Ben Chapman stats
Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1946
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,717
- AB
- 6,478
- R
- 1,144
- H
- 1,958
- HR
- 90
- RBI
- 977
- SB
- 287
- AVG
- .302
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | NYY | 138 | 513 | 74 | 162 | 10 | 81 | 14 | .316 |
| 1931 | NYY | 149 | 600 | 120 | 189 | 17 | 122 | 61 | .315 |
| 1932 | NYY | 151 | 581 | 101 | 174 | 10 | 107 | 38 | .299 |
| 1933 | NYY | 147 | 565 | 112 | 176 | 9 | 98 | 27 | .312 |
| 1934 | NYY | 149 | 588 | 82 | 181 | 5 | 86 | 26 | .308 |
| 1935 | NYY | 140 | 553 | 118 | 160 | 8 | 74 | 17 | .289 |
| 1936 |  NYY/MIN | 133 | 540 | 110 | 170 | 5 | 81 | 20 | .315 |
| 1937 |  MIN/BOS | 148 | 553 | 99 | 164 | 7 | 69 | 35 | .297 |
| 1938 | BOS | 127 | 480 | 92 | 163 | 6 | 80 | 13 | .340 |
| 1939 | CLE | 149 | 545 | 101 | 158 | 6 | 82 | 18 | .290 |
| 1940 | CLE | 143 | 548 | 82 | 157 | 4 | 50 | 13 | .286 |
| 1941 | CHW/MIN | 85 | 300 | 35 | 71 | 3 | 29 | 4 | .237 |
| 1944 | LAD | 20 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .368 |
| 1945 |  LAD/PHI | 37 | 73 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .260 |
| 1946 | PHI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- AB
- 17
- R
- 1
- H
- 5
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 6
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .294
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 7,420
- TB
- 2,849
- XBH
- 604
- HBP
- 26
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | NYY | 564 | 243 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | NYY | 686 | 290 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | NYY | 662 | 275 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NYY | 651 | 247 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | NYY | 666 | 243 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | NYY | 629 | 238 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | NYY/MIN | 628 | 255 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN/BOS | 643 | 239 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | BOS | 553 | 237 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CLE | 654 | 225 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CLE | 631 | 221 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHW/MIN | 331 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | LAD | 44 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | LAD/PHI | 77 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 34.9
- RC
- 1156.7
- RC/27
- 6.60
- ISOP
- .138
- SECA
- .288
- BB/K
- 1.48
- AB/HR
- 72.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | NYY | 2.4 | 91.8 | 6.8 | .158 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 51.3 | 0 |
| 1931 | NYY | 5.7 | 120.9 | 7.4 | .168 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 35.3 | 0 |
| 1932 | NYY | 4.0 | 109 | 6.8 | .174 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 58.1 | 0 |
| 1933 | NYY | 4.5 | 101.2 | 6.6 | .126 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 62.8 | 0 |
| 1934 | NYY | 3.6 | 97.4 | 6.1 | .105 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 117.6 | 0 |
| 1935 | NYY | 3.0 | 90.3 | 5.8 | .141 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 69.1 | 0 |
| 1936 | NYY/MIN | 4.0 | 109.3 | 7.7 | .157 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 108 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN/BOS | 2.8 | 102 | 6.8 | .136 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 79 | 0 |
| 1938 | BOS | 0.0 | 101.3 | 8.3 | .154 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 80 | 0 |
| 1939 | CLE | 2.8 | 97.8 | 6.4 | .123 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 90.8 | 0 |
| 1940 | CLE | 2.1 | 90.5 | 6.1 | .117 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 137 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHW/MIN | -0.6 | 31 | 3.6 | .087 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 100 | 0 |
| 1944 | LAD | 0.7 | 8.3 | 9 | .105 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | LAD/PHI | -0.1 | 6.6 | 3.3 | .027 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | PHI | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Ben Chapman's career stats?
Ben Chapman played 15 seasons for the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Guardians, the Dodgers and the Phillies. He was a career .302 hitter with 1,958 hits, 90 home runs and 977 RBI. His best season was 1944: a .368 batting average, 0 home runs and 11 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1930 to 1946
Championships ×2
- 1932 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1936 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 286th in rbi (977)
- 182nd in stolen bases (287)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.