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William Benjamin Chapman

First name: Ben

Last name: Chapman

Birthdate: 1908-12-25

Bats: R Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 112205

Retro ID: chapb102

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1930	NYA	6.7	2.0	8.8	2.1	4.7	4.1	14
1931	NYA	7.9	1.3	9.2	4.8	7.5	1.7	23
1932	NYA	7.9	1.2	9.1	2.9	5.5	3.5	17
1933	NYA	7.9	1.2	9.1	2.3	4.9	4.1	15
1934	NYA	8.0	1.4	9.5	4.3	7.1	2.3	21
1935	NYA	7.6	1.5	9.2	4.5	7.2	2.0	22
1936	NYA	1.8	0.4	2.2	0.9	1.5	0.7	5
1936	WS1	5.7	1.1	6.8	3.9	5.9	0.9	18
1937	WS1	1.9	0.4	2.3	0.3	0.9	1.3	3
1937	BOS	6.0	0.9	6.9	2.9	4.9	1.9	15
1938	BOS	6.7	1.0	7.6	4.2	6.4	1.2	19
1939	CLE	8.1	1.6	9.8	3.3	6.2	3.6	19
1940	CLE	7.9	1.2	9.1	3.1	5.8	3.4	17
1941	WS1	1.5	0.2	1.7	-1.1	-0.6	2.4	-2
1941	CHA	2.6	0.5	3.1	0.2	1.2	2.0	3
1944	BRO	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	-0.6	4
1945	BRO	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0
1945	PHI	0.7	0.1	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0
1946	PHI	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		89.8	16.0	106.1	39.5	70.4	35.4	213

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1930	NYA	565	9	12	2	2	1	3	-20	2	0	0	12.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	-4
1931	NYA	686	26	30	1	6	1	4	-3	-5	0	39	11.7	3.3	-0.5	0.1	2.9	7
1932	NYA	663	18	22	2	1	0	1	-8	-7	0	18	11.2	1.6	-0.7	0.1	1.0	1
1933	NYA	654	18	23	-2	6	0	1	-18	-6	0	10	11.2	0.9	-0.6	0.1	0.4	-10
1934	NYA	665	4	10	0	1	1	3	13	-4	0	28	10.2	2.7	-0.4	0.1	2.4	24
1935	NYA	629	3	9	2	3	2	1	11	-2	0	28	10.2	2.7	-0.2	0.1	2.6	23
1936	NYA	156	-3	-1	0	0	1	-1	7	-1	0	6	11.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.4	10
1936	WS1	473	20	23	-1	2	0	-2	6	-1	0	28	11.1	2.5	-0.1	0.1	2.5	14
1937	WS1	156	-2	-1	0	-1	0	1	-1	0	0	-2	10.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	2
1937	BOS	487	10	9	0	-2	0	2	10	-4	0	19	10.6	1.8	-0.4	0.1	1.5	16
1938	BOS	552	23	20	0	-2	-1	1	15	-5	0	33	11.1	3.0	-0.5	0.1	2.6	22
1939	CLE	654	7	12	-2	2	0	0	2	-2	0	14	10.2	1.4	-0.2	0.1	1.3	14
1940	CLE	631	5	8	-1	7	-1	2	2	-5	0	17	9.4	1.8	-0.5	-0.1	1.2	10
1941	WS1	121	-4	-4	0	-2	0	0	-8	-1	0	-14	10.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-6
1941	CHA	210	-9	-9	2	2	0	1	1	-1	0	-3	9.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	5
1944	BRO	44	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	9	10.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	0
1945	BRO	24	-3	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
1945	PHI	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	-4	9.8	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	-3
1946	PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		7,424	125	163	4	27	4	18	5	-42	5	226	-	20.8	-4.2	0.9	17.5	125

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	R	XR	DR	IP/G	RPW	Role	LgAdj	R+	LI	R_lev+	WAM	W	L	WAR	VS
1944	BRO	NL	11	3.7	79.3	35	35	-3	7.21	8.6	-0.01	-0.18	1	0.99	1	0.1	2.0	1.8	0.9	6
1945	BRO	NL	10	2.4	53.7	33	25	-2	5.37	9.6	0.01	-0.18	-7	0.97	-7	-0.7	0.5	1.9	-0.2	2
1945	PHI	NL	3	0.2	7.0	8	3	-1	2.33	9.6	-0.14	-0.18	-4	0.15	-2	-0.2	-0.1	0.3	-0.2	0
1946	PHI	NL	1	0.0	1.7	0	1	0	1.70	10.1	-0.15	0.03	1	0.00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career			25	6.3	141.7	76	64	-6					-9		-8	-0.8	2.4	4	0.5	8

