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Portrait of Ray Chapman

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
9 4590 .278 .358 .377 0 0.0
Birth Date1-15-1891
Height5' 10"
Weight170 lbs
Age133 years, 3 months, 10 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1912 CLE 21 31 132 34 6 3 0 10 13 1 10 5 .312 .375 .422 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1913 CLE 22 141 601 131 19 7 3 46 51 2 29 .258 .322 .341 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1914 CLE 23 106 442 103 16 10 2 48 48 1 24 9 .275 .358 .387 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1915 CLE 24 154 669 154 14 17 3 70 82 3 36 15 .270 .353 .370 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1916 CLE 25 109 437 80 10 5 0 50 46 1 21 14 .231 .330 .289 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1917 CLE 26 156 691 170 28 13 2 61 65 0 52 .302 .370 .409 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1918 CLE 27 128 571 119 19 8 1 84 46 6 35 .267 .390 .352 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1919 CLE 28 115 517 130 23 10 3 31 38 3 18 .300 .351 .420 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1920 CLE 29 111 530 132 27 8 3 52 38 2 13 9 .303 .380 .423 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1912 CLE MLB AL 31 132 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1913 CLE MLB AL 141 601 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1914 CLE MLB AL 106 442 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1915 CLE MLB AL 154 669 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1916 CLE MLB AL 109 437 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1917 CLE MLB AL 156 691 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1918 CLE MLB AL 128 571 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1919 CLE MLB AL 115 517 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1920 CLE MLB AL 111 530 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1912 CLE MLB AL 132 109 29 34 6 3 0 46 19 10 13 10 5 .312 .375 .422 .110 12
1913 CLE MLB AL 601 508 78 131 19 7 3 173 39 46 51 29 .258 .322 .341 .083 45
1914 CLE MLB AL 442 375 59 103 16 10 2 145 42 48 48 24 9 .275 .358 .387 .112 18
1915 CLE MLB AL 669 570 101 154 14 17 3 211 67 70 82 36 15 .270 .353 .370 .100 26
1916 CLE MLB AL 437 346 50 80 10 5 0 100 27 50 46 21 14 .231 .330 .289 .058 40
1917 CLE MLB AL 691 563 98 170 28 13 2 230 36 61 65 52 .302 .370 .409 .107 67
1918 CLE MLB AL 571 446 84 119 19 8 1 157 32 84 46 35 .267 .390 .352 .085 35
1919 CLE MLB AL 517 433 75 130 23 10 3 182 53 31 38 18 .300 .351 .420 .120 50
1920 CLE MLB AL 530 435 97 132 27 8 3 184 49 52 38 13 9 .303 .380 .423 .120 41

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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DateQuestionAnswer
2008-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)I think the problem with the deadball era is that it's a completely different game. Offensive and defensive have ebbed and flowed throughout the years but different factors thereof still had similar relative values. It's hard to make sense of an era where scoring was way down, averages were way up, power meant triples, everyone stole at a 50% clip and usage and equipment changes since mean contemporary pitching is almost irrelevant as a comparison point. The sixties are a distant, distant second place in the whole "no rational frame of reference" game. And I say this as someone whose loved the era ever since you recommended Crazy 08 and The Glory of Their Times to me at the Boston book signing!
(jackalltogether from Boston)		Glad you took me up on those books. There are some really good ones. I also like "The Pitch that Killed," about Ray Chapman and Carl Mays... For me, history, even baseball history, is all about people and their high and low moments, their heroism, their villainy, the fact that they succeeded and failed just like you and me. The challenge as a writer is to bring them to life as people, not just stats. That's what I try to do, though it's sometimes a little difficult in the context of a 1500-word column. Also, even though all the differences you point out are true, a lot of the team-building and strategic problems are relateable. If I ask you to choose between PH A and PH B in a World Series game, and describe the strengths and weaknesses of each, we can second-guess along whether we're talking about Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker or Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay. (Steven Goldman)


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