Sam Chapman
1938–1951 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASF, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
1,368G
.266AVG
.342OBP
.438SLG
More career statistics
1,329H
180HR
773RBI
41SB
6Rare 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 | 4,988 | 4,989 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 38 | 41 |
| Batting · Doubles | 210 | 211 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,600 | 5,599 |
| Batting · Runs | 754 | 753 |
| Batting · RBI | 773 | 776 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 41 | 42 |
| Batting · Walks | 562 | 560 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,368 | 5,600 | 4,988 | 754 | 1,329 | 210 | 52 | 180 | 773 | 562 | 682 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 2,183 | .266 | .342 | .438 | .780 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1947-09-12 to 1948-04-22
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1946-06-21 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1939-05-05 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1946-08-15 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 658 | 2665 | 654 | 93 | 399 | 278 | 307 | .277 | .350 | .462 |
| Away | 710 | 2934 | 675 | 87 | 377 | 282 | 375 | .257 | .326 | .416 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 98 | 401 | 86 | 8 | 50 | 42 | 43 | .242 | .319 | .371 |
| May | 226 | 942 | 220 | 29 | 133 | 98 | 99 | .263 | .338 | .444 |
| June | 257 | 1057 | 268 | 38 | 154 | 110 | 135 | .285 | .358 | .485 |
| July | 258 | 1031 | 250 | 36 | 173 | 93 | 132 | .270 | .333 | .441 |
| August | 278 | 1148 | 268 | 42 | 156 | 114 | 154 | .261 | .333 | .434 |
| September | 246 | 998 | 234 | 27 | 108 | 101 | 115 | .265 | .336 | .416 |
| October | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .150 | .227 | .150 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 203 | 809 | 171 | 22 | 82 | 76 | 107 | .236 | .305 | .379 |
| detroit-tigers | 202 | 815 | 191 | 29 | 111 | 77 | 124 | .262 | .329 | .443 |
| boston-red-sox | 200 | 832 | 203 | 29 | 123 | 86 | 97 | .274 | .347 | .458 |
| cleveland-guardians | 191 | 769 | 201 | 26 | 107 | 78 | 91 | .293 | .363 | .470 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 187 | 784 | 181 | 20 | 110 | 87 | 76 | .264 | .342 | .423 |
| st-louis-browns | 186 | 790 | 211 | 32 | 136 | 85 | 86 | .302 | .375 | .521 |
| chicago-white-sox | 186 | 768 | 165 | 21 | 104 | 68 | 100 | .238 | .303 | .375 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 13 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .207 | .281 | .345 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 114 | 406 | 105 | 17 | 63 | 3 | .259 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 140 | 498 | 134 | 15 | 64 | 11 | .269 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 134 | 508 | 140 | 23 | 76 | 2 | .276 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 143 | 552 | 178 | 25 | 107 | 6 | .322 | – | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 30 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 146 | 545 | 142 | 20 | 67 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Athletics | 149 | 551 | 139 | 14 | 83 | 3 | .252 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 123 | 445 | 115 | 13 | 70 | 6 | .258 | – | – |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 154 | 590 | 164 | 24 | 109 | 3 | .278 | – | – |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 144 | 553 | 139 | 23 | 95 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics | 112 | 311 | 67 | 6 | 41 | 3 | .215 | – | – |