Sam Chapman Trades and Transactions

The Sam Chapman trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Sam Chapman has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I bought some new spikes and joined the team. I was planning on meeting Mr. Mack and being assigned to the minors, but he said, 'You're my left-handed outfielder from California.' I said, 'No, sir, I'm your new right-handed shortstop.' But he said, 'You're playing outfield today.' The first ball that was hit to me was a routine fly that I lost because I was fooling around with the new flip-down glasses they had given me, and when I picked up the ball I was so nervous I threw it into the stands. I thought that would be my last day ever in the majors, but when I got back to the dugout, Mr. Mack said, 'Don't worry, Sam; it shows you have a good arm.'" - Sam Chapman in the San Francisco Chronicle (Dwight Chapin, 12/30/2006)

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Sam Chapman

Sam Chapman Autograph on a Play Ball Reprint (#44)

Sam Chapman Autograph on a Play Ball Reprint (#44)
 

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Birth Name:   Samuel Blake Chapman
Nickname:   Sam or The Tiburon Terror
Born On:   04-11-1916  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Tiburon, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-22-2006
Place of Death Data Died In:   Kentfield, California
Cemetery:   Undetermined
High School:   Tamalpais High School (Mill Valley, CA)
College:   University of California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   05-16-1938 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-22-1951
Draft:   Not Applicable
Sam Chapman

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1938: Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics.
05-10-1951: Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians for Allie Clark and Lou Klein.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Sam Chapman trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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