Matt Chapman (baseball)

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Matt Chapman
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Oakland Athletics – No. 26
Third baseman
Born: (1993-04-28) April 28, 1993 (age 26)
Victorville, California
Bats: RightThrows: Right
MLB debut
June 15, 2017, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
(through May 26, 2019)
Batting average .264
Home runs 51
Runs batted in 139
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Matt James Chapman (born April 28, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2018 he won a Fielding Bible Award, Gold Glove Award, and Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award.

Baseball Sport

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives of the offensive team are to hit the ball into the field of play, and to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.

Third baseman defensive position in baseball and softball, played on the far left end of the infield near third base

A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the third baseman is assigned the number '5'.

Oakland Athletics Baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Oakland, California, United States

The Oakland Athletics, often referred to as the A's, are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team plays its home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. They have won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of all current MLB teams. The 2017 season was the club's 50th while based in Oakland.

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Professional career

Chapman attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California, [1] and California State University, Fullerton, where he played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans. The Oakland Athletics selected Chapman in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft. [2] [3] [4]

El Toro High School is a public high school in Lake Forest, California, and is one of five high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD). The school has served the area since 1973. The current principal of the school is Terri Gusiff.

Lake Forest, California City in California, United States

Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 77,264 at the 2010 census.

California State University, Fullerton public university in Fullerton, California, United States, part of the California State University system

California State University, Fullerton is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of about 40,400, it has the largest student body out of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system, and its approximately 5,800 graduate student body is also the largest in the CSU and one of the largest in all of California. As of Fall 2016, the school had 2,083 faculty, of which 782 were on the tenure track.

After signing, he made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Athletics. He was promoted to the Class-A Beloit Snappers after three games. In 50 games for Beloit, he batted .237 with five home runs and 20 RBIs. He also played in one game for the Double-A Midland RockHounds at the end of the season. His entire 2015 season was spent with the Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports where he batted .250 with 23 home runs and 57 RBIs in 80 games. Chapman was invited to major league Spring Training with the Athletics in 2016. He began the season with Midland, and after slashing .244/.335/.521 with 29 home runs and 83 RBIs in 117 games, was promoted to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in August, where he finished the season batting .197 with seven home runs and 13 RBIs in 18 games. He was selected as the Texas League Player of the Year for 2016. [5] Chapman started the 2017 season playing for Nashville. [6] He suffered a wrist injury on a check swing in the first series of the season and spent two weeks on the disabled list. [7]

The Arizona League Athletics are a Minor League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, which plays as a rookie level team in the Arizona League and has served as a farm team for the Oakland Athletics organization since 1988. They play their home games at Lew Wolff Training Complex, the minor league spring training camp of the Oakland Athletics.

The Beloit Snappers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the Class A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, They are located in Beloit, Wisconsin, and play their home games at Harry C. Pohlman Field, which was built in 1982.

Double-A (baseball) Minor League Baseball competition level between Class A and Class AAA

Double-A is the second highest level of play in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) in the United States after Triple-A. There are thirty Double-A teams in three leagues at this classification: Eastern League, Southern League, and the Texas League. The modern Double-A classification was created in 1946 with the renaming of Class A1, which then contained the Texas League and the Southern Association. After the Southern Association disbanded in 1961, the Eastern League and the original South Atlantic "Sally" League were bumped up to Double-A in the 1963 minor league reorganization. The SAL changed its name to the Southern League in 1964.

Oakland Athletics

Chapman was promoted to the Athletics on June 15, 2017, to make his major league debut that night. [8] In 49 games for Stockton prior to his promotion, he was batting .257 with 16 home runs and 30 RBIs. [9] On June 16, Chapman had his first major league hit and collected 3 RBIs (including the go-ahead run) against the New York Yankees. On September 6, Chapman was thrown out of a game by umpire Mike Everitt for arguing with Los Angeles Angels catcher Juan Graterol. Chapman took exception to Graterol staring at the Oakland batters, and Graterol felt that the Athletics were trying to steal signs. [10] He spent the remainder of the season with Oakland after his June 15 call-up, batting .234 with 14 home runs and 40 RBIs in 84 games.

New York Yankees Baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in the Bronx, New York, United States

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the New York Mets of the National League. In the 1901 season, the club began play in the AL as the Baltimore Orioles. Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in 1913.

Mike Everitt (baseball) American baseball umpire

Mike G. Everitt is a Major League Baseball umpire, wearing number 57. He worked in the American League from 1996 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000.

