Nickname:
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 12-25-1908
Birthplace: Nashville, TN, USA
Career Positions Played: 2B,3B,LF,RF,CF,SS,P
All-Star: 1933,1934,1935,1936
Height: 6 ft., 0 in. Weight: 190 lbs.
(Ben Chapman at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 644 / 5240
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 1670 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1930 NY:A 4,5 21 138 564 513 162 111 31 10 10 81 74 .316 .288 .371 .474 43 - 58 6 - 2 1930 NY:A
1931 NY:A 4,7,9 22 149 686 600 189 133 28 11 17 122 120 .315 .278 .396 .483 75 - 77 6 - 5 1931 NY:A
1932 NY:A 7,9 23 151 662 581 174 108 41 15 10 107 101 .299 .277 .381 .473 71 - 55 5 - 5 1932 NY:A
1933 NY:A 7,9 24 147 651 565 176 127 36 4 9 98 112 .312 .273 .393 .437 72 - 45 10 - 4 1933 NY:A
1934 NY:A 7,8,9 25 149 666 588 181 142 21 13 5 86 82 .308 .279 .381 .413 67 - 68 8 - 3 1934 NY:A
1935 NY:A 8 26 140 629 553 160 106 38 8 8 74 118 .289 .280 .361 .430 61 - 39 14 - 1 1935 NY:A
1936 NY:A 8 27 36 156 139 37 19 14 3 1 21 19 .266 .289 .338 .432 15 - 20 2 - 0 1936 NY:A
1936 WAS:A 8 27 97 472 401 133 86 36 7 4 60 91 .332 .289 .431 .486 69 - 18 1 - 1 1936 WAS:A
1937 WAS:A 8 28 35 156 130 34 26 7 1 0 12 23 .262 .281 .385 .331 26 - 7 0 - 0 1937 WAS:A
1937 BOS:A 6,7,8,9 28 113 487 423 130 89 23 11 7 57 76 .307 .281 .391 .463 57 - 35 6 - 1 1937 BOS:A
1938 BOS:A 5,9 29 127 553 480 163 109 40 8 6 80 92 .340 .281 .418 .494 65 - 33 8 - 0 1938 BOS:A
1939 CLE:A 7,8,9 30 149 654 545 158 112 31 9 6 82 101 .290 .279 .390 .413 87 - 30 20 - 2 1939 CLE:A
1940 CLE:A 7,8,9 31 143 631 548 157 107 40 6 4 50 82 .286 .271 .377 .403 78 - 45 3 - 2 1940 CLE:A
1941 WAS:A 7 32 28 121 110 28 21 6 0 1 10 9 .255 .266 .317 .336 10 - 6 1 - 0 1941 WAS:A
1941 CHI:A 7,8,9 32 57 210 190 43 31 9 1 2 19 26 .226 .266 .297 .316 19 - 14 1 - 0 1941 CHI:A
1944 BRO:N P 35 20 44 38 14 10 4 0 0 11 11 .368 .261 .442 .474 5 - 4 1 - 0 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N P 36 13 24 22 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 .136 .265 .208 .136 2 - 1 0 - 0 1945 BRO:N
1945 PHI:N P,5,7,8 36 24 53 51 16 14 2 0 0 4 4 .314 .265 .340 .353 2 - 1 0 - 0 1945 PHI:N
1946 PHI:N P 37 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .256 .000 .000 0 - 0 0 - 0 1946 PHI:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1930 NY:A 21 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 243 - - - - - - - 1930 NY:A
1931 NY:A 22 61 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - 290 - - - - - - - 1931 NY:A
1932 NY:A 23 38 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - 275 - - - - - - - 1932 NY:A
1933 NY:A 24 27 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - 247 - - - - - - - 1933 NY:A
1934 NY:A 25 26 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - 243 - - - - - - - 1934 NY:A
1935 NY:A 26 17 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 238 - - - - - - - 1935 NY:A
1936 NY:A 27 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 60 - - - - 1.08 - - 1936 NY:A
1936 WAS:A 27 19 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 195 - - - - - - - 1936 WAS:A
1937 WAS:A 28 8 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 43 - - - - - - - 1937 WAS:A
1937 BOS:A 28 27 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 196 - - - - - - - 1937 BOS:A
1938 BOS:A 29 13 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 237 - - - - - - - 1938 BOS:A
1939 CLE:A 30 18 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 225 - - - - - 19 - 1939 CLE:A
1940 CLE:A 31 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 221 - - - - - 19 - 1940 CLE:A
1941 WAS:A 32 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 37 - - - - - 7 - 1941 WAS:A
1941 CHI:A 32 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 60 - - - - - 2 - 1941 CHI:A
1944 BRO:N 35 1 - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 18 - - - - - - - 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 36 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 3 - - - - - - - 1945 BRO:N
1945 PHI:N 36 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 18 - - - - - - - 1945 PHI:N
1946 PHI:N 37 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 1946 PHI:N
