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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-28 / in Starts: 4-9
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 77 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	39 (20-16-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 77 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
J Dantonio	1
H Schultz	1
B White	1
B Mott	1
J Antonelli	1
R Monteagudo	1
N Picciuto	1
E Basinski	0

Most Driven In By
G Rosen	1
J Wasdell	1
T Daniels	1
A Galan	1
A Seminick	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1680	2 (1)	Apr 18	BRO		PHI	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.99	-0.025	2.82	-0.04%	-0.23	P
2	1681	5 (2)	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.71	-0.127	4.69	-0.21%	-1.16	P
3	1682	9 (3)	Apr 28	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.56	-0.074	3.46	-0.10%	-0.59	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	1683	14 (4)	May 6 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	1684	24 (9)	May 18	BRO		CHC	W,15-12	2-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.09	-0.055	3.99	-0.12%	-0.39	P
6	1685	26 (1)	May 20 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	1686	29 (2)	May 24	BRO	@	STL	L,5-7	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.55	-0.036	5.03	-0.07%	-0.37	P
8	1687	35 (5)	May 29	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.32	-0.015	.81	-0.02%	-0.43	P
9	1688	36	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-13	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.37	-0.010	1.12	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1689	39 (2)	Jun 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-6	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	8	4.44	-0.113	13.31	-0.20%	-0.43	PH
11	1690	41 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.158	.059	.217	9	1.98	-0.083	5.07	-0.13%	-0.17	P
12	1691	42	Jun 5	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	5.70	0.355	17.48	0.65%	1.73	PH
13	1692	45 (2)	Jun 9	BRO		PHI	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	9	.33	0.019	.79	0.03%	-0.24	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Phillies
14	1693	75	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,0-13	0-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.160	.222	.160	.382	2						3B
15	1694	79 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,6-12	0-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.185	.241	.222	.464	9						P
16	1695	93 (13)	Jul 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.241	.222	.464	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	1696	98 (4)	Aug 5 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-14	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.226	.207	.433	2	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH 3B
18	1697	99	Aug 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG(13)	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.270	.235	.506	2	1.51	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.17	3B
19	1698	100	Aug 8 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.289	.257	.547	1	.41	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
20	1699	105 (4)	Aug 12 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.250	.532	9	4.62	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
21	1700	106	Aug 12 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,6-12	4-GF	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.279	.250	.529	4	.60	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.18	LF
22	1701	117 (10)	Aug 25	PHI		BSN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.220	.273	.244	.517	9	4.64	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-0.89	PH
23	1702	118	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.238	.505	9	2.56	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
24	1703	122 (3)	Aug 28	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.265	.239	.504	1	.76	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.12	3B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	1704	133 (10)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.260	.234	.494	9	.46	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
26	1705	134	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.208	.255	.229	.484	2	.63	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.52	PH RF
27	1706	135	Sep 9 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.204	.250	.224	.474	8						PH
28	1707	136	Sep 9 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.250	.224	.474	7						RF
29	1708	142 (5)	Sep 14 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-6	0-GF(6)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.216	.259	.255	.514	2						CF
30	1709	143	Sep 15	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.276	.273	.549	2	.83	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.24	CF
31	1710	144	Sep 16 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.288	.286	.574	1	4.78	0.386	.00	0.00%	1.12	PH
32	1711	145	Sep 16 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.298	.598	5	.08	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
33	1712	146	Sep 17	PHI	@	STL	L,3-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.295	.293	.588	2	.43	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.45	CF
34	1713	147	Sep 19	PHI		BSN	L,0-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.254	.288	.286	.574	2	.70	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.04	CF
35	1714	148	Sep 21 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.271	.269	.540	2	1.44	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-0.71	CF
36	1715	149	Sep 21 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-11	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.278	.558	2	.59	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.96	CF
37	1716	154 (4)	Sep 30	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	6-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.299	.288	.586	5	.97	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.76	PH LF
							9-28		77	73	6	19	2	0	0	7	4	0	2	0	0		1	5	0	0	.260	.299	.288	.586		1.21	-0.300	1.31	-0.23%	-2.83

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