Sam Chapman

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Full Name: Samuel Blake Chapman	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: May 16, 1938
Birthdate: April 11, 1916	Final Game: September 22, 1951
Birthplace: Tiburon, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: December 22, 2006
Deathplace: Kentfield, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Sam Chapman (Samuel Blake Chapman) was born on April 11, 1916 in Tiburon, California. He made his Major League debut on May 16, 1938 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .259 with 17 home runs and 63 RBI. Chapman played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Sam Chapman's best season was 1941, when he slugged 25 home runs, hit for a .322 average and knocked in 106 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	PHI	A	114	406	60	105	17	63	.259	.353	.461	17	7	55	94	4	1	3	0	0
1939	PHI	A	140	498	74	134	15	64	.269	.338	.432	24	6	51	62	1	4	11	0	11
1940	PHI	A	134	508	88	140	23	75	.276	.337	.474	26	3	46	96	1	7	2	0	14
1941	PHI	A	143	552	97	178	25	106	.322	.378	.543	29	9	47	49	2	1	6	0	13
1945	PHI	A	9	30	3	6	0	1	.200	.250	.267	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
1946	PHI	A	146	545	77	142	20	67	.261	.327	.429	22	5	54	66	0	2	1	0	22
1947	PHI	A	149	551	84	139	14	83	.252	.331	.379	18	5	65	70	0	8	3	0	14
1948	PHI	A	123	445	58	115	13	70	.258	.341	.413	18	6	55	50	1	5	6	0	18
1949	PHI	A	154	589	89	164	24	108	.278	.367	.455	24	4	80	68	2	3	3	0	23
1950	PHI	A	144	553	93	139	23	95	.251	.338	.434	20	6	68	79	4	2	3	0	14
1951	PHI	A	18	65	7	11	0	5	.169	.299	.185	1	0	12	12	0	1	0	0	2
1951	CLE	A	94	246	24	56	6	36	.228	.304	.346	9	1	27	32	0	1	3	0	6
1951	TOT	A	112	311	31	67	6	41	.215	.303	.312	10	1	39	44	0	2	3	0	8
Total			1368	4988	754	1329	180	773	.266	.342	.438	210	52	562	682	15	35	41	0	137

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	PHI	A	OF	110	0	0	229	8	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1939	PHI	A	1B	19	0	0	147	5	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1939	PHI	A	OF	117	0	0	350	11	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1940	PHI	A	OF	129	0	0	348	13	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1941	PHI	A	OF	141	0	0	416	21	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1945	PHI	A	OF	8	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	PHI	A	OF	145	0	0	369	13	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1947	PHI	A	OF	146	0	0	428	16	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1948	PHI	A	OF	118	0	0	368	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1949	PHI	A	OF	154	0	0	450	11	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1950	PHI	A	OF	140	0	0	428	11	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1951	PHI	A	OF	17	0	0	43	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1951	CLE	A	OF	84	0	0	132	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1951	CLE	A	1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	TOT	A	OF	101	0	0	175	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1951	TOT	A	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	20	0	0	148	5	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.975
Total			OF	1309	0	0	3579	115	107	25	0	0	0	0	0	.972

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1938).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Allie Clark and Lou Klein (May 10, 1951).

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