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1930 NY:A 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1931 NY:A 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1932 NY:A 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1933 NY:A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1934 NY:A 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1935 NY:A 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1936 NY:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1936 WAS:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1937 WAS:A 28 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500
1937 BOS:A 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
1938 BOS:A 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000
1939 CLE:A 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500
1940 CLE:A 31 2 0 - - - - - .000 -
1941 WAS:A 32 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400
1941 CHI:A 32 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222
1944 BRO:N 35 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333
1945 BRO:N 36 2 0 - - - - - .000 -
1945 PHI:N 36 6 2 - - - - - .333 -
1946 PHI:N 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1930 NY:A 21 223 70 12 4 3 20 16 .314 .444 290 92 19 6 7 24 42 .317 .497 1930 NY:A
1931 NY:A 22 289 96 15 7 8 34 38 .332 .516 311 93 13 4 9 41 40 .299 .453 1931 NY:A
1932 NY:A 23 265 78 16 6 7 34 25 .294 .479 316 96 25 9 3 38 30 .304 .468 1932 NY:A
1933 NY:A 24 259 76 15 1 4 33 17 .293 .405 307 100 21 3 5 41 28 .326 .463 1933 NY:A
1934 NY:A 25 281 94 11 6 3 31 28 .335 .448 307 87 10 7 2 35 40 .283 .381 1934 NY:A
1935 NY:A 26 277 75 11 5 5 23 22 .271 .401 276 85 27 3 3 38 17 .308 .460 1935 NY:A
1936 NY:A 27 85 23 7 2 0 8 14 .271 .400 54 14 7 1 1 7 6 .259 .481 1936 NY:A
1936 WAS:A 27 179 63 19 4 1 27 6 .352 .520 222 70 17 3 3 43 12 .315 .459 1936 WAS:A
1937 WAS:A 28 52 16 4 1 0 11 3 .308 .423 78 18 3 0 0 15 4 .231 .269 1937 WAS:A
1937 BOS:A 28 213 72 14 7 5 27 17 .338 .540 210 58 9 4 2 30 18 .276 .386 1937 BOS:A
1938 BOS:A 29 197 68 16 4 3 25 11 .345 .513 282 95 24 4 3 40 22 .337 .482 1938 BOS:A
1939 CLE:A 30 274 84 20 2 1 38 9 .307 .405 271 74 11 7 5 49 21 .273 .421 1939 CLE:A
1940 CLE:A 31 287 83 21 4 0 42 24 .289 .390 261 74 19 2 4 36 21 .284 .418 1940 CLE:A
1941 WAS:A 32 72 21 5 0 1 8 2 .292 .403 38 7 1 0 0 2 4 .184 .211 1941 WAS:A
1941 CHI:A 32 60 11 2 0 0 4 5 .183 .217 130 32 7 1 2 15 9 .246 .362 1941 CHI:A
1944 BRO:N 35 16 8 2 0 0 3 0 .500 .625 22 6 2 0 0 2 4 .273 .364 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 36 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 .154 .154 1945 BRO:N
1945 PHI:N 36 28 8 1 0 0 1 1 .286 .321 23 8 1 0 0 1 0 .348 .391 1945 PHI:N
1946 PHI:N 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1946 PHI:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1930 NY:A 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1930 NY:A
1931 NY:A 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1931 NY:A
1932 NY:A 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1932 NY:A
1933 NY:A 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1933 NY:A
1934 NY:A 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1934 NY:A
1935 NY:A 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1935 NY:A
1936 NY:A 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1936 NY:A
1936 WAS:A 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1936 WAS:A
1937 WAS:A 28 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - 1937 WAS:A
1937 BOS:A 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1937 BOS:A
1938 BOS:A 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1938 BOS:A
1939 CLE:A 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939 CLE:A
1940 CLE:A 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940 CLE:A
1941 WAS:A 32 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 1941 WAS:A
1941 CHI:A 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1941 CHI:A
1944 BRO:N 35 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 36 - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - - 1945 BRO:N
1945 PHI:N 36 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 46 13 2 0 0 2 1 .283 .326 1945 PHI:N
1946 PHI:N 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1946 PHI:N
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1944 BRO:N 35 11 3.40 .243 .261 5 3 0 - - - 9 2 6 6 0 79.1 75 4 33 - 37 - 3 1 0 - - - 1944
1945 BRO:N 36 10 5.53 .298 .265 3 3 0 - - - 7 3 4 2 0 53.2 64 3 32 - 23 - 3 2 1 - - - 1945
1945 PHI:N 36 3 7.71 .259 .265 0 0 0 - - - 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 7 0 6 - 4 - 0 0 0 - - - 1945
