William Benjamin Chapman (December 25, 1908 – July 7, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1930 to 1946, most prominently as a member of the New York Yankees where, he was a four-time All-Star player, and was a member of the 1932 World Series winning team.

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2013年4月15日 · He had been a pretty good ballplayer on the Ruth-Gehrig Yankees and then later with several other teams, but he was remembered for his savage heckling of Jackie Robinson in Robinson's first...

2014年8月7日 · Ben became a very good ballplayer, with a .302 lifetime average over the course of 15 major-league seasons and 1,717 games. Chapman was primarily an outfielder, though he played 153 games as an infielder (every position but first base), and he even pitched in 25 games – with a winning record at that.

2024年6月18日 · The first of four parts in this series confronts the actions and legacy of Ben Chapman, the Philadelphia Phillies manager who terrorized Robinson during his rookie season with the Dodgers in 1947.

Ben Chapman, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Friday, December 25, 1908, in Nashville, Tennessee. Chapman was 21 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 15, 1930, with the New York Yankees.

2020年6月17日 · Speedy outfielder Ben Chapman was one of the best base stealers of the 1930s. He posted a .302/.383/.440 line and stole 287 bases during a fifteen year career, later working as a big league manager. His success is obscured by his virulent racism, heightened with Jackie Robinson 's rise in 1947.

Chapman was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1930, but he also served as a Major League Baseball manager. His biographical data appears below, followed by managerial data, including all of his career wins while managing, losses, as well as every Major League Baseball team he managed.

Chapman led AL outfielders in assists in 1933 and 1935. He reached double figures in doubles, triples, HR, and steals in each of his first three seasons, and led the AL in stolen bases three straight years, 1931-33. He was the first batter for the AL in the inaugural 1933 All-Star Game.

On April 15, 1930 he made his MLB debut for the New York Yankees where he was a teammate of Alabama native Joe Sewell as well as Yankee greats Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. Chapman was a member of the Yankees 1932 World Series Champion team.