Ben Chapman Stats

Ben Chapman was born on Friday, December 25, 1908, in Nashville, Tennessee. Chapman was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1930, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ben Chapman baseball stats page.
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Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#2)

Ben Chapman Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#2)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   William Benjamin Chapman
Nickname:   Ben or Chappy
Born On:   12-25-1908
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Nashville, Tennessee
Zodiac:   Capricorn
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-07-1993
Place of Death Data Died In:   Hoover, Alabama
Cemetery:   Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-15-1930 (Age 21)
Last Game:   05-12-1946
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1944 Dodgers 11 9 1 5 3 .625 3.40 6 0 0 79.1 349 75 30 36 4 33 - 37 1 3 0 -
1945 Dodgers 10 7 2 3 3 .500 5.53 2 0 0 53.2 254 64 33 33 3 32 - 23 2 3 0 -
1945 Phillies 3 0 3 0 0 .000 7.71 0 0 0 7.0 34 7 6 8 0 6 - 4 0 0 1 -
1946 Phillies 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 5 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
3 Years 25 16 7 8 6 .571 4.40 8 0 0 141.0 642 147 69 77 7 71 - 65 3 6 1 -
Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1930 Yankees 138 513 74 162 31 10 10 0 81 43 - 58 6 - 2 - .316 .371 .474
1931 Yankees 149 600 120 189 28 11 17 0 122 75 - 77 6 - 5 - .315 .396 .483
1932 Yankees 151 581 101 174 41 15 10 0 107 71 - 55 5 - 5 - .299 .381 .473
1933 Yankees 147 565 112 176 36 4 9 0 98 72 - 45 10 - 4 - .312 .393 .437
1934 Yankees 149 588 82 181 21 13 5 0 86 67 - 68 8 - 3 - .308 .381 .413
1935 Yankees 140 553 118 160 38 8 8 0 74 61 - 39 14 - 1 - .289 .361 .430
1936 Yankees 36 139 19 37 14 3 1 0 21 15 - 20 2 - 0 - .266 .338 .432
1936 Senators 97 401 91 133 36 7 4 0 60 69 - 18 1 - 1 - .332 .431 .486
1937 Senators 35 130 23 34 7 1 0 0 12 26 - 7 0 - 0 - .262 .385 .331
1937 Red Sox 113 423 76 130 23 11 7 1 57 57 - 35 6 - 1 - .307 .391 .463
1938 Red Sox 127 480 92 163 40 8 6 0 80 65 - 33 8 - 0 - .340 .418 .494
1939 Indians 149 545 101 158 31 9 6 0 82 87 - 30 20 - 2 19 .290 .390 .413
1940 Indians 143 548 82 157 40 6 4 0 50 78 - 45 3 - 2 19 .286 .377 .403
1941 Senators 28 110 9 28 6 0 1 0 10 10 - 6 1 - 0 7 .255 .317 .336
1941 White Sox 57 190 26 43 9 1 2 1 19 19 - 14 1 - 0 2 .226 .297 .316
1944 Dodgers 20 38 11 14 4 0 0 0 11 5 - 4 1 - 0 0 .368 .442 .474
1945 Dodgers 13 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 - 1 0 - 0 1 .136 .208 .136
1945 Phillies 24 51 4 16 2 0 0 0 4 2 - 1 0 - 0 4 .314 .340 .353
1946 Phillies 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 1,717 6,478 1,144 1,958 407 107 90 2 977 824 - 556 92 - 26 52 .302 .383 .440
Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1930 Yankees 2B 45 - - 296 6.6 278 132 146 18 36 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00 -
1930 Yankees 3B 91 - - 273 3.0 249 100 149 24 11 n/a n/a n/a .912 0.00 -
1931 Yankees 2B 11 - - 60 5.5 58 25 33 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1931 Yankees OF 137 - - 326 2.4 314 300 14 12 1 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1932 Yankees OF 150 - - 333 2.2 316 303 13 17 2 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1933 Yankees OF 147 - - 320 2.2 312 288 24 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1934 Yankees OF 149 - - 393 2.6 380 368 12 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1935 Yankees CF 138 - - 412 3.0 397 372 25 15 7 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1936 Yankees CF 36 - - 113 3.1 109 106 3 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1936 Senators CF 97 - - 293 3.0 281 271 10 12 4 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 -
1937 Senators CF 32 - - 92 2.9 88 87 1 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1937 Red Sox OF 112 - - 275 2.5 271 262 9 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1937 Red Sox SS 1 - - 4 4.0 3 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1938 Red Sox 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1938 Red Sox OF 126 - - 292 2.3 282 267 15 10 5 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1939 Indians OF 146 - - 379 2.6 368 356 12 11 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
