Jun 30	NYY		CHW	W,15-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
69	69	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-15	CG	49	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
70	70	Jul 3	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
74	74	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	0	3	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 9	NYY		PHA	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 10	NYY		PHA	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
79	79	Jul 12 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 12 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	48	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
82	82	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	50	8.2	0	2	1	3	0
83	83	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	84	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	85	Jul 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-14	CG	47	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
88	89 (1)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
89	90	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	91	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	0	1	1	2	0
91	92	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	46	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
92	96 (3)	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	GF	19	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	98 (1)	Jul 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	57	11.0	7	3	1	11	1
94	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	100	Jul 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	10.0	4	6	0	10	2
96	101	Jul 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
97	102	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-13	CG	54	9.0	5	5	2	12	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	111 (8)	Aug 8	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	117 (5)	Aug 14	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
100	118	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	GF	0	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	119	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-6	CG	26	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
102	120	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
103	121	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	122	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	3	5	0	8	0
105	123	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
106	124	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
107	125	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
108	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
109	127	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	3	4	1	8	2
110	128	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	2	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	129	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
112	130	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
113	131	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
114	132	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
115	133	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	L,5-14	CG	50	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
116	134	Sep 6	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
117	135	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
118	136	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	6	0	13	3
119	137	Sep 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	7	4	0	11	0
120	138	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	139	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
122	140	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	4	2	9	1
123	141	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,10-11	CG	43	8.2	2	4	0	6	1
124	142	Sep 13 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-9	GS	23	4.1	0	0	1	1	0
125	143	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
126	144	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
127	145	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,19-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
128	146	Sep 17	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	3
129	147	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	1	3	1	5	0
130	148	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
131	149	Sep 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-10	CG	46	8.0	3	6	1	10	1
132	150	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-15	CG	0	8.0	2	3	2	7	1
133	151	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-13	CG	35	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
134	152	Sep 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	3	2	0	5	0
135	153	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
136	154	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
							136gm		1179.0	232	295	42	569	47