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Ben Chapman
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Birthdate: 12/25/1908 Died: 7/7/1993
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 190 lbs. Place of Birth: Nashville, TN, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

New York Yankees 'Here's one of the trickiest ball players in both leagues. For three years running now, Ben Chapman has led the American League in base stealing. Last year he ran up a record of 27 stolen bases out of 176 tries; not quite so good as 1932 when he made 38 out of 174, but still good enough to put him on top. 'William Ben Chapman, to give him his full name, was born in Nashville, Tenn., on Christmas day, 1908. He started professional baseball in 1928. After playing around the infield for four seasons he finally settled in outfield, where he now plays. He began regular playing with the Yankees in 1930. He is almost 6 feet tall and weighs around 175 pounds. Note: Chapman had 27 stolen bases and lined 176 hits in 1933... he was caught stealing 16 times... baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1944 BRO (NL) 11 9 5 3 0 6 0 79.1 75 36 30 4 33 0 37 1 3 0 3.40
1945 BRO (NL) 10 7 3 3 0 2 0 53.2 64 33 33 3 32 0 23 2 3 0 5.53
1945 PHI (NL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 8 6 0 6 0 4 0 0 1 7.71
1946 PHI (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
19 years   25 16 8 6 0 8 0 141.0 147 77 69 7 71 0 65 3 6 1 4.40
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1930 NYY (AL) 138 513 74 162 31 10 10 81 43 58 14 6 0 2 6 0 .316 .371 SLG
1931 NYY (AL) 149 600 120 189 28 11 17 122 75 77 61 23 0 5 6 0 .315 .396 SLG
1932 NYY (AL) 151 581 101 174 41 15 10 107 71 55 38 18 0 5 5 0 .299 .381 SLG
1933 NYY (AL) 147 565 112 176 36 4 9 98 72 45 27 18 0 4 10 0 .312 .393 SLG
1934 NYY (AL) 149 588 82 181 21 13 5 86 67 68 26 16 0 3 8 0 .308 .381 SLG
1935 NYY (AL) 140 553 118 160 38 8 8 74 61 39 17 10 0 1 14 0 .289 .361 SLG
1936 NYY (AL) 36 139 19 37 14 3 1 21 15 20 1 2 0 0 2 0 .266 .338 SLG
1936 WSH (AL) 97 401 91 133 36 7 4 60 69 18 19 7 0 1 1 0 .332 .431 SLG
1937 BOS (AL) 113 423 76 130 23 11 7 57 57 35 27 12 0 1 6 0 .307 .391 SLG
1937 WSH (AL) 35 130 23 34 7 1 0 12 26 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .385 SLG
1938 BOS (AL) 127 480 92 163 40 8 6 80 65 33 13 6 0 0 8 0 .340 .418 SLG
1939 CLE (AL) 149 545 101 158 31 9 6 82 87 30 18 6 0 2 20 0 .290 .390 SLG
1940 CLE (AL) 143 548 82 157 40 6 4 50 78 45 13 7 0 2 3 0 .286 .377 SLG
1941 CHW (AL) 57 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 19 14 2 2 0 0 1 0 .226 .297 SLG
1941 WSH (AL) 28 110 9 28 6 0 1 10 10 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 .255 .317 SLG
1944 BRO (NL) 20 38 11 14 4 0 0 11 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .368 .442 SLG
1945 BRO (NL) 13 22 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 .208 SLG
1945 PHI (NL) 24 51 4 16 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 .340 SLG
1946 PHI (NL) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
19 years   1717 6478 1144 1958 407 107 90 977 824 556 287 135 0 26 92 0 .302 .383 .SLG



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