1940 Indians OF 140 - - 329 2.4 317 307 10 12 3 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1941 Senators LF 26 - - 58 2.2 57 54 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1941 White Sox OF 49 - - 127 2.6 126 122 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00 -
1944 Dodgers P 11 9 238 10 0.9 9 3 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.02 -
1945 Dodgers P 10 7 161 16 1.6 15 2 13 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.52 -
1945 Phillies 3B 4 - - 10 2.5 8 2 6 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1945 Phillies OF 10 - - 15 1.5 14 13 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1945 Phillies P 3 0 21 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29 -
1946 Phillies P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 1,166 0 0 2,789 2.4 2,700 2,586 114 89 19 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 --
CF Totals 303 0 0 910 3.0 875 836 39 35 11 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 --
3B Totals 96 0 0 284 3.0 258 102 156 26 12 n/a n/a n/a .908 0.00 --
2B Totals 56 0 0 356 6.4 336 157 179 20 40 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00 --
LF Totals 26 0 0 58 2.2 57 54 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 --
P Totals 25 16 423 27 1.1 25 5 20 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .926 1.60 --
SS Totals 1 0 0 4 4.0 3 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 --
15 Years 1,673 16 423 4,428 2.6 4,254 3,742 512 174 84 n/a n/a n/a .961 271.53 --
Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1930 Yankees 14 6 .700 - - n/a 51.3 8.8 6.3 - - -
1931 Yankees 61 23 .726 - - n/a 35.3 7.8 4.9 - - -
1932 Yankees 38 18 .679 - - n/a 58.1 10.6 5.4 - - -
1933 Yankees 27 18 .600 - - n/a 62.8 12.6 5.8 - - -
1934 Yankees 26 16 .619 - - n/a 117.6 8.6 6.8 - - -
1935 Yankees 17 10 .630 - - n/a 69.1 14.2 7.5 - - -
1936 Yankees 1 2 .333 - - n/a 139.0 7.0 6.6 - - -
1936 Senators 19 7 .731 - - n/a 100.3 22.3 6.7 - - -
1937 Senators 8 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 18.6 10.8 - - -
1937 Red Sox 27 12 .692 - - n/a 60.4 12.1 7.4 - - -
1938 Red Sox 13 6 .684 - - n/a 80.0 14.5 6.0 - - -
1939 Indians 18 6 .750 - - n/a 90.8 18.2 6.6 - - -
1940 Indians 13 7 .650 - - n/a 137.0 12.2 11.0 - - -
1941 Senators 2 2 .500 - - n/a 110.0 18.3 11.0 - - -
1941 White Sox 2 2 .500 - - n/a 95.0 13.6 10.0 - - -
1944 Dodgers 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 9.5 3.5 1.12 4.20 3.74
1945 Dodgers 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 22.0 7.3 0.72 3.86 5.37
1945 Phillies 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 51.0 12.8 0.67 5.14 7.71
1946 Phillies 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 9.00 0.00
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 287 135 .680 - - n/a 72.0 11.7 6.6 0.92 4.15 4.53
Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1930 New York Yankees 7 Undetermined n/a -
1931 New York Yankees 7 Undetermined n/a -
1932 New York Yankees 6 Undetermined n/a Stats
1933 New York Yankees 6 Undetermined Stats -
1934 New York Yankees 7 Undetermined Stats -
1935 New York Yankees 7 Undetermined Stats -
1936 New York Yankees 7 Undetermined Stats -
1936 Washington Senators 4 Undetermined Stats -
1937 Washington Senators 4 Undetermined - -
1937 Boston Red Sox 1 Undetermined - -
1938 Boston Red Sox 9 Undetermined - -
1939 Cleveland Indians 2, 11 Undetermined - -
1940 Cleveland Indians 44, 11 Undetermined - -
1941 Washington Senators 4 Undetermined - -
1941 Chicago White Sox 45 Undetermined - -
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers 5 Undetermined - -
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers 5 Undetermined n/a -
1945 Philadelphia Phillies 34 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Philadelphia Phillies 7 Undetermined - -




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