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Sam
Chapman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 11, 1916 in Usa, CA, TIBURON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1944   
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
1938 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1939 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1940 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1941 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1942 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1943 27 SDP NL $ 1,342,857   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1944 28 SDP NL $ 2,578,571   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1945 29 SDP NL $ 3,664,286   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1946 30 TAM AL $ 3,664,286   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1947 31 CIN NL $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1948 32 CIN NL $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1949 33 CIN NL $ 2,250,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1950 34 CIN NL $ 2,250,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4
1951 35 TAM AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,664,286   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
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
1938 22 SDP NL 8 33 5 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .242 .286 .394 .680 3.8 0.5
    AAA   126 495 75 138 18 4 35 92 10 10 69 79 .279 .367 .543 .910 95.8  
1939 23 SDP NL 41 128 23 28 5 1 4 24 1 0 15 20 .219 .301 .367 .669 13.3 1.2
    AAA   106 399 66 101 22 3 26 73 8 7 62 52 .253 .354 .519 .872 73.1  
1940 24 SDP NL 126 328 46 87 17 5 9 52 0 0 38 43 .265 .341 .430 .770 47.5 9.2
1941 25 SDP NL 93 241 35 63 13 1 11 61 0 0 27 35 .261 .330 .461 .790 36.9 6.6
1942 26 SDP NL 126 381 71 89 18 5 20 55 1 0 39 59 .234 .306 .465 .771 52.5 7.4
1943 27 SDP NL 139 389 71 100 19 2 15 69 0 0 62 69 .257 .354 .432 .786 62.0 10.0
1944 28 SDP NL 152 533 84 148 30 10 20 101 0 0 77 88 .278 .366 .484 .850 90.8 20.8
1945 29 SDP NL 17 55 9 16 3 2 2 6 0 0 14 4 .291 .429 .527 .956 11.9 2.5
1946 30 SDP NL 73 267 27 52 8 3 6 35 0 0 32 50 .195 .280 .315 .595 24.3 1.2
  TAM AL 46 110 15 30 4 0 7 21 0 0 13 18 .273 .347 .500 .847 19.2 3.7
  TOT   119 377 42 82 12 3 13 56 0 0 45 68 .218 .300 .369 .668 43.5 4.9
1947 31 CIN NL 117 276 35 70 11 3 7 39 0 0 35 57 .254 .337 .391 .728 35.5 4.6
1948 32 CIN NL 120 272 41 67 5 0 8 44 0 1 40 59 .246 .344 .353 .697 32.4 3.2
1949 33 CIN NL 121 282 43 63 9 0 11 40 0 0 44 75 .223 .323 .372 .696 37.7 4.2
1950 34 CIN NL 145 366 39 85 12 2 11 61 0 1 61 92 .232 .340 .366 .706 48.1 4.1
1951 35 AAA   96 330 54 91 22 1 17 52 8 7 60 72 .276 .387 .503 .890 63.5  
13 Years Sim 1324 3661 544 906 156 34 132 612 2 2 499 674 .247 .336 .417 .753 515.9 79.3
3 Years AAA 328 1224 195 330 62 8 78 217 26 24 191 203 .270 .365 .525 .889 232.4  
162 Game Average 447 66 110 19 4 16 74 0 0 61 82 .247 .336 .417 .753 63.1  
Career Highs 152 533 84 148 30 10 20 101 1 1 77 92 .291 .429 .527 .956 90.8  
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   1704 272 420 80 16 68 294 2 2 243 272 .246 .339 .432 .771 259.2
vs LH   1957 272 486 76 18 64 318 0 0 256 402 .248 .333 .404 .737 275.4
Home 675 1878 254 450 71 18 60 277 1 1 241 351 .240 .325 .392 .717 251.5
Away 649 1783 290 456 85 16 72 335 1 1 258 323 .256 .347 .443 .790 283.2
RISP   975 0 271 53 8 33 440 0 0 155 177 .278 .367 .450 .818 167.6
Pinch Hitting   338 51 85 14 4 9 69 0 1 39 62 .251 .326 .396 .723 44.9
Close/Late   487 96 136 19 6 26 94 0 0 72 85 .279 .373 .503 .876 90.6
Mar/Apr 212 605 97 174 31 7 30 111 1 0 86 111 .288 .374 .511 .884 113.8
May 220 626 99 172 25 5 25 109 0 0 73 121 .275 .349 .450 .799 98.9
June 220 639 92 159 32 5 14 113 0 0 87 110 .249 .337 .380 .718 85.9
July 210 527 74 119 18 5 15 78 0 0 73 102 .226 .318 .364 .682 65.9
August 239 612 101 142 28 7 28 111 1 1 89 113 .232 .328 .438 .766 92.3
Sep/Oct 223 652 81 140 22 5 20 90 0 1 91 117 .215 .308 .356 .664 77.8
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
1938 22 SDP NL RF 8 8 66.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.59   0.2
    LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 23 SDP NL RF 28 27 224.3 44 1 0 1 1.000 1.81   0.8
    CF 8 2 29.7 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.12    
    LF 2 1 11.0 4 0 1 0 .800 3.27    
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 1 0 3 1.000 15.00   0.0
1940 24 SDP NL RF 55 51 450.0 98 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   1.5
    CF 31 8 120.0 25 2 1 0 .964 2.03    
    LF 15 13 113.3 14 0 1 0 .933 1.11    
    1B 3 3 26.0 33 2 0 3 1.000 12.12   0.0
1941 25 SDP NL RF 55 50 439.3 85 4 1 0 .989 1.82   1.2
