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Ben Chapman

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Full name William Benjamin Chapman
Born December 25, 1908, Nashville, Tennessee
Died July 7, 1993, Hoover, Alabama
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama
First Game: April 15, 1930; Final Game: May 12, 1946
Managed First Game: June 30, 1945; Managed Final Game: July 15, 1948
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
Ejections as player: 1930 (1), 1931 (2), 1933 (3), 1934 (2), 1935 (2), 1936 (1), 1937 (2), 1938 (1), 1939 (2), 1941 (1). Total: 17
Ejections as manager: 1945 (1), 1946 (4), 1947 (4), 1948 (1). Total: 10
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Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1930 NY A Daily Splits 138 513 74 162 31 10 10 81 43 0 58 2 6 0 17 6 14 6 .316 .371 .474 1.4 1930 NY A 1931 NY A Daily Splits 149 600 120 189 28 11 17 122 75 1 77 5 6 0 23 11 61 23 .315 .396 .483 3.3 1931 NY A 1932 NY A Daily Splits 151 581 101 174 41 15 10 107 71 1 55 5 5 0 16 12 38 18 .299 .381 .473 1.8 1932 NY A 1933 NY A Daily Splits 147 565 112 176 36 4 9 98 72 2 45 4 10 0 17 9 27 18 .312 .393 .437 2.5 1933 NY A 1934 NY A Daily Splits 149 588 82 181 21 13 5 86 67 2 68 3 8 0 18 10 26 16 .308 .381 .413 0.9 1934 NY A 1935 NY A Daily Splits 140 553 118 160 38 8 8 74 61 1 39 1 14 0 13 11 17 10 .289 .361 .430 1.6 1935 NY A 1936 NY A Daily Splits 36 139 19 37 14 3 1 21 15 0 20 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 .266 .338 .432 -0.2 1936 NY A 1936 WAS A Daily Splits 97 401 91 133 36 7 4 60 69 4 18 1 1 0 3 2 19 7 .332 .431 .486 2.2 1936 WAS A 1936 TOT A 133 540 110 170 50 10 5 81 84 4 38 1 3 0 5 2 20 9 .315 .408 .472 2.0 1936 TOT A 1937 WAS A Daily Splits 35 130 23 34 7 1 0 12 26 0 7 0 0 0 5 5 8 0 .262 .385 .331 -0.3 1937 WAS A 1937 BOS A Daily Splits 113 423 76 130 23 11 7 57 57 1 35 1 6 0 13 10 27 12 .307 .391 .463 0.8 1937 BOS A 1937 TOT A 148 553 99 164 30 12 7 69 83 1 42 1 6 0 18 15 35 12 .297 .389 .432 0.5 1937 TOT A 1938 BOS A Daily Splits 127 480 92 163 40 8 6 80 65 1 33 0 8 0 12 14 13 6 .340 .418 .494 1.6 1938 BOS A 1939 CLE A Daily Splits 149 545 101 158 31 9 6 82 87 6 30 2 10 10 1 13 19 18 6 .290 .384 .413 0.1 1939 CLE A 1940 CLE A Daily Splits 143 548 82 157 40 6 4 50 78 2 45 2 3 0 16 19 13 7 .286 .377 .403 0.2 1940 CLE A 1941 WAS A Daily Splits 28 110 9 28 6 0 1 10 10 0 6 0 1 0 3 7 2 2 .255 .317 .336 -0.6 1941 WAS A 1941 CHI A Daily Splits 57 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 19 0 14 0 1 0 9 2 2 2 .226 .297 .316 -1.1 1941 CHI A 1941 TOT A 85 300 35 71 15 1 3 29 29 0 20 0 2 0 12 9 4 4 .237 .304 .323 -1.7 1941 TOT A 1944 BRO N Daily Splits 20 38 11 14 4 0 0 11 5 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 .368 .442 .474 0.0 1944 BRO N 1945 BRO N Daily Splits 13 22 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .136 .208 .136 0.0 1945 BRO N 1945 PHI N Daily Splits 24 51 4 16 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .314 .340 .353 -0.2 1945 PHI N 1945 TOT N 37 73 6 19 2 0 0 7 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .260 .299 .288 -0.2 1945 TOT N 1946 PHI N Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1946 PHI N Total NL ( 3 Years) 58 112 18 33 6 0 0 18 9 1 6 0 1 0 4 5 1 0 .295 .347 .348 -0.2 Total NL Total AL (12 Years) 1659 6366 1126 1925 401 107 90 959 815 21 550 26 81 10 1 180 137 286 135 .302 .383 .441 14.2 Total AL Total (15 Years) Splits 1717 6478 1144 1958 407 107 90 977 824 22 556 26 82 10 1 184 142 287 135 .302 .383 .440 14.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1932 NY A Daily Splits 4 17 1 5 2 0 0 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .294 .368 .412 1932 NY A

