#96 Ben Chapman, Third Base, 31 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates

#96 Ben Chapman, Third Base, 31 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates
Monday, 10/23/1940

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Ben Chapman

12/25/1908
31
USA,TN,NASHVILLE
6"0
195

Third Base
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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 13,405,600
1943
11 Year(s), 0 Days (1892 total Days)
172 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 0 Days (1892 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	79	92	44	51	85
Versus LHP	86	95	44	53	86
Versus RHP	76	91	44	50	84
Talent	8	8	5	5	7

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3
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4
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
2B : 1 (Range), .937 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 2 (Range), .933 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/19	PHI	L 2-5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	#4
9/20	@BSN	W 4-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/21	@BSN	L 3-11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/23	CIN	L 6-9	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	#5
9/24	CIN	L 0-3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#4
9/26	@SLN	L 3-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#4
9/27	CHN	W 11-5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/29	@CHN	L 2-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/30	@CIN	W 13-5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	#4
10/1	NY1	W 3-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2

Batting Stats 1940

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	155	569	150	41	9	10	80	90	74	53	.264	.347	.420	.767	.738	.156
Projected	155	569	150	41	9	10	80	90	74	53	.264	.347	.420	.767	.738	.156

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	148	649	1	2	0	15	1	4	239	60	10	5	66.7	87.2	5.3

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	145	54	16	1	1	28	25	20	12	3	0	0	.372	.440	.517	.958
vs. RHP	424	96	25	8	9	52	65	54	41	1	1	1	.226	.315	.387	.701
Close/Late	55	15	5	1	0	9	6	9	3	2	0	0	.273	.364	.400	.764
Scoring Position	155	47	10	3	1	63	0	20	15	4	1	0	.303	.372	.426	.798
Pinch Hitting	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	79	260	64	23	2	3	25	44	42	25	.246	.350	.385	.734
Road	76	309	86	18	7	7	55	46	32	28	.278	.344	.450	.794
March/April	26	88	18	6	1	1	11	15	14	10	.205	.311	.330	.640
May	27	96	24	7	1	1	10	17	16	9	.250	.360	.375	.735
June	24	87	20	4	1	0	12	9	13	7	.230	.327	.299	.626
July	25	103	30	6	2	1	11	18	6	8	.291	.330	.417	.748
August	27	98	33	10	2	4	24	19	18	10	.337	.432	.602	1.034
Sept/Oct	26	97	25	8	2	3	12	12	7	9	.258	.308	.474	.782

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1930	146	534	150	34	12	15	86	91	53	1	4	46	15	5	.281	.345	.474	.818	NYA WS1 SFN
1931	152	571	159	34	11	21	107	91	63	2	4	46	15	4	.278	.350	.487	.837	SFN
1932	152	597	175	37	7	22	105	101	58	1	3	46	12	14	.293	.355	.489	.844	SFN,NL
1933	153	567	188	49	13	14	122	100	54	1	6	36	10	6	.332	.387	.538	.925	SFN,NL
1934	156	595	167	37	10	12	82	92	55	1	2	39	16	10	.281	.342	.437	.778	SFN,NL
1935	151	534	172	45	12	16	97	97	68	1	4	42	13	11	.322	.397	.541	.938	SFN,NL
1936	153	592	158	44	14	12	85	98	69	2	3	52	13	13	.267	.344	.449	.793	NYA
1937	153	569	166	51	12	18	106	123	73	0	6	34	13	6	.292	.369	.518	.887	NYA
1938	116	452	117	39	8	8	58	83	58	1	3	29	9	4	.259	.342	.434	.776	NYA
1939	153	569	175	52	13	11	90	114	79	4	1	25	17	8	.308	.395	.503	.898	NYA
1940	155	569	150	41	9	10	80	90	74	1	4	53	10	5	.264	.347	.420	.767	PIT
Total	1640	6149	1777	463	121	159	1018	1080	704	15	40	448	143	86	.289	.361	.481	.843

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1934	10	46	12	2	0	2	8	5	1	5	0	0	.261	.277	.435	.711
1936	13	52	7	2	2	1	6	6	4	3	0	0	.135	.196	.308	.504
1937	9	36	11	5	0	2	7	6	4	3	0	0	.306	.375	.611	.986
1938	5	22	3	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	.136	.136	.318	.455
1939	4	17	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	.118	.211	.235	.446
Total	41	173	35	12	2	6	24	21	11	14	0	0	.202	.250	.399	.649

Fielding Stats 1940

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
Third Base	142	138	64	262	27	360	34	.906	1214.2	2.67

Player History

Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1930, off Willie Underhill (CLE)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1930, off Charlie Eckert (CHA)...
Traded from New York (A) to Washington on 7/2/1930 (Going to NYA: C Mickey Cochrane. Going to WS1: 3B Ben Chapman, SS Billy Werber, RF Dusty Cooke)...
Traded from Washington to San Francisco on 7/19/1930 (Going to WS1: P Ray Brown. Going to SFN: 3B Ben Chapman, LF Jim Mosolf)...
Hit for the cycle against Cincinnati on 4/7/1931...
Hit for the cycle against Cincinnati on 4/8/1931...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/8/1931...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1931, hitting .594 with 4 HR, 13 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against St. Louis on 5/12/1932...
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game...
1/26/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1933, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Philadelphia on 6/28/1933...
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (N) on 8/7/1933...
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/16/1933...
1/26/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game...
Won World Series with San Francisco in 1934...
1/26/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 5/27/1935...
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game...
Hit for the cycle against Brooklyn on 7/5/1935...
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/21/1936 to a 4-year deal worth $18,365,800 per year...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Chicago (A) on 4/28/1936...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1936, hitting .464 with 1 HR, 8 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 4/15/1937...
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/16/1937...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1937, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Won World Series with New York (A) in 1937...
Injured on 7/27/1938 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 8/29/1938...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles (A) on 9/4/1939...
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/19/1940 to a 4-year deal worth $13,405,600 per year...
Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 8/31/1940...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1933 - .332 - 5th 1935 - .322 - 4th 1939 - .308 - 7th	OBP 1933 - .387 - 8th 1935 - .397 - 7th	OPS 1933 - .925 - 10th	Hits 1932 - 175 - 10th 1933 - 188 - 3rd 1935 - 172 - 9th 1937 - 166 - 8th 1939 - 175 - 4th	Doubles 1933 - 49 - 5th 1935 - 45 - 6th 1936 - 44 - 8th 1937 - 51 - 1st 1939 - 52 - 1st
Triples 1930 - 12 - 10th 1931 - 11 - 10th 1933 - 13 - 4th 1935 - 12 - 4th 1936 - 14 - 2nd 1937 - 12 - 7th 1939 - 13 - 5th	RBI 1933 - 122 - 2nd	Runs 1937 - 123 - 5th 1939 - 114 - 6th