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Sam ChapmanTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1938-1951 MLB Years: 1938-1951
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PositionsOF-1309, 1B-20Player Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameSamuel Blake Chapman
Height6-1Weight190BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateApril 11,1916 [102.011]PlaceTiburon,California
High SchoolTamalpais (Mill Valley,CA)
CollegeUniversity of California (Berkeley,CA)
MLB DebutMay 16,1938 [22.035]
OrganizationsPHA [11] CLE [1] Awards0Awards Voting1-25
TBC Player ID9811Retrosheet IDchaps101MLBAM ID112204
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Batting

Speed

65

Power

82

Contact

66

XBH

78

RBIs

65

Runs

68

Hitting

59

Durability

81

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1938	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	14	of	22	114	406	60	105	17	7	17	63	3	4	55	94	4	1	0	0	0	.259	.353	.461	.814	187	41	466	.298	.202	.335	.371	11.80	20.17	1.71	3.65	23.88	39.05
1939	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	10	of	23	140	498	74	134	24	6	15	64	11	4	51	62	1	4	0	0	11	.269	.338	.432	.770	215	45	554	.283	.163	.279	.353	9.21	11.19	1.22	2.71	33.20	33.58
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	10	of	24	134	508	88	140	26	3	23	75	2	6	46	96	1	7	0	0	14	.276	.337	.474	.811	241	52	562	.301	.198	.281	.365	8.19	17.08	2.09	4.09	22.09	37.14
1941	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	6	of	25	143	552	97	178	29	9	25	106	6	9	47	49	2	1	0	0	13	.322	.378	.543	.921	300	63	602	.320	.221	.301	.419	7.81	8.14	1.04	4.15	22.08	35.39
1945	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	10	of	29	9	30	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.267	.517	8	2	32	.231	.067	.133	.250	6.25	12.50	2.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
1946	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	4	of	30	146	545	77	142	22	5	20	67	1	3	54	66	0	2	0	0	22	.261	.327	.429	.756	234	47	601	.266	.168	.264	.355	8.99	10.98	1.22	3.33	27.25	33.10
1947	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	4	of	31	149	551	84	139	18	5	14	83	3	4	65	70	0	8	0	0	14	.252	.331	.379	.710	209	37	624	.268	.127	.243	.334	10.42	11.22	1.08	2.24	39.36	26.62
1948	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	4	of	32	123	445	58	115	18	6	13	70	6	1	55	50	1	5	0	0	18	.258	.341	.413	.754	184	37	506	.267	.155	.290	.352	10.87	9.88	0.91	2.57	34.23	32.17
1949	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	4	of	33	154	589	89	164	24	4	24	108	3	4	80	68	2	3	0	0	23	.278	.367	.455	.822	268	52	674	.282	.177	.311	.382	11.87	10.09	0.85	3.56	24.54	31.71
1950	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	4	of	34	144	553	93	139	20	6	23	95	3	3	68	79	4	2	0	0	14	.251	.338	.434	.772	240	49	627	.257	.183	.306	.352	10.85	12.60	1.16	3.67	24.04	35.25
1951	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	4	of	35	18	65	7	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	12	12	0	1	0	0	2	.169	.299	.185	.484	12	1	78	.208	.016	.200	.252	15.38	15.38	1.00	0.00	0.00	9.09
1951	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	31	of	35	94	246	24	56	9	1	6	36	3	0	27	32	0	1	0	0	6	.228	.304	.346	.650	85	16	274	.240	.118	.240	.305	9.85	11.68	1.19	2.19	41.00	28.57
1951	Totals for AL	-	AL	�	�	�	�	112	311	31	67	10	1	6	41	3	0	39	44	0	2	0	0	8	.215	.303	.312	.615	97	17	352	.234	.097	.232	.293	11.08	12.50	1.13	1.70	51.83	25.37
MLB Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								1368	4988	754	1329	210	52	180	773	41	38	562	682	15	35	0	0	137	.266	.342	.438	.780	2183	442	5600	.278	.172	.284	.000	10.04	12.18	1.21	3.21	27.71	33.26
Philadelphia Athletics Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								1274	4742	730	1273	201	51	174	737	38	38	535	650	15	34	0	0	131	.268	.344	.442	.786	2098	426	5326	.281	.174	.287	.000	10.05	12.20	1.21	3.27	27.25	33.46
Cleveland Indians Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								94	246	24	56	9	1	6	36	3	0	27	32	0	1	0	0	6	.228	.304	.346	.650	85	16	274	.240	.118	.240	.000	9.85	11.68	1.19	2.19	41.00	28.57
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	591	89	157	25	6	21	92	5	5	67	81	2	4	0	0	16	.266	.342	.438	.780	259	52	663	.278	.172	.284	.000	10.04	12.18	1.21	3.21	27.71	33.26

Fielding Statistics

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Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1938	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	22	OF	110	-	-	229	8	12	-	249	237	.952	2.15	-	-	-	--	-	114	96.5	72.4
1939	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	23	OF	117	-	-	350	11	17	2	378	361	.955	3.09	-	-	-	--	-	140	83.6	77.0
1939	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	23	1B	19	-	-	147	5	4	6	156	152	.974	8.00	-	-	-	--	-	140	13.6	12.5
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	24	OF	129	-	-	348	13	14	2	375	361	.963	2.80	-	-	-	--	-	134	96.3	83.8
1941	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	25	OF	141	-	-	416	21	15	5	452	437	.967	3.10	-	-	-	--	-	143	98.6	91.6
1945	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	29	OF	8	-	-	18	-	-	-	18	18	1.000	2.25	-	-	-	--	-	9	88.9	5.3
1946	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	30	OF	145	-	-	369	13	12	4	394	382	.970	2.63	-	-	-	--	-	146	99.3	94.2
1947	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	31	OF	146	-	-	428	16	6	2	450	444	.987	3.04	-	-	-	--	-	149	98.0	94.8
1948	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	32	OF	118	-	-	368	8	7	2	383	376	.982	3.19	-	-	-	--	-	123	95.9	76.6
1949	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	33	OF	154	-	-	450	11	10	3	471	461	.979	2.99	-	-	-	--	-	154	100.0	100.0
1950	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	34	OF	140	-	-	428	11	10	4	449	439	.978	3.14	-	-	-	--	-	144	97.2	90.9
1951	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	35	OF	84	-	-	132	2	2	1	136	134	.985	1.60	-	-	-	--	-	94	89.4	54.5
1951	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	35	OF	17	-	-	43	1	2	-	46	44	.957	2.59	-	-	-	--	-	18	94.4	11.0
1951	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	35	1B	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	94	1.1	0.6
MLB Totals for OF - 11 season(s)				-	�	OF	1309	-	-	3579	115	107	25	3801	3694	.972	2.82	-	-	-	--	-	1309	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for 1B - 2 season(s)				-	�	1B	20	-	-	148	5	4	7	157	153	.975	7.65	-	-	-	--	-	20	0.0	0.0

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Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1938	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	110	-
1939	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	23	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	117	-
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	129	-
1941	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	-
1945	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
1946	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	145	-
1947	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	146	-
1948	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118	-
1949	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	154	-
1950	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	140	-
1951	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	35	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	-
1951	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1951-05-10						Trade	Traded by Athletics to Indians for Lou Klein and Allie Clark.		�
1938-01-01						Contract	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Athletics.		�

* Transactions data can be divided into 2 eras. 2012-2018 includes all MLB/Minor roster movement whereas 1903-2012 contains only MLB change of organization with some DL-related data since 2000s.