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year	Team	Chances	OAA	OAA adj
1944	BRO	11	-1.0	-1
1945	PHI	0	0.0	0
1945	BRO	15	0.0	0
1946	PHI	0	0.0	0
		26	-1.0	-1

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1930	NYA	2B	1255	229	-2.0	-2	-2	6	0	-0.3	0.0	0	-2
1930	NYA	3B	2759	354	-23.0	-22	-17	-24	-19	-1.3	0.0	-1	-18
1931	NYA	2B	318	53	1.0	1	1	4	6	0.0	-0.2	0	1
1937	BOS	SS	32	5	-1.0	-1	-1	0	-2	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1938	BOS	3B	17	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1945	PHI	3B	77	7	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	-1	0.2	0.0	0	-1
		2B	1573	282	-1.0	-1	-1	10	6	-0.3	-0.2	0	-1
		3B	2853	363	-24.0	-23	-18	-26	-20	-1.1	0.0	-1	-19
		SS	32	5	-1.0	-1	-1	0	-2	0.0	0.0	0	-1

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1931	NYA	LF	2405	283	8.0	2	2	35	122	2	4
1931	NYA	RF	868	146	-5.0	-8	-8	-9	43	0	-8
1932	NYA	LF	2048	228	9.0	4	4	26	92	-1	3
1932	NYA	RF	1103	189	-6.0	-10	-10	-15	83	-1	-11
1933	NYA	LF	1909	199	-1.0	-5	-5	11	88	0	-5
1933	NYA	RF	1194	226	-8.0	-12	-12	-3	108	-1	-13
1934	NYA	LF	1185	137	10.0	8	8	15	43	0	8
1934	NYA	CF	2346	308	14.0	10	10	10	100	1	11
1934	NYA	RF	369	65	-4.0	-5	-5	-7	18	-1	-6
1935	NYA	CF	3681	485	13.0	7	7	40	165	4	11
1936	NYA	CF	1060	150	8.0	7	7	20	62	0	7
1936	WS1	CF	2746	354	5.0	6	6	-34	129	0	6
1937	BOS	LF	69	5	-1.0	-1	-1	-4	2	0	-1
1937	WS1	CF	930	122	-1.0	-1	-1	-7	59	0	-1
1937	BOS	CF	292	40	0.0	0	0	-1	15	0	0
1937	BOS	RF	1515	333	12.0	14	13	29	101	-1	12
1938	BOS	LF	15	0	0.0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
1938	BOS	RF	1628	404	14.0	17	16	35	166	-1	15
1939	CLE	LF	41	4	0.0	0	0	-3	1	0	0
1939	CLE	CF	3723	480	1.0	1	1	23	150	2	3
1939	CLE	RF	191	37	-1.0	-1	-1	1	14	0	-1
1940	CLE	LF	1722	186	1.0	-1	-1	12	77	-2	-3
1940	CLE	CF	528	64	-3.0	-3	-3	1	24	0	-3
1940	CLE	RF	1125	198	8.0	9	9	20	86	-1	8
1941	CHA	LF	533	60	1.0	1	1	-1	7	0	1
1941	WS1	LF	813	87	-7.0	-7	-7	0	46	-1	-8
1941	CHA	CF	557	77	0.0	0	0	2	16	0	0
1941	CHA	RF	54	11	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
1945	PHI	LF	30	1	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	8	0	-1
1945	PHI	CF	126	16	-2.0	-2	-2	-2	5	0	-2
1945	PHI	RF	5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		LF	10770	1190	19.0	0	0	89	486	-2	-2
		CF	15989	2096	35.0	25	25	52	725	7	32
		RF	8052	1609	10.0	4	2	51	621	-6	-4

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1932	NYA	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	1
Career		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	1

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1932	NYA	19	-1	-1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	13.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	1
Career		19	-1	-1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	1

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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