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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
9	9	Apr 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	May 2	BOS		PHA	W,13-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 3	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
15	15	May 4	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 5	BOS		DET	L,5-7	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	21 (4)	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
18	22	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	23	May 14	BOS		WSH	W,10-9	CG	49	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	24	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	25	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	26	May 20	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	27	May 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	28	May 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
25	29	May 24	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	30	May 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	31	May 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	33	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	34	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	35	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	40 (4)	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,4-10	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	42	Jun 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	43	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	44	Jun 9	BOS		CLE	W,8-0	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	45	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-15	GS	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	46	Jun 12 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	47	Jun 12 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	48	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
41	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	52	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	53	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	54	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	55	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	56	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	57	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	58	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	59	Jun 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	60	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	61	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	62	Jun 30	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	63	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	64	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	65	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	66	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
59	67	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	68	Jul 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	69	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	70	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	71	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
64	72	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	73	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	74	Jul 15	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	75	Jul 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-8	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	76	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	82 (5)	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-8	CG	49	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	83	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	84	Jul 30	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	85	Jul 31 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
73	86	Jul 31 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-10	CG	0	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	87	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	88	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
76	89	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	90	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	91	Aug 6	BOS	@	DET	W,14-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	92	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
80	93	Aug 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	94	Aug 10	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	95	Aug 11	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	96	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	97	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	98	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	99	Aug 16	BOS		PHA	L,11-14	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	100	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	101	Aug 17 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	102	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	103	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	114 (10)	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,19-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
92	115	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	116	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	117	Aug 29	BOS		DET	L,1-15	CG	53	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
95	118	Aug 30	BOS		SLB	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	119	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	120	Sep 1	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	121	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	122	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	123	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,11-12	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
101	124	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	125	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	126	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	127	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	128	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,11-4	CG	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	129	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
107	130	Sep 9	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	131	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	L,7-15	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	132	Sep 11	BOS		PHA	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	133	Sep 13	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	134	Sep 14	BOS	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	135	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	136	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
114	137	Sep 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	138	Sep 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	139	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	140	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	141	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
119	142	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	143	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	144	Sep 25 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	T,2-2	CG	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	145	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
123	146	Sep 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	147	Sep 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	148	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	149	Oct 1	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							127gm		3.0	222	18	10	250	5