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Name Team Age
Billy Chappel Retired (1987, Age 36) Died (2012, Age 61)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12
(1974)
1B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jumbo Brown League 0 10 years (119 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 5/21/1951
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 1
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
C- (29.1 %) D+ (22.5 %) (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1976 RF TEX 22 21 181.0 45 42 2 1 0 -1 2.19 .978
1977 C NYN-WAS 7 0 13.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 5.54 1.000
LF NYN-WAS 47 44 387.66 83 80 2 1 0 -3 1.90 .988
CF NYN-WAS 4 4 34.0 10 10 0 0 0 -2 2.65 1.000
RF NYN-WAS 8 8 69.0 15 14 0 1 0 -1 1.83 .933
1978 C WAS 6 0 13.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 8.31 1.000
LF WAS 61 60 537.33 142 136 3 3 0 -2 2.33 .979
RF WAS 12 12 102.33 25 24 1 0 0 0 2.20 1.000
1979 C WAS 2 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 12.00 1.000
LF WAS 50 45 416.0 109 106 2 1 1 +3 2.34 .991
CF WAS 1 1 8.33 3 3 0 0 0 -1 3.24 1.000
RF WAS 49 49 420.66 82 80 1 1 0 -3 1.73 .988
1980 LF WAS-ARI 53 51 447.66 116 111 4 1 0 -1 2.31 .991
CF WAS-ARI 3 3 25.0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
RF WAS-ARI 38 38 332.33 75 72 3 0 0 +1 2.03 1.000
1981 1B ARI 130 130 1150.0 1154 1109 35 10 70 -8 8.95 .991
1982 1B ARI 100 100 885.0 926 896 28 2 53 -2 9.40 .998
1983 1B ARI 117 117 1044.66 1057 1032 23 2 52 +2 9.09 .998
1984 1B ARI 130 130 1156.0 1160 1124 34 2 78 +4 9.02 .998
1985 1B ARI 111 111 1002.33 996 960 30 6 67 -4 8.89 .994
1986 1B ARI 100 100 905.0 933 906 23 4 53 0 9.24 .996
1987 1B ARI 75 71 658.33 634 616 16 2 48 -5 8.64 .997
RF ARI 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 3.38 1.000
Pos Total C 15 0 29.0 24 24 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 7.45 1.000
1B 763 759 6801.32 6860 6643 189 28 421 -13 9.04 .996
LF 211 200 1788.65 450 433 11 6 1 -3 2.23 .987
CF 8 8 67.33 18 17 1 0 0 -3 2.41 1.000
RF 130 129 1113.32 245 235 7 3 0 -5 1.96 .988
Total 1127 1096 9799.62 7597 7352 208 37 422 0 2 0 0.0% -24 6.94 .995
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.