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 AL Daily Splits 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 1933 AL 1934 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 1934 AL 1935 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1935 AL 1936 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1936 AL Total ( 4 Years) Splits 4 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1944 BRO N Daily Splits 11 9 6 0 1 0 79.1 75 349 4 36 30 33 3 37 3 1 3 0 21 2 5 9 5 3 3.40 6.67 0.7 1944 BRO N 1945 BRO N Daily Splits 10 7 2 0 2 0 53.2 64 254 3 33 33 32 9 23 3 2 3 1 11 3 6 5 3 3 5.53 4.86 -0.7 1945 BRO N 1945 PHI N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 7 34 0 8 6 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.71 - -0.1 1945 PHI N 1945 TOT N 13 7 2 0 5 0 60.2 71 288 3 41 39 38 9 27 4 2 3 1 12 5 6 7 3 3 5.79 4.86 -0.8 1945 TOT N 1946 PHI N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.0 1946 PHI N Total ( 3 Years) Splits 25 16 8 0 7 0 141.1 147 642 7 77 69 71 12 65 7 3 6 1 33 7 12 16 8 6 4.39 5.88 -0.1 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1930 NY A Daily Splits 3B 91 91 88 805 100 149 24 11 0 .912 1930 NY A 2B 45 43 40 380 132 146 18 36 0 .939 1931 NY A Daily Splits OF 137 137 128 1226.2 300 14 12 1 0 .963 88 0 52 1931 NY A LF 88 87 80 776 211 12 10 1 0 .957 1931 NY A RF 52 50 48 450.2 92 2 2 0 0 .979 1931 NY A 2B 11 11 11 104.2 25 33 2 4 0 .967 1932 NY A Daily Splits OF 150 149 126 1339.2 303 13 17 2 0 .949 83 0 88 1932 NY A RF 88 68 65 640.1 129 5 5 0 0 .964 1932 NY A LF 83 81 61 699.1 170 8 13 2 0 .932 1933 NY A Daily Splits OF 147 147 138 1297 288 24 8 4 0 .975 75 0 78 1933 NY A RF 78 74 70 656.1 136 11 6 3 0 .961 1933 NY A LF 75 73 68 640.2 143 14 2 1 0 .987 1934 NY A Daily Splits OF 149 149 140 1320.1 368 12 13 2 0 .967 41 86 24 1934 NY A CF 86 85 78 751 234 6 9 0 0 .964 1934 NY A LF 41 41 41 373 97 3 2 1 0 .980 1934 NY A RF 24 23 21 196.1 42 2 2 1 0 .957 1935 NY A Daily Splits OF 138 138 134 1218 372 25 15 7 0 .964 0 138 0 1935 NY A CF 138 138 134 1218 374 25 15 7 0 .964 1936 NY A Daily Splits OF 36 36 33 318.2 106 3 4 0 0 .965 0 36 0 1936 NY A CF 36 36 33 318.2 108 3 4 0 0 .965 1936 WAS A Daily Splits OF 97 97 96 854.1 271 10 12 4 0 .959 0 97 0 1936 WAS A CF 97 97 96 854.1 273 10 11 4 0 .963 1936 TOT A CF 133 133 129 1173 381 13 15 4 0 .963 1936 TOT A OF 133 133 129 1173 377 13 16 4 0 .961 0 133 0 1937 WAS A Daily Splits OF 32 32 31 284.2 87 1 4 0 0 .957 0 32 0 1937 WAS A CF 32 32 31 284.2 85 1 4 0 0 .956 1937 BOS A Daily Splits OF 112 112 107 976.2 262 9 4 1 0 .985 2 11 100 1937 BOS A RF 100 100 95 869.2 221 7 3 1 0 .987 1937 BOS A CF 11 10 10 87 31 2 0 0 0 1.000 1937 BOS A LF 2 2 2 20 3 0 1 0 0 .750 1937 BOS A SS 1 1 1 8 2 1 1 0 0 .750 1937 TOT A CF 43 42 41 371.2 116 3 4 0 0 .967 1937 TOT A OF 144 144 138 1261.1 349 10 8 1 0 .978 2 43 100 1938 BOS A Daily Splits OF 126 125 119 1075.1 267 15 10 5 0 .966 1 0 125 1938 BOS A RF 125 125 119 1070.1 269 16 10 5 0 .966 1938 BOS A LF 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 1938 BOS A 3B 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1939 CLE A Daily Splits OF 146 145 137 1268.1 356 12 11 0 0 .971 2 133 13 1939 CLE A CF 133 131 127 1150.1 335 10 11 0 0 .969 1939 CLE A RF 13 13 9 105 20 3 1 0 0 .958 1939 CLE A LF 2 1 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1940 CLE A Daily Splits OF 140 139 132 1224 307 10 12 3 0 .964 62 20 60 1940 CLE A LF 62 61 58 538.2 124 1 8 0 0 .940 1940 CLE A RF 60 60 57 521 137 6 4 3 0 .973 1940 CLE A CF 20 18 17 164.1 41 1 0 0 0 1.000 1941 WAS A Daily Splits OF 26 26 26 236.2 54 3 1 1 0 .983 26 0 0 1941 WAS A LF 26 26 26 236.2 52 5 0 1 0 1.000 1941 CHI A Daily Splits OF 49 47 43 427.1 122 4 1 1 0 .992 21 23 6 1941 CHI A CF 23 21 20 192.2 58 3 0 1 0 1.000 1941 CHI A LF 21 21 18 185.2 47 1 1 0 0 .980 1941 CHI A RF 6 5 5 49 13 0 0 0 0 1.000 1941 TOT A LF 47 47 44 422.1 99 6 1 1 0 .991 1941 TOT A OF 75 73 69 664 176 7 2 2 0 .989 47 23 6 1944 BRO N Daily Splits P 11 9 6 79.1 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 .900 1945 BRO N Daily Splits P 10 7 2 53.2 2 13 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 .938 1945 PHI N Daily Splits OF 10 4 4 51.1 13 1 1 0 0 .933 2 6 2 1945 PHI N CF 6 4 4 39.1 12 0 1 0 0 .923 1945 PHI N 3B 4 2 2 29.2 2 6 2 1 0 .800 1945 PHI N P 3 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1945 PHI N LF 2 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1945 PHI N RF 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1945 TOT N P 13 7 2 60.2 2 14 1 1 0 1 4 2 0 .941 1946 PHI N Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total (12 Years) Splits OF 1495 1483 1394 13119 3476 156 125 31 0 .967 403 582 548 Total ( 8 Years) CF 582 572 550 5060.1 1551 61 55 12 0 .967 Total (10 Years) RF 548 518 489 4561.2 1060 52 33 13 0 .971 Total (10 Years) LF 403 393 355 3497 848 45 37 6 0 .960 Total ( 3 Years) 3B 96 93 90 838.2 102 156 26 12 0 .908 Total ( 2 Years) 2B 56 54 51 484.2 157 179 20 40 0 .944 Total ( 3 Years) P 25 16 8 141.2 5 20 2 1 0 1 6 5 0 .926 Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 1 1 8 2 1 1 0 0 .750 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1932 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 36 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 2 1932 NY A RF 2 2 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1932 NY A LF 2 2 2 18 2 1 0 0 0 1.000

