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Ben
Chapman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 25, 1908 in Usa, TN, NASHVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1931   
All-Star Selections 1932    1936    1938    1940   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   56 56 63 38 31 33 89 76 80 42 36 38 77 73 74
1931 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 10 8 9 5 4 4 9 8 9
1932 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 10 9 9 5 4 4 9 8 9
1933 24 OAK AL $ 3,300,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 10 9 10 5 4 4 9 8 8
1934 25 OAK AL $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 10 5 4 4 9 8 8
1935 26 MON NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 10 5 4 4 9 8 9
1936 27 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 10 9 10 5 4 5 8 8 8
1937 28 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 10 5 4 5 8 7 8
1938 29 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 10 5 4 5 8 7 7
1939 30 TAM AL $ 4,500,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 10 10 5 4 5 8 7 7
1940 31 TAM AL $ 4,690,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 10 10 5 4 5 8 7 7
1941 32 TAM AL $ 4,690,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4 8 7 7
1942 33 TAM AL $ 4,690,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 9 7 8 5 4 4 5 4 5
1943 34 TAM AL $ 4,690,000   6 6 6 4 3 4 8 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1944 35 NYG NL $ 770,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 8 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1945 36 NYG NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,690,000   56 56 63 38 31 33 89 76 80 42 36 38 77 73 74
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
1930 21 OAK AL 148 556 86 179 45 10 9 80 16 7 32 38 .322 .356 .487 .844 86.5 15.7
1931 22 OAK AL 153 614 88 167 41 10 4 72 6 2 58 33 .272 .334 .391 .725 76.0 12.9
1932 23 OAK AL 142 560 85 174 33 11 6 89 7 5 41 42 .311 .357 .441 .798 80.9 14.3
1933 24 OAK AL 150 564 89 159 32 15 11 101 6 0 45 42 .282 .337 .450 .787 77.3 13.5
1934 25 OAK AL 142 514 73 148 29 8 8 83 2 1 38 37 .288 .335 .422 .757 66.3 9.2
1935 26 OAK AL 63 222 22 61 13 5 1 28 2 1 14 28 .275 .314 .392 .706 26.0 3.2
  MON NL 66 140 12 39 6 2 2 20 2 1 14 12 .279 .340 .393 .733 19.1 2.9
  TOT   129 362 34 100 19 7 3 48 4 2 28 40 .276 .324 .392 .716 45.1 6.1
1936 27 TAM AL 153 640 107 206 47 15 12 94 0 1 49 41 .322 .371 .498 .870 103.0 20.4
1937 28 TAM AL 152 603 87 173 43 15 11 106 0 0 48 60 .287 .339 .463 .802 87.2 16.2
1938 29 TAM AL 154 651 106 190 48 13 14 89 2 0 50 52 .292 .342 .470 .812 98.3 19.1
1939 30 TAM AL 154 654 98 189 56 12 14 95 17 12 47 75 .289 .338 .476 .813 96.5 20.7
1940 31 TAM AL 153 612 100 185 42 7 14 90 21 8 59 80 .302 .364 .462 .827 93.6 18.1
1941 32 TAM AL 148 546 92 151 35 4 14 84 16 5 61 63 .277 .348 .432 .780 76.7 12.5
1942 33 TAM AL 95 324 49 76 21 3 5 44 12 3 29 46 .235 .296 .364 .660 32.7 3.0
1943 34 TAM AL 68 123 15 35 1 1 2 13 2 0 16 20 .285 .371 .358 .729 15.9 2.1
1944 35 TAM AL 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0 0.2
  NYG NL 13 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 0.9 0.0
  TOT   19 16 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .313 .313 .438 .750 2.0 0.2
    AAA   54 208 32 74 12 1 9 49 3 1 22 49 .356 .417 .553 .970 43.5  
1945 36 NYG NL 16 25 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .240 .296 .280 .576 2.2 0.1
16 Years Sim 1976 7364 1112 2143 495 131 127 1093 111 46 603 677 .291 .344 .446 .790 1040.0 184.3
1 Years AAA 54 208 32 74 12 1 9 49 3 1 22 49 .356 .420 .553 .973 43.5  
162 Game Average 603 91 175 40 10 10 89 9 3 49 55 .291 .344 .446 .790 85.3  
