Was Edgar Chatman a pitcher?

Yes. Edgar Chatman pitched in the major leagues, recording 1 wins and 28 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Edgar Chatman hit?

Edgar Chatman hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Edgar Chatman's career batting average?

Edgar Chatman batted .125 over his career, with 2 hits in 16 at bats.

How many RBI did Edgar Chatman have?

Edgar Chatman drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was Edgar Chatman's career ERA?

Edgar Chatman finished with a 3.54 career ERA, going 1-5 with 28 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Edgar Chatman have?

Edgar Chatman recorded 28 career strikeouts.

Edgar Chatman

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Edgar Chatman was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Memphis Red Sox. Across 7 career appearances, he went 1-5 with a 3.54 ERA and 28 strikeouts. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 623.9.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 1–5

ERA 3.54

WHIP 1.43

SO 28

Pitcher PIV 623.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: — / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 163 lb
Born: 1/12/1917 in Ville Platte, LA, USA

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Edgar Chatman — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
18.0	17.0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.236

Pitching

Edgar Chatman — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2	15	16	6	8	0	98.1	90	51	14	1	22	22	1.28	1.14

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Edgar Chatman — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1946	0	1	0	0	1	0	3.0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.33
Listed seasons · 1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3.0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.33

Career Pitching Statistics

Edgar Chatman — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
1	5	7	6	2	0	0	48.1	49	19	1	20	28	3.54	623.9

Career ERA 3.54 vs. league average 3.62 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Edgar Chatman — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1944	MRS	NAL	0	3	3	3	0	20.0	23	8	8	14	3.60	3.57 (-1%)	475.3
1945	MRS	NAL	1	2	4	3	2	28.1	26	11	12	14	3.49	3.67 (+5%)	148.6
Career · 2 seasons			1	5	7	6	2	48.1	49	19	20	28	3.54	—	624

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Edgar Chatman — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
7	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	0

Career AVG .125 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 52.1% below league average.

Career OBP .176 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 46.1% below league average.

Career SLG .125 vs. league average .356 across their career seasons — 64.9% below league average.

Career OPS .301 vs. league average .684 across their career seasons — 55.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Edgar Chatman — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	RBI	BB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1944	MRS	NAL	3	7	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1945	MRS	NAL	4	9	2	1	1	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			7	16	2	1	1	.125	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Edgar Chatman — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	7	6	0	1	0	0	.167
Away	12	8	0	1	0	0	.125

Pitching — Home / Away

Edgar Chatman — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	7	29.0	24	3	4	8	0.93
Away	12	44.1	51	9	12	6	1.83

Last 10 Games — Batting

Edgar Chatman — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H
1945-07-15	MEM	CAG	L	2	1
1945-07-08	MEM	CAG	L	0	0
1945-07-04	MEM	BIR	L	0	0
1945-07-01	MEM	BIR	L	0	0
1945-06-24	MEM	CIA	L	0	0
1945-06-17	MEM	CIA	W	4	1
1945-06-10	MEM	CVB	W	0	0
1945-06-08	MEM	CAG	L	0	0
1945-06-05	MEM	CAG	L	2	0
1945-06-03	MEM	CAG	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Edgar Chatman — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1945-07-15	MEM	CAG	L	6.1	8	5	5	2	2	0
1945-07-08	MEM	CAG	L	9.0	9	4	0	0	0	0
1945-07-04	MEM	BIR	L	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945-07-01	MEM	BIR	L	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945-06-24	MEM	CIA	L	9.0	11	4	0	0	0	0
1945-06-17	MEM	CIA	W	12.0	8	3	0	3	8	1
1945-06-10	MEM	CVB	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945-06-08	MEM	CAG	L	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945-06-05	MEM	CAG	L	8.0	7	5	0	6	4	0
1945-06-03	MEM	CAG	—	2.0	3	1	0	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Edgar Chatman — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	7	6	3	16	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Edgar Chatman — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1944	MRS	P	3	3	1	7	0	0
1945	MRS	P	4	3	2	9	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Edgar Chatman — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	7

Edgar Chatman: the record in brief

Edgar Chatman's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1944 to 1945. Every season row on the page belongs to the Memphis Red Sox, from 1944 through 1945. Chatman played primarily as a pitcher. The bio adds a birth date on January 12, 1917, in Ville Platte, LA, USA and a listed size of 5 feet, 9 inches and 163 pounds.

Chatman went 1-5 with a 3.54 ERA in 7 games, 6 of them starts. Also on Chatman's record: 28 strikeouts. Chatman's 3.54 ERA was close to the 3.62 league figure for those seasons. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.49 in 1945, when the league's was 3.67. Chatman's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 623.9.

Frequently Asked Questions about Edgar Chatman

Was Edgar Chatman a pitcher?: Yes. Edgar Chatman pitched in the major leagues, recording 1 wins and 28 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Edgar Chatman hit?: Edgar Chatman hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Edgar Chatman's career batting average?: Edgar Chatman batted .125 over his career, with 2 hits in 16 at bats.
How many RBI did Edgar Chatman have?: Edgar Chatman drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was Edgar Chatman's career ERA?: Edgar Chatman finished with a 3.54 career ERA, going 1-5 with 28 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Edgar Chatman have?: Edgar Chatman recorded 28 career strikeouts.