Ben Chapman

1930–1946 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)

1,717G

.302AVG

.383OBP

.440SLG

More career statistics

1,958H

90HR

977RBI

287SB

8–6W–L

141.0IP

65K

4.40ERA

16GS

16Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	6,478	6,479
Batting · Caught stealing	135	138
Batting · Hits	1,958	1,959
Batting · Strikeouts	556	557
Batting · Plate appearances	7,420	7,425
Batting · RBI	977	981
Batting · Stolen bases	287	288
Batting · Walks	824	827
Pitching · Batters faced	642	641
Pitching · p ipouts	423	425
Pitching · p k	65	66
Pitching · p w	71	72

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,717	7,420	6,478	1,144	1,958	407	107	90	977	824	556	287	135	26	0	2,849	.302	.383	.440	.823

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
141.0	25	16	8	8	6	0	147	77	69	7	71	65	0	0	4.40	1.546

Streaks

19longest hitting streak · 1933-04-18 to 1933-05-20

51longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
78	Three Triples	1939-07-03	1 in 3,855 games	box score ↗
75	Seven Times On Base	1936-05-24	1 in 2,761 games	box score ↗
71	Five-Walk Game	1936-05-24	1 in 1,833 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	837	3490	947	41	437	369	239	.309	.377	.446
Away	880	3935	1012	49	544	458	318	.297	.374	.435

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	128	539	125	6	62	65	46	.268	.353	.391
May	276	1179	299	17	171	117	100	.287	.353	.432
June	307	1385	366	22	196	158	114	.303	.378	.459
July	326	1426	369	23	196	179	90	.302	.384	.461
August	337	1446	394	10	164	147	100	.309	.374	.414
September	336	1422	397	12	191	160	103	.321	.392	.453
October	7	28	9	0	1	1	4	.346	.357	.385

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	250	1080	265	17	114	122	102	.280	.358	.412
philadelphia-athletics	234	1035	275	18	153	125	67	.306	.386	.464
st-louis-browns	231	1037	286	6	137	126	74	.322	.397	.472
chicago-white-sox	226	1008	275	18	154	112	72	.315	.384	.468
washington-senators-1901-60	212	921	257	4	126	95	68	.316	.382	.435
boston-red-sox	203	898	223	14	109	105	70	.288	.365	.431
cleveland-guardians	192	845	237	10	134	77	71	.313	.372	.449
new-york-yankees	111	479	108	3	36	56	27	.260	.342	.358

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1930	New York Yankees	138	513	162	10	81	15	.316	–	–
1931	New York Yankees	149	600	189	17	123	61	.315	–	–
1932	New York Yankees	151	581	174	10	106	38	.299	–	–
1933	New York Yankees	147	567	176	9	98	27	.310	–	–
1934	New York Yankees	149	588	181	5	89	26	.308	–	–
1935	New York Yankees	140	553	160	8	73	17	.289	–	–
1936	New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60)	133	540	170	5	82	20	.315	–	–
1937	Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60)	148	553	164	7	70	35	.297	–	–
1938	Boston Red Sox	127	479	163	6	80	13	.340	–	–
1939	Cleveland Guardians	149	545	158	6	82	18	.290	–	–
1940	Cleveland Guardians	143	548	157	4	50	13	.286	–	–
1941	Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60)	85	300	72	3	29	4	.240	–	–
1944	Brooklyn Dodgers	20	38	14	–	11	1	.368	79	38
1945	Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies	37	73	19	–	7	–	.260	60	27
1946	Philadelphia Phillies	1	1	–	–	–	–	.000	1	1