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  • Sam Chapman
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  • Samuel Blake Chapman (April 11, 1916 – December 22, 2006) was an American two-sport athletic star who played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball, spending nearly his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics (1938–1941, 1945–1951). He batted and threw right-handed, leading the American League in putouts four times. He was previously an All-American college football player at the University of California.
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Birth Date
  • 1916-04-11
death place
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  • Right
Name
  • Sam Chapman
  • Chapman, Sam
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  • --09-22
Date of Death
  • 2006-12-22
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Birth Place
death date
  • 2006-12-22
Highlights
  • ;Notable achievements * Appeared in 1946 All-Star Game * Drafted by NFL but chose MLB
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  • Right
Place of Birth
  • Tiburon, California
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  • 180
Place of death
  • Kentfield, California
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debutyear
  • 1938
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  • Home runs
BRM
  • chapma001sam
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  • 773
Position
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  • 0.266000
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  • --05-16
Teams
  • *Philadelphia Athletics *Cleveland Indians
BR
  • c/chapmsa01
Date of Birth
  • 1916-04-11
Short Description
  • American baseball player
finalteam
finalyear
  • 1951
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  • Samuel Blake Chapman (April 11, 1916 – December 22, 2006) was an American two-sport athletic star who played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball, spending nearly his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics (1938–1941, 1945–1951). He batted and threw right-handed, leading the American League in putouts four times. He was previously an All-American college football player at the University of California.