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Hack Wilson League
4-1-2015
Ben Chapman Second Base
Retired (1996, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .725 Status Retired (1996) Option Years 0  
H 1452 Age 56 (OS 57) Date of Birth 05-15-1958
HR 84 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1981)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(91 games)
RBI 549
SB 240
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C- Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt B  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS F  (0.6%) Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 1
3B B+ (68.6%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1982 NYN
145
575
68
146
29
3
6
38
69
 91 1 0
38
 21 18
.681
.335
.346
.092
.254
1983 NYN
46
182
23
50
4
0
1
15
16
 22 1 1
10
 5 17
.648
.335
.313
.038
.275
1984 NYN
142
204
29
49
6
2
5
19
18
 27 1 0
7
 6 2
.668
.305
.363
.123
.240
1985 NYN-STL
91
299
35
74
16
2
5
31
45
 45 2 2
11
 10 7
.712
.348
.365
.117
.247
1986 STL
102
252
40
80
12
2
5
37
33
 30 0 2
23
 12 12
.834
.394
.440
.123
.317
1987 STL
125
375
38
95
13
5
4
33
35
 59 1 3
16
 17 15
.663
.316
.347
.093
.253
1988 STL
96
134
21
35
6
1
6
20
18
 20 1 1
4
 0 0
.806
.351
.455
.194
.261
1989 STL
137
417
55
127
22
7
10
63
40
 56 3 1
26
 15 17
.832
.369
.463
.158
.305
1990 KC
121
273
35
70
13
2
4
29
40
 42 3 0
12
 1 12
.720
.358
.363
.106
.256
1991 KC
149
532
66
149
19
4
11
56
67
 94 0 3
18
 8 14
.752
.359
.393
.113
.280
1992 KC-CIN
150
557
76
163
36
3
9
83
61
 85 4 5
12
 12 13
.780
.364
.417
.124
.293
1993 CIN
149
532
79
134
11
4
7
37
60
 92 2 2
23
 7 13
.656
.329
.327
.075
.252
1994 CIN
146
519
80
139
24
5
5
42
70
 78 0 1
25
 17 9
.716
.354
.362
.094
.268
1995 CIN
133
520
89
141
26
2
6
46
63
 82 0 3
15
 15 7
.712
.348
.363
.092
.271
Total
1732
5371
734
1452
237
42
84
549
635
 823 19 24
240
 146 156
.725
.348
.377
.107
.270
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01Ben Chapman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1996-05-06The Detroit Express have waived Ben Chapman.
1996-04-29The Detroit Express have acquired Ben Chapman from the waiver wire.
1996-04-08The Cincinnati Hawks have waived Ben Chapman.
1996-04-01The Cincinnati Hawks have promoted George Mostil to the major league team. The Cincinnati Hawks have designated Ben Chapman for assignment.
1992-07-30A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Hawks and the Kansas City Kangaroos. The Kansas City Kangaroos receive Lyman Unser, Draft Pick 1994 Round 1 CIN (Dale Evans), Draft Pick 1993 Round 2 CIN (Bill Cloude) from the Cincinnati Hawks in exchange for Ben Chapman, Lou Alou.
1990-09-22Ben Chapman of the Kansas City Kangaroos is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1990-04-01A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Red Birds and the Kansas City Kangaroos. The Kansas City Kangaroos receive Ben Chapman, Elrod Hendricks, Ed Figueroa from the St. Louis Red Birds in exchange for Cory White.
1986-08-13The St. Louis Yankees! have promoted Ben Chapman to the major league team.
1986-08-06The St. Louis Yankees! have promoted Cecilio Guante to the major league team. The St. Louis Yankees! have sent Ben Chapman to the minors.
1986-05-22The St. Louis Yankees! have promoted Ben Chapman to the major league team. The St. Louis Yankees! have sent Gil MacDougald to the minors.
1985-09-09The St. Louis Yankees! have sent Ben Chapman to the minors.
1985-08-19The St. Louis Yankees! have promoted Ben Chapman to the major league team.
1985-06-28The St. Louis Yankees! have sent Ben Chapman to the minors. The St. Louis Yankees! have designated Eric Baker for assignment.
1985-04-25The St. Louis Yankees! have renamed Rick McBean to Ben Chapman.
1985-04-25The St. Louis Yankees! have promoted Rick McBean to the major league team.
1985-04-25A trade has been completed between the New York Mercenaries and the St. Louis Yankees!. The St. Louis Yankees! receive Rick McBean, Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 NYN (Sandy Alomar) from the New York Mercenaries in exchange for Johnnie Walker.
1983-05-26Rick McBean of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1982-04-05The New York Mets have promoted Rick McBean to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated Darren Magadan for assignment.