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Ben Chapman

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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