1946 PHI:N 37 1 .00 .200 .256 0 0 0 - - - 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 - 1 - 0 0 0 - - - 1946
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1944 BRO:N 35 - - - - - 2.92 77.0 19.29 2.1 36 30 - 349 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1944
1945 BRO:N 36 - - - - - 5.93 44.0 3.72 9.2 33 33 - 253 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1945
1945 PHI:N 36 - - - - - - - 7.71 7.0 8 6 - 34 1 0 - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1945
1946 PHI:N 37 - - - - - - - .00 1.2 - 0 - 5 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1946
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1930 NY:A 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1930 NY:A
1931 NY:A 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1931 NY:A
1932 NY:A 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1932 NY:A
1933 NY:A 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1933 NY:A
1934 NY:A 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1934 NY:A
1935 NY:A 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1935 NY:A
1936 NY:A 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1936 NY:A
1936 WAS:A 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1936 WAS:A
1937 WAS:A 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1937 WAS:A
1937 BOS:A 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1937 BOS:A
1938 BOS:A 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1938 BOS:A
1939 CLE:A 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939 CLE:A
1940 CLE:A 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940 CLE:A
1941 WAS:A 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1941 WAS:A
1941 CHI:A 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1941 CHI:A
1944 BRO:N 35 135 29 - - 1 13 18 .215 .088 174 46 - - 3 21 20 .264 .108 1944 BRO:N
1945 BRO:N 36 113 30 - - 2 18 16 .265 .137 102 34 - - 1 14 7 .333 .121 1945 BRO:N
1945 PHI:N 36 19 4 - - 0 3 2 .211 .136 8 3 - - 0 3 2 .375 .273 1945 PHI:N
1946 PHI:N 37 0 0 - - 0 0 0 .000 .000 5 1 - - 0 0 1 .200 .000 1946 PHI:N
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1944 BRO:N 35 .900 .961 11 9 79.1 3 6 1 - 0
1945 BRO:N 36 .938 .963 10 7 53.2 2 13 1 - 1
1945 PHI:N 36 1.000 .963 3 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 0
1946 PHI:N 37 .000 .960 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1930 NY:A 21 .939 .969 45 43 - 132 146 18 - 36
1931 NY:A 22 .967 .967 11 11 104.7 25 33 2 - 4
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1930 NY:A 21 .912 .945 91 91 - 100 149 24 - 11
1938 BOS:A 29 1.000 .941 1 0 - 0 1 0 0 0
1945 PHI:N 36 .800 .941 4 2 - 2 6 2 - 1
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1937 BOS:A 28 .750 .955 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 - 0
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1931 NY:A 22 .957 .969 88 87 - 211 12 10 - -
1932 NY:A 23 .935 .967 83 81 - 178 9 13 - -
1933 NY:A 24 .988 .970 75 73 - 154 13 2 - -
1934 NY:A 25 .980 .968 41 41 373.0 94 4 2 - -
1937 BOS:A 28 .833 .969 2 2 20.0 5 0 1 - -
1939 CLE:A 30 1.000 .969 2 1 - 1 0 0 0 -
1940 CLE:A 31 .942 .970 62 61 - 129 2 8 - -
1941 WAS:A 32 1.000 .973 26 26 236.7 54 5 0 0 -
1941 CHI:A 32 .981 .973 21 21 - 51 1 1 - -
1945 PHI:N 36 1.000 .978 2 0 - 0 1 0 - -
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1934 NY:A 25 .964 .968 86 85 - 232 6 9 - -
1935 NY:A 26 .964 .970 138 138 - 372 25 15 - -
1936 NY:A 27 .965 .968 36 36 - 106 3 4 - 0
1936 WAS:A 27 .959 .968 97 97 - 271 10 12 - -
1937 WAS:A 28 .956 .969 32 32 - 85 1 4 - -
1937 BOS:A 28 1.000 .969 11 10 - 28 2 0 0 -
1939 CLE:A 30 .971 .969 133 131 - 329 9 10 - -
1940 CLE:A 31 1.000 .970 20 18 - 42 2 0 0 -
1941 CHI:A 32 1.000 .973 23 21 - 58 3 0 0 -
1945 PHI:N 36 .923 .978 6 4 - 12 0 1 - -
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1931 NY:A 22 .978 .969 52 50 - 89 2 2 - -
1932 NY:A 23 .970 .967 89 68 - 124 5 4 - -
1933 NY:A 24 .960 .970 79 74 - 134 11 6 - -
1934 NY:A 25 .957 .968 24 23 - 42 2 2 - -
1937 BOS:A 28 .987 .969 100 100 - 229 7 3 - -
1938 BOS:A 29 .966 .972 125 125 - 267 15 10 - -
1939 CLE:A 30 .967 .969 13 13 - 26 3 1 - -
1940 CLE:A 31 .973 .970 60 60 - 136 6 4 - -
1941 CHI:A 32 1.000 .973 6 5 - 13 0 0 0 -
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,032 728 1,466 837 554 2,347 1,311 2,146 611
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 2,323 2,513 551 2,482 1,830 1,056 4,191 4,851 2,182
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