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Calvin
Chapman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 20, 1910 in Usa, MS, COURTLAND
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 24 PIT NL     6 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 9 9 9
1936 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 9 10 9
1937 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 10 9
1938 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
1939 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 10 9
1940 29 PIT NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
1941 30 PIT NL $ 792,857   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
1942 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 8 9 9
1943 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 4 4 8 8 8
1944 33 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 8 8 8
1945 34 PIT NL     7 7 7 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 4 3 7 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 7 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 792,857   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 10 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1935 24 AAA   74 315 45 97 15 2 5 32 9 9 24 19 .308 .357 .416 .773 43.6  
    AA   63 244 33 64 10 3 1 16 11 3 27 14 .262 .336 .340 .676 29.7  
1936 25 PIT NL 40 117 13 25 3 1 0 11 1 0 7 5 .214 .256 .256 .512 6.5 0.0
    AAA   104 385 45 120 15 0 4 44 13 10 40 21 .312 .376 .382 .758 54.4  
1937 26 PIT NL 97 261 36 68 6 1 4 20 4 2 17 24 .261 .305 .337 .642 26.1 2.0
1938 27 PIT NL 147 446 43 92 13 2 2 33 5 1 23 24 .206 .246 .258 .504 24.2 0.0
1939 28 PIT NL 60 61 13 23 2 0 0 2 8 5 2 0 .377 .397 .410 .807 8.3 1.4
1940 29 PIT NL 138 492 60 142 8 3 0 36 7 9 25 18 .289 .321 .317 .638 46.1 4.7
1941 30 PIT NL 86 143 15 39 2 0 0 16 3 2 8 8 .273 .314 .287 .600 12.7 1.3
1942 31 PIT NL 60 31 7 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 .290 .371 .355 .726 4.2 0.5
1943 32 PIT NL 53 43 12 15 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 .349 .391 .558 .949 8.2 2.0
1944 33 PIT NL 60 63 13 16 2 0 0 9 2 3 2 5 .254 .277 .286 .563 3.9 0.0
1945 34 AAA   137 519 69 167 18 3 5 74 19 23 56 44 .322 .388 .397 .785 75.1  
9 Years Sim 741 1657 212 429 38 10 7 133 33 24 90 88 .259 .297 .307 .604 140.2 12.0
3 Years AAA 315 1219 159 384 48 5 14 150 41 42 120 84 .315 .375 .397 .772 173.0  
1 Years AA 63 244 33 64 10 3 1 16 11 3 27 14 .262 .337 .340 .677 29.7  
4 Years Minors 378 1463 192 448 58 8 15 166 52 45 147 98 .306 .369 .388 .756 202.7  
162 Game Average 362 46 93 8 2 1 29 7 5 19 19 .259 .297 .307 .604 30.7  
Career Highs 147 492 60 142 13 3 4 36 8 9 25 24 .377 .397 .558 .949 46.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1289 161 351 30 7 5 100 21 19 74 60 .272 .312 .318 .630 123.4
vs LH   368 51 78 8 3 2 33 12 5 16 28 .212 .244 .266 .511 22.4
Home 358 782 105 205 14 4 3 73 14 9 44 45 .262 .302 .302 .604 69.8
Away 383 875 107 224 24 6 4 60 19 15 46 43 .256 .293 .311 .604 76.0
RISP   355 0 89 8 3 1 118 0 0 23 17 .251 .290 .299 .588 31.1
Pinch Hitting   56 3 18 0 1 0 7 0 0 2 2 .321 .356 .357 .713 6.6
Close/Late   220 63 55 0 0 0 20 0 0 12 10 .250 .295 .250 .545 15.7
Mar/Apr 114 196 34 57 4 1 1 18 4 4 11 13 .291 .329 .337 .665 20.7
May 99 198 31 56 4 3 0 16 4 2 11 8 .283 .318 .333 .651 20.7
June 99 201 23 53 3 1 1 15 5 4 11 11 .264 .302 .303 .605 17.8
July 134 315 40 77 10 2 1 23 6 3 13 18 .244 .274 .298 .573 24.4
August 150 384 39 93 11 0 2 30 6 7 23 23 .242 .285 .286 .572 29.5
Sep/Oct 145 363 45 93 6 3 2 31 8 4 21 15 .256 .299 .306 .605 32.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1936 25 PIT NL SS 39 38 306.7 46 157 9 26 .958 5.96   1.6
    RF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 26 PIT NL 3B 72 72 609.3 44 178 17 19 .929 3.28   2.2
    SS 19 6 63.0 10 34 0 11 1.000 6.29   0.5
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 27 PIT NL SS 141 136 1154.0 202 544 32 107 .959 5.82   5.3
    2B 2 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1939 28 PIT NL SS 12 8 68.7 11 36 1 3 .979 6.16   0.6
    2B 11 2 38.0 11 16 1 1 .964 6.39   0.1
    RF 14 2 37.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.97   0.0
    3B 12 1 28.3 1 5 2 2 .750 1.91   0.0
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1940 29 PIT NL SS 117 112 985.3 161 463 20 103 .969 5.70   4.6
    2B 9 4 42.0 13 13 1 2 .963 5.57   0.1
    RF 5 1 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
    LF 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 30 PIT NL RF 31 18 187.7 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.4
    LF 16 4 55.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.93    
    SS 6 2 29.0 6 18 2 5 .923 7.45   0.2
    2B 5 0 17.7 4 9 0 0 1.000 6.63   0.1
    3B 8 1 14.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1942 31 PIT NL 3B 16 1 29.0 0 10 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.2
    SS 12 1 27.0 4 12 1 2 .941 5.33   0.1
    RF 5 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
    2B 5 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 32 PIT NL 2B 18 2 45.0 14 20 2 6 .944 6.80   0.2
    SS 9 1 26.0 4 14 1 1 .947 6.23   0.2
    3B 9 2 25.0 0 11 2 0 .846 3.96   0.2
    RF 2 2 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 33 PIT NL SS 22 8 92.7 18 37 5 5 .917 5.34   0.4
    RF 13 1 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.1
    2B 12 0 19.7 3 8 0 1 1.000 5.04   0.1
    3B 7 0 8.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.1
    LF 5 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  SS 377 312 2752.3 462 1315 71 263 .962 5.81   13.4
  3B 126 77 716.3 45 213 21 21 .925 3.24   2.8
  RF 71 24 302.3 48 1 0 0 1.000 1.46   0.6
  2B 63 8 178.0 49 68 4 10 .967 5.92   0.6
  LF 35 4 80.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
Career Totals   673 425 4034.9 625 1597 96 294 .959 4.96   17.4
Career Highs   145 136 1161.7 204 545 32 107 .978 5.89    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1940-7-131
 Caught Stealing
1940-3-9
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Rafael Belliard (963)
  2. Ken Hamlin (961)
  3. Junior Kennedy (958)
  4. Jimmy Brown (955)
  5. Steve Jeltz (951)
  6. Rafael Santana (949)
  7. Alex Grammas (948)
  8. Glenn Beckert (948)
  9. Dario Lodigiani (947)
  10. Shooty Babitt (944)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1935
Injured on 6/25/1936 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 8/4/1936, off Claude Passeau (NYG)
Injured on 4/13/1937 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/10/1937, off Hub Pruett (MON)
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1942: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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