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1933 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 1 1933 AL RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1933 AL LF 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1934 AL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1934 AL RF 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1935 AL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1935 AL LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1936 AL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 1936 AL CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 4 Years) Splits OF 4 1 0 17 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 2 Total ( 2 Years) RF 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) LF 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1945 PHI N 85 28 57 .329 272 442 6-30 8 8 1946 PHI N 155 69 85 .448 560 705 5 1947 PHI N 155 62 92 .403 589 687 7 1948 PHI N 79 37 42 .468 306 376 7-15 7 6 Total ( 4 Years) 474 196 276 .415 1727 2210 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1952 CIN N 4-15 9-28 Total ( 1 Year )

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 9-13-1930(2) BOX NY A Bill McGowan Call at 2B 8- 9-1931 BOX NY A Harry Geisel Called third strike 9-14-1931 BOX NY A Dick Nallin Called third strike 4-25-1933 BOX NY A George Moriarty Fighting 9- 7-1933 BOX NY A Brick Owens Balls and strikes 9-23-1933 BOX NY A Red Ormsby Call at 2B 6- 5-1934 BOX NY A Lou Kolls Bench jockeying 9-20-1934 BOX NY A Bill McGowan Call at 1B 7- 3-1935 BOX NY A Lou Kolls Balls and strikes 8-26-1935(2) BOX NY A Bill Dinneen Called third strike 5-19-1936 BOX NY A George Moriarty Bench jockeying 7-11-1937(2) BOX BOS A John Quinn Call at 2B (Threw equipment) 7-18-1937(2) BOX BOS A Lou Kolls Call at 2B 5- 5-1938 BOX BOS A Joe Rue Fighting 5-12-1939 BOX CLE A Steve Basil Called third strike 9-14-1939 BOX CLE A Bill Grieve Unknown reason 6-21-1941 BOX CHI A Ernie Stewart Balls and strikes

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 9-11-1945(1) BOX PHI N Larry Goetz Balls and strikes 4-23-1946 BOX PHI N Tom Dunn Balls and strikes 7- 2-1946 BOX PHI N Butch Henline Call at 3B (Threw equipment) 7-15-1946 BOX PHI N Dusty Boggess Check swing 8-16-1946 BOX PHI N Butch Henline Call at 1B 5-11-1947(2) BOX PHI N George Barr HBP call 6-15-1947 BOX PHI N Beans Reardon Balls and strikes 8- 9-1947 BOX PHI N George Barr Call at 2B 8-10-1947 BOX PHI N Lou Jorda Call at 1B 6-21-1948 BOX PHI N Artie Gore Call at 2B

Transaction Information

Traded by New York Yankees to Washington Senators in exchange for Jake Powell (June 14, 1936).

Traded by Washington Senators with Bobo Newsom to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Rick Ferrell, Wes Ferrell and Mel Almada (June 11, 1937).

Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Denny Galehouse and Tommy Irwin (December 15, 1938).

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Washington Senators in exchange for Joe Krakauskas (December 24, 1940).

Released by Washington Senators (May 26, 1941).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (May 29, 1941).

Released by Chicago White Sox (November 3, 1941).

Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Johnny Peacock (June 15, 1945).

Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 11, 1946).

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