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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	L,5-19	CG	53	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 22	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
9	9	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
13	13	Apr 30	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-13	CG	46	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
15	15	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,1-15	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 3	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
17	17	May 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,17-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	13.1	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 10	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
22	22	May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	23	May 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 14	PHA		SLB	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
26	26	May 15	PHA		DET	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 16	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 17	PHA		DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
29	29	May 18	PHA		CLE	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	30	May 19	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
31	31	May 20	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 21	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 22	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 24 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 24 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	May 25	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	37	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	May 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	16.0	9	1	0	10	1
40	40	May 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	43 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	44	Jun 1 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	45	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	46	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	47	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	48	Jun 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	49	Jun 8 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	50	Jun 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	51	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	52	Jun 11	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	53	Jun 12	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	54	Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	55	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	56	Jun 17	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	67 (10)	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-13	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	68	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	69	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	70	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	71	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	72	Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	73	Jul 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	74	Jul 6 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	75	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
65	76	Jul 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	77	Jul 13	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	78	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	79	Jul 15	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	80	Jul 16	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	81	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
71	82	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	83	Jul 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	84	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	85	Jul 20 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	86	Jul 20 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	49	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	87	Jul 22	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	88	Jul 23	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	89	Jul 24	PHA		SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	90	Jul 25	PHA		DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	91	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	92	Jul 27 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	93	Jul 27 (2)	PHA		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	94	Jul 29	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	95	Jul 30	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	96	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	97	Aug 2	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	98	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
88	99	Aug 3 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	100	Aug 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
90	101	Aug 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	102	Aug 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	103	Aug 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
93	104	Aug 8	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	105	Aug 9	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
95	106	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	107	Aug 10 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
97	108	Aug 12	PHA		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	109	Aug 13	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	110	Aug 14 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,8-11	CG	53	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	111	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	112	Aug 16	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
102	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
103	114	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
104	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	117	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	118	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	119	Aug 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	120	Aug 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	121	Aug 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	122	Aug 24	PHA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	123	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	124	Aug 26 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	125	Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	126	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	127	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	128	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	129	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	130	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,11-13	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	131	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	132	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
122	133	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	134	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
124	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
126	137	Sep 9	PHA		CLE	L,7-13	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	138	Sep 10	PHA		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
128	139	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
129	140	Sep 12	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
130	141	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
131	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
132	143	Sep 14 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
133	144	Sep 15	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	48	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	145	Sep 16	PHA		SLB	L,8-9	CG	53	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	146	Sep 17	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
136	147	Sep 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	148	Sep 21 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	150 (1)	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	151	Sep 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
140	152	Sep 27	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	153	Sep 28 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,11-12	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							141gm			364	21	15	400	5