    CF 12 1 40.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    LF 9 2 31.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.74    
    1B 4 1 13.0 13 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1942 26 SDP NL RF 76 73 646.0 130 2 1 2 .992 1.84   1.9
    LF 17 11 106.3 19 0 2 0 .905 1.61    
    1B 8 5 48.0 61 5 1 6 .985 12.38   0.1
    CF 9 0 22.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1943 27 SDP NL 1B 56 54 462.0 625 41 10 61 .985 12.97   0.9
    RF 36 34 294.0 78 1 1 0 .988 2.42   0.8
    LF 12 5 59.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.92    
    CF 10 0 15.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.94    
1944 28 SDP NL CF 96 96 843.3 270 9 4 3 .986 2.98   3.1
    RF 50 48 435.0 114 3 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1945 29 SDP NL RF 16 16 144.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.5
1946 30 SDP NL RF 40 39 377.8 81 2 0 1 1.000 1.98   1.2
    1B 10 10 101.7 140 11 1 15 .993 13.36   0.0
    CF 12 10 100.8 28 0 1 0 .966 2.50   0.0
    LF 3 3 26.8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.0
  TAM AL RF 25 24 155.6 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.2
    1B 7 7 41.9 58 4 1 6 .984 13.32   0.1
    CF 7 7 41.5 11 0 1 0 .917 2.39   0.0
    LF 2 2 11.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.0
  TOT   RF 65 63 533.4 114 3 0 1 1.000 1.97   1.4
      1B 17 17 143.6 198 15 2 21 .991 13.35   0.2
      CF 19 17 142.3 39 0 2 0 .951 2.47   0.0
      LF 5 5 37.9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.0
1947 31 CIN NL RF 48 43 367.7 93 2 1 0 .990 2.33   1.6
    1B 20 18 154.7 195 13 1 13 .995 12.10   0.4
    LF 12 2 26.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.71    
    CF 5 2 23.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1948 32 CIN NL RF 66 65 536.3 110 2 1 0 .991 1.88   1.3
    LF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1949 33 CIN NL 1B 60 55 467.0 585 49 2 63 .997 12.22   1.0
    RF 27 9 106.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.2
    LF 8 0 16.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1950 34 CIN NL RF 76 68 607.0 124 3 1 0 .992 1.88   1.9
    LF 16 7 74.7 16 0 2 0 .889 1.93    
    1B 17 6 72.0 75 4 1 7 .988 9.88   0.1
    CF 3 3 26.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.15    
  RF 606 555 4849.4 1063 23 6 5 .995 2.02   13.3
  1B 187 160 1397.3 1800 130 17 179 .991 12.43   2.7
  CF 195 129 1266.0 390 12 7 4 .983 2.86   3.1
  LF 103 48 505.9 90 2 7 0 .929 1.64   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1092 892 8019.5 3343 168 37 188 .990 3.94   19.1
Career Highs   150 144 1285.3 714 50 11 63 1.000 9.98    
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
1939 23 SDP NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 24 SDP NL 6 15 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 .133 .333 .200 .533
1941 25 SDP NL 4 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500
1942 26 SDP NL 6 23 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .174 .240 .217 .457
1947 31 CIN NL 8 25 4 9 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 8 .360 .385 .600 .985
1948 32 CIN NL 6 17 4 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 .294 .400 .588 .988
Career Post-Season Batting 33 94 12 23 7 0 2 10 0 0 11 24 .245 .321 .383 .704
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.
Slugging Pct
1944-10-.484
 Total Bases
1944-10-258
 Triples
1944-1-10
 Homeruns
1942-8-20
 RBIs
1944-8-101
 Strikeouts
1944-4-88
1949-6-75
1950-5-92
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by San Diego in 1938
Injured on 6/16/1938 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/7/1938 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/22/1938, off Paul Derringer (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1938, off Cliff Melton (BRK)
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 6/1/1941
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,578,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/20/1945 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1946 (Going to SDP: 1B Mickey Rocco. Going to TAM: 1B Elbie Fletcher, RF Sam Chapman, CF Guy Curtright)
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 2/3/1947 (Going to CIN: RF Sam Chapman. Going to TAM: P Clayton Lambert)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1947, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 6/27/1947 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/2/1951 to a minor league deal
Injured on 5/21/1951 with a Spasms Back, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/6/1951 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days
 
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