Ben Chapman
William Benjamin Chapman

Bats Right
Throws Right
Height 6'
Weight 190

Born December 25, 1908
Nashville, TN
Died July 7, 1993
Hoover, AL

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 21 SAH       597  165  33   2  14   93   66                    16      .276  .280  .409  .430  244 
 1931 22 SAH  146  576  170  23   0  17   80   51                    12   3  .295  .263  .424  .388  244 
 1932 23 SAH  141  563  133  20   4   8   59   45                    13   2  .236  .244  .329  .366  185 
 1933 24 SAH  152  599  161  20   7   4   79   59   40   55   4   0  10  13  .269  .286  .346  .411  207 
 1934 25 SAH  154  652  186  37  17   6  106   71   50   96   4   0  17   9  .285  .292  .422  .429  275 

 1935 26 MON  144  634  157  36   8   6   84   29   33   65   1   0  16  13  .248  .282  .358  .411  277 
 1936 27 MON   37   60   20   7   0   0    9    2    7    6   1   1   1   0  .333  .286  .450  .410   27 
 1937 28 MON   88  205   50   7   3   2   42   11   31   26   1   6   9   3  .244  .266  .337  .414   69 
 1938 29 STL  154  609  204  43   6   5   90   68   44   75   2   0  12   5  .335  .272  .450  .411  274 
 1939 30 STL  153  567  192  40  12   5   92   83   51   38   1   0  11   6  .339  .277  .478  .412  271 

 1940 31 STL   19   23    1   0   0   1    1    2    1    7   0   0   0   0  .043  .266  .174  .414    4 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons  1188 5085 1439 266  59  68  735  487  257  368  14   7 117  54  .283  .274  .399  .408 2027
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  582  165  30   7   7   83   55   44   63   2   1  13   7  .283  ----  .399  ----  231
 Career High  154  634  204  43  17  17  106   83   51   96   4   0  17  13  .339  ----  .478  ----  277
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Yrs.  SAH  593 2987  815 133  30  49  417  292   90  151   8   0  68  27  .273  .274  .387  .406 1155 
 3 Yrs.  MON  269  899  227  50  11   8  135   42   71   97   3   7  26  16  .253  .277  .359  .412  323 
 3 Yrs.  STL  326 1199  397  83  18  11  183  153   96  120   3   0  23  11  .331  .274  .458  .412  549 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star
1939

Batting Average
1938-.335-5
1939-.339-2

Hits
1930-170-9
1938-204-3
1939-192-7

Stolen Bases
1933-10-2
1934-17-3
1935-16-3
1938-12-6
1939-11-8

Doubles
1938-43-3
1939-40-6

Triples
1934-17-4
1939-12-5

At Bats
1934-652-7


Player of the Week, Week 4, 1931
Player of the Week, Week 10, 1931


Transactions

January 1, 1930: Drafted 2nd round (9th overall) by Sahara.
December 28, 1934: Traded by Sahara to Mongtomery for Ripper Collins.
December 19, 1937: Traded by Montgomery with Pepper Martin, Don Padgett and Russ Bauers to St Louis for Denny Galehouse, Harry Danning and the First Round Pick in 1938.
January 1, 1944: Signed as a Free Agent by Montgomery.


Biography



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