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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
6	6	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,11-9	CG	49	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	13	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
16	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	19	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 12	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,18-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	GS	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	32	May 27	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 28	CLE		DET	L,5-8	GS	23	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	44 (7)	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
39	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	48	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	49	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	50	Jun 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	51	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	52	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	53	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	54	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	55	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	56	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	57	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	58	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	59	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	61	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	62	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	63	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	64	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	65	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	66	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	67	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	68	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	69	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
63	70	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	73	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	74	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	75	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
69	76	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	77	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	78	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	4	0	0	4	0
72	79	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	80	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	81	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	50	12.1	0	0	0	0	0
75	82	Jul 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	83	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-15	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	84	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	85	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	86	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	87	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
81	88	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
82	89	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	90	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	91	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
85	92	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	93	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	94	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	95	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	96	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	97	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
91	98	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	99	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	101	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	102	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	103	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
97	104	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	109 (4)	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
99	110	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	112	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	113	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	114	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	115	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	T,2-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	GS	29	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-15	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
109	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
111	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	123	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	2	0	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	127	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	128	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	130	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	131	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	132	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	133	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	134	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	136	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	137	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	138	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
128	139	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	141 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	145 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	146	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	148	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	149	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
135	150	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
136	151	Sep 24	CLE		SLB	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
137	152	Sep 25	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
138	153	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
139	154	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	155	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
							142gm			302	8	12	322	3