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Ray Chapman

#59 RANKED AT POSITION
1912—1920
Shortstop
BORN
January 15, 1891, in Beaver Dam, KY
BATS / THROWS
Right / Right
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
5-10 / 170
PRIMARY TEAM
Cleveland Indians
.278
BATTING AVERAGE
1051
GAMES
29.3
WAR
.358
ON-BASE PCT
671
RUNS
27.4
WAR7
.377
SLUGGING
1053
HITS
16.1
WAR3
.735
ON-BASE + SLUGGING
17
HOME RUNS
4.5
WAR PER SEASON
One of baseball’s best shortstops; was hit in the skull by a pitch from Carl Mays during penant race in 1920; only fatality in baseball history due to an injury on field.

Compared to Hall of Fame Shortstops

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS WAR PER
Chapman
CAREER
29.3
LONG PEAK
27.4
PRIME
20.6
SHORT PEAK
16.1
JAWS
28.4
WAR PER
4.5
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
CAREER
67.7
LONG PEAK
43.1
PRIME
30.3
SHORT PEAK
21.6
JAWS
55.4
WAR PER
4.9

Where Does Ray Chapman Rank Among Shortstops?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
RANKING
59
CAREER
79
LONG PEAK
67
PRIME
62
SHORT PEAK
62
JAWS
76
RANKING
EGG RANKING
CAREER
WAR
LONG PEAK
WAR7
PRIME
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
SHORT PEAK
WAR3
JAWS
JAWS

Hall of Fame Shortstops Wins Above Replacement Comparison

Chapman
Average HOF Shortstop
80.080.060.060.040.040.020.020.00.00.029.327.420.616.128.34.567.743.130.321.655.44.9Career WARCareer WARWAR7WAR7WAR5CWAR5CWAR3WAR3JAWSJAWSWAR PER SNWAR PER SN
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