Sam Chapman

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: April 11, 1916 in Tiburon, CA us

Died: December 22, 2006 in Kentfield, CA

High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)

School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: May 16, 1938 (Age 22-035d, 8,486th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1951 (Age 35-164d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Samuel Blake Chapman

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.2

4988

1329

180

.266

754

RBI

773

OBP

.343

SLG

.438

OPS

.780

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	29	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	7	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	8	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	9	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	10	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
13	13	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,8-12	CG	63	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	2	0	1	3	0	CF
16	20 (4)	May 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	21	May 9	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians
18	20	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	21	May 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	22	May 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
21	23	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	25	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	26	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	27	May 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	28	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	29	May 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
28	30	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	31	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,16-0	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	32	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	35 (2)	May 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF RF
32	36	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	37	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	38	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	39	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40	Jun 1	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	41	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
38	42	Jun 3 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
39	44 (1)	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
40	45	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
41	46	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	47	Jun 7	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	48	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
44	49	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	52 (2)	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
46	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	54	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
48	56 (1)	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	57	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
51	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	45	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF CF
55	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	64	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	65	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	66	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,4-1	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	67	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	69	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
62	70	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	71	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
65	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	76 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	77	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	78	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	79	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	80	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	81	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	82	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	83	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
75	84	Jul 17	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
76	86 (1)	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	88 (1)	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
78	89	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	90	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	93 (2)	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
81	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	70	15.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	113 (16)	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
85	114	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
86	116 (1)	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	GF	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
87	117	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
88	118	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
89	119	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
90	120	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	125 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	126	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
93	127	Aug 28	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	128	Aug 29	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	138 (9)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
96	139	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
97	144 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	145	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GF	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
99	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
100	148 (1)	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
101	149	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-2	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
102	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							107gm		728.2	176	3	4	183	2