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Ben Chapman

Manager

William Benjamin Chapman

474 Games

196-276 Record

0.415 Win%

4 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R

Throws R

Born 12/25/1908
Nashville, TN, USA

Died 7/7/1993
Hoover, AL, USA

MLB Debut 1930-04-15

Final Game 1946-05-12

📊 Career Record

474 Games Managed

196 Wins

276 Losses

                        0.415
                        Win Percentage
                    

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

4 seasons

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Ben Chapman — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year	Team	Lg	G	W	L	Win%	Rank	P-M
1945	PHI	NL	85	28	57	0.329	8	Y
1946	PHI	NL	155	69	85	0.448	5	Y
1947	PHI	NL	155	62	92	0.403	8	N
1948	PHI	NL	79	37	42	0.468	6	N

Ben Chapman as a manager

The career managing record for Ben Chapman is 196-276 (.415) over 474 games, from 1945 to 1948. Chapman's 1945 Philadelphia Phillies played 85 games and went 28-57, finishing 8th. Under Chapman, the 1946 Philadelphia Phillies posted a 69-85 record across 155 games, finishing 5th. The 1947 row: Philadelphia Phillies, 155 games, 62 wins and 92 losses, finishing 8th. In 1948 the Philadelphia Phillies went 37-42 in 79 games under Chapman, finishing 6th in the NL.

League play for Chapman's teams: the National League. The stint began mid-season, in 1945. Chapman was a player-manager in 1945 and 1946. Chapman was born on December 25, 1908, in Nashville, TN, USA. The death date on file is July 7, 1993. As a player, Chapman appears from 1930 to 1946; the player page has that record.

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