Career Highs 154 654 107 206 56 15 14 106 21 12 61 80 .322 .371 .498 .870 103.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5008 739 1387 347 83 78 744 75 38 370 474 .277 .326 .426 .752 667.5
vs LH   2356 373 756 148 48 49 349 36 8 233 203 .321 .382 .487 .869 412.1
Home 987 3587 520 1042 219 69 55 523 53 26 309 326 .290 .346 .436 .782 520.1
Away 989 3777 592 1101 276 62 72 570 58 20 294 351 .292 .343 .455 .797 559.5
RISP   1949 0 604 141 38 38 877 0 0 216 171 .310 .372 .480 .851 333.6
Pinch Hitting   165 24 40 8 1 2 23 2 0 15 18 .242 .308 .339 .647 17.6
Close/Late   805 132 230 48 14 15 142 0 0 95 65 .286 .360 .436 .796 124.3
Mar/Apr 340 1336 212 392 102 28 20 181 17 8 91 133 .293 .337 .457 .793 193.2
May 363 1424 222 389 94 16 28 193 23 7 111 139 .273 .325 .421 .746 190.4
June 340 1259 176 350 82 22 20 181 21 10 116 121 .278 .339 .426 .764 176.5
July 293 1078 166 329 78 22 20 165 11 7 90 88 .305 .360 .474 .834 170.8
August 336 1219 182 373 74 24 24 199 22 8 103 103 .306 .360 .465 .825 193.5
Sep/Oct 304 1048 154 310 65 19 15 174 17 6 92 93 .296 .352 .437 .789 155.2
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
1930 21 OAK AL CF 135 133 1160.7 364 8 18 4 .954 2.88   5.7
    LF 7 5 53.7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.34    
    RF 6 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1931 22 OAK AL CF 147 144 1285.0 395 14 22 5 .949 2.86   4.1
    RF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1932 23 OAK AL CF 136 134 1180.0 335 12 15 6 .959 2.65   3.5
    RF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1933 24 OAK AL CF 145 143 1240.3 377 7 18 3 .955 2.79   4.2
    RF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1934 25 OAK AL CF 133 128 1125.0 279 13 13 4 .957 2.34   3.5
    LF 5 1 14.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    RF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1935 26 OAK AL RF 31 29 312.3 70 2 2 1 .973 2.07   1.4
    CF 18 14 157.0 44 2 1 0 .979 2.64   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MON NL RF 33 30 204.7 46 2 1 0 .980 2.11   1.1
    CF 19 14 103.0 29 2 1 0 .969 2.71   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 64 59 517.0 116 4 3 1 .976 2.09   2.5
      CF 37 28 260.0 73 4 2 0 .975 2.67   0.0
      LF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1936 27 TAM AL CF 98 97 870.3 225 3 7 0 .970 2.36   5.3
    LF 52 52 480.7 85 6 4 1 .958 1.70    
1937 28 TAM AL LF 129 129 1158.3 224 10 5 3 .979 1.82   5.4
    CF 21 20 183.0 39 1 2 0 .952 1.97    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1938 29 TAM AL CF 125 123 1120.0 277 7 8 3 .973 2.28   5.5
    LF 26 25 225.7 43 3 1 2 .979 1.83    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 30 TAM AL CF 128 127 1124.3 324 5 8 3 .976 2.63   5.1
    LF 24 24 212.0 52 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
1940 31 TAM AL CF 127 124 1118.7 329 5 22 2 .938 2.69   3.8
    LF 24 24 201.7 64 4 0 0 1.000 3.03    
    RF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1941 32 TAM AL CF 66 65 595.0 182 3 9 0 .954 2.80   2.2
    RF 53 43 394.7 101 0 7 0 .935 2.30    
    LF 26 22 204.7 41 0 1 0 .976 1.80    
1942 33 TAM AL RF 79 75 681.0 178 7 13 2 .934 2.44   1.5
    LF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86    
1943 34 TAM AL LF 33 20 199.7 42 1 4 0 .915 1.94   0.3
    CF 4 3 27.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 35 TAM AL LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL LF 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.83   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  TOT   LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
      RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 36 NYG NL CF 4 4 30.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.30   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 1310 1273 11327.3 3223 83 144 31 .958 2.63   43.1
  LF 339 302 2776.3 571 26 16 6 .974 1.94   5.8
  RF 223 177 1640.0 406 11 23 3 .948 2.29   4.0
  SS 1 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
Career Totals   1873 1752 15750.9 4201 120 183 40 .959 2.47   52.9
Career Highs   153 151 1351.0 397 14 22 6 1.000 4.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 21 OAK AL 6 24 5 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 6 3 .333 .452 .375 .827
1931 22 OAK AL 16 62 10 18 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 .290 .290 .403 .694
1933 24 OAK AL 11 43 9 13 1 2 0 4 1 0 5 2 .302 .375 .419 .794
1935 26 MON NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1938 29 TAM AL 5 21 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .190 .261 .238 .499
1942 33 TAM AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Career Post-Season Batting 41 153 28 44 7 4 0 14 3 1 13 9 .288 .341 .386 .727
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.
Batting Average
1936-7-.322
 XR
1936-8-103.0
 Games
1933-5-150
 At-Bats
1931-7-614
1936-1-640
1937-9-603
1938-1-651
1939-1-654
1940-3-612
 Runs
1936-9-107
1938-8-106
1939-8-98
1940-10-100
 Hits
1936-3-206
1938-6-190
1939-4-189
1940-6-185
Total Bases
1936-5-319
1938-5-306
1939-4-311
1940-9-283
 Singles
1936-8-132
1940-10-122
 Doubles
1930-6-45
1936-5-47
1937-6-43
1938-1-48
1939-1-56
1940-7-42
CAR-31-495
 Triples
1930-2-10
1931-3-10
1932-2-11
1933-1-15
1936-1-15
1937-1-15
1938-1-13
1939-1-12
CAR-3-131
 RBIs
1933-9-101
1937-8-106
 Stolen Bases
1930-2-16
1932-7-7
1939-4-17
1940-2-21
1941-5-16
1942-8-12
Caught Stealing
1930-9-7
1932-7-5
1939-2-12
1940-5-8
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 75    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Oakland in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Carl Hubbell (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1930, off Wes Ferrell (CAL)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 8/22/1930
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1931
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1932, hitting .593 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Injured on 7/14/1932 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
5/16/1934: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Oakland to Montreal on 6/16/1935 (Going to MON: 1B Del Bissonette, RF Ben Chapman. Going to OAK: 1B Harvey Hendrick, P Paul Derringer, P Jack Wilson)
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1936 (Going to MON: C Harry Mccurdy. Going to TAM: RF Ben Chapman)
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 8/28/1936
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/30/1938
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
6/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,690,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1939, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 8/20/1941, off Lefty Gomez (NYG)
7/31/1943: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $770,000 per year, for 2 years
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 7/1/1944 (Going to NYG: P Bob Muncrief, P Mace Brown, C Willard Hershberger, RF Ben Chapman, P Lefty Mills. Going to TAM: P Ralph Birkofer, P Claude Passeau, C Buddy Rosar)
4/2/1945: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 7/31/1945 (Going to SEM: P Clay Bryant, P Cal Mclish, C Willard Hershberger, CF Ben Chapman. Going to NYG: 3B Mel Ott, P Mickey Harris)
Released by Seattle on 7/31/1945
 
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