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Jumbo Brown League
10-13-2128
Billy Chappel First Base
Retired (1987, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .794 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 1203 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 05-21-1951
HR 202 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1974)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(119 games)
RBI 724
SB 29
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A- Velocity C+   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt A  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF C- (29.1%) Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF D+ (22.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1974 Minors 23 12.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 4 1 / 2 3 / 3 7 / 12
1975 Minors 24 39.00 0 / 1 3 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 2 3 / 7 3 / 7 4 / 8 14 / 39
1976 Minors 25 44.00 0 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 4 3 / 9 2 / 7 7 / 9 3 / 6 17 / 44
1976 Majors 25 11.52 27 21 0 2 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 5 / 11
1977 Minors 26 14.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 14
1977 Majors 26 40.51 118 56 0 2 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 5 4 / 10 3 / 8 3 / 3 4 / 6 17 / 40
1978 Majors 27 49.62 133 72 23 0 / 10 0 / 4 4 / 11 2 / 7 3 / 6 3 / 5 4 / 6 16 / 49
1979 Majors 28 62.97 162 95 0 0 / 13 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 6 2 / 11 3 / 9 5 / 10 11 / 62
1980 Majors 29 54.17 133 92 29 1 / 5 0 / 8 2 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 13 2 / 6 0 / 7 6 / 54
1981 Majors 30 65.24 162 130 0 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 9 2 / 65
1982 Majors 31 59.67 162 100 0 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 9 1 / 9 2 / 59
1983 Majors 32 62.14 145 117 17 2 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 10 1 / 17 0 / 7 0 / 8 4 / 62
1984 Majors 33 68.94 162 130 0 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 8 1 / 11 0 / 7 1 / 68
1985 Majors 34 58.95 138 111 24 -2 / 7 -3 / 9 -2 / 10 -3 / 9 -3 / 10 -2 / 7 0 / 6 -15 / 58
1986 Majors 35 52.79 123 100 39 -1 / 11 -2 / 9 -1 / 6 -5 / 3 -5 / 7 -3 / 8 -1 / 8 -18 / 52
1987 Majors 36 47.40 149 72 13 -3 / 8 -6 / 7 -1 / 10 -5 / 7 -8 / 6 -2 / 2 -4 / 7 -29 / 47
Total 1614 1096 145 1 / 104 -6 / 89 9 / 106 -3 / 102 3 / 131 17 / 102 19 / 102 40 / 736
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01Billy Chappel has retired from the Arizona TumbleWeeds
1987-05-08Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1986-09-30Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1986-07-17Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1986-05-24Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1986-04-03Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1985-09-20Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1985-05-12Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1983-09-18Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1983-05-02Billy Chappel of the Arizona TumbleWeeds is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1980-10-19Trade #1374627 has been completed between the Arizona TumbleWeeds and the Washington Gridlock. The Washington Gridlock receive Draft Pick 1982 Round 3 MIN (Ken Yerkes), Draft Pick 1981 Round 3 ARI (Joe Conigliaro), Draft Pick 1981 Round 1 ARI (Ollie Maas) from the Arizona TumbleWeeds in exchange for Phil Traxler, Billy Chappel.
1980-08-23Billy Chappel of the Washington Gridlock is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1980-07-11Billy Chappel of the Washington Gridlock is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1980-05-25The Washington Gridlock have placed Billy Chappel on the trade block.
1978-08-13Billy Chappel of the Washington Gridlock is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1977-06-13Trade #1358087 has been completed between the Washington Gridlock and the New York Nachos. The New York Nachos receive Luke Giel from the Washington Gridlock in exchange for Billy Chappel, Draft Pick 1978 Round 1 NYN (Johnny Wright), Draft Pick 1978 Round 1 SD (Dick Washburn).
1977-05-21Trade #1357617 has been completed between the New York Nachos and the Texas Bullfrogs. The Texas Bullfrogs receive Draft Pick 1978 Round 3 NYN (Al Garibaldi), Draft Pick 1978 Round 2 STL (Chick Obradovich) from the New York Nachos in exchange for Billy Chappel.
1976-06-01The Texas Bullfrogs have promoted Benjamin Zipporah to the major league team. The Texas Bullfrogs have sent Billy Chappel to the minors.
1976-05-01Trade #1352558 has been completed between the Texas Bullfrogs and the San Diego Submarines. The San Diego Submarines receive Ox Stephenson, Yonder Clark, Draft Pick 1979 Round 3 TEX (Tim Leary) from the Texas Bullfrogs in exchange for Dave PLOFF, Billy Chappel, Draft Pick 1978 Round 1 SD (Dick Washburn).
1975-07-23The San Diego Submarines have placed Billy Chappel on the trade block.
1974-04-01The San Diego Submarines have renamed Jeff Lerchen to Billy Chappel.