Los Angeles Angels Baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Anaheim, California, United States

The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball franchise based in Anaheim, California. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The Angels have played home games at Angel Stadium since 1966. The current MLB franchise was established as an expansion team in 1961 by Gene Autry (1907–1998), the team's first owner. Autry was a famous singing cowboy actor in a series of films in the 1930s to 1950s, and later was the subject of the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum. The "Angels" name was taken by Autry in tribute to the previous original Los Angeles Angels, a Minor League franchise in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), which played in South Central Los Angeles from 1903 to 1957. He bought the rights to the Angels name from Walter O'Malley, the then-Los Angeles Dodgers owner, who acquired the PCL franchise from Philip K. Wrigley, also the owner of the parent Chicago Cubs at the time, as part of the Dodgers' move to Southern California.

Chapman was placed on the disabled list on June 16, 2018 with a bruised right thumb and activated on July 3. [11] Chapman finished his 2018 campaign batting .278 with 24 home runs and 68 RBIs, offering solid baserunning and excellent defense as well. He underwent ulnar sided sesamoid bone excision surgery on the thumb on October 16 in Los Angeles. [12] On October 29, Chapman received a Fielding Bible Award. [13] On November 4, Chapman received a Rawlings Gold Glove Award [14] as well as winning the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award [15] with his former high school teammate Nolan Arenado. He also won the fan vote for the Platinum Glove Award. [16] On December 14, 2018, Chapman underwent left shoulder surgery. [17]

Sesamoid bone

In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon or a muscle. It is derived from the Latin word sesamum, due to the small size of most sesamoids. Often, these bones form in response to strain, or can be present as a normal variant. The kneecap is the largest sesamoid bone in the body. Sesamoids act like pulleys, providing a smooth surface for tendons to slide over, increasing the tendon's ability to transmit muscular forces.

Fielding Bible Award

A Fielding Bible Award recognizes the best defensive player for each fielding position in Major League Baseball (MLB) based on statistical analysis. John Dewan and Baseball Info Solutions conduct the annual selection process, which commenced in 2006. The awards are voted on by 10 sabermetrically inclined journalists and bloggers including Dewan, sabermetric pioneer Bill James, and writers such as Peter Gammons, NBC Sports' Joe Posnanski, SB Nation editor Rob Neyer, and ESPN analyst Doug Glanville. The awards have historically been announced before the Gold Glove Awards, the traditional measurement of fielding excellence. Dewan wrote that this award cannot equal the prestige of the Gold Glove, which started 50 years earlier, but it provides an alternative.

Rawlings Gold Glove Award baseball award given annually to the best fielder at each position in each league in MLB

The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), as voted by the managers and coaches in each league. It is also awarded to women fastpitch softball players in the National Pro Fastpitch as of 2016. Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players. Additionally, a sabermetric component provided by Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) accounts for approximately 25 percent of the vote. Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year, one at each of the nine positions in each league. In 1957, the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position. The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base. Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in Major League Baseball; however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.

Player profile

Chapman has a reputation of being an elite defender who has exceptional range, arm strength and arm accuracy. [18]

Personal life

His former El Toro High School teammate is fellow MLB third baseman, Nolan Arenado. [19]

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  2. ↑ Shea, John. "UPDATE: A's pick Matt Chapman". Blog.sfgate.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Oakland A's draft Cal State Fullerton third baseman Matt Chapman with No. 25 pick". Mercurynews.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
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  6. ↑ Stiglich, Joe (February 23, 2017). "Patience is A's motto with touted 3B prospect Matt Chapman". CSNBayArea.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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  8. ↑ Lee, Jane (June 15, 2017). "A's promote prospect Chapman from Triple-A". MLB.com. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Matt Chapman Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ Lee, Jane (September 6, 2017). "Chapman ejected after incident at home plate". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ "A's activate Chapman (bruised thumb) from DL". ESPN.com . July 3, 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  12. ↑ Ross, Ben (18 October 2018). "A's Chapman has thumb surgery, but he should be fine". NBC Sports Bay Area . Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  13. ↑ Shea, John (29 October 2018). "A's Matt Chapman, Matt Olson win defensive awards". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  14. ↑ Schulman, Henry (5 November 2018). "A's Matt Chapman, Matt Olson win Gold Gloves; Giants shut out". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  15. ↑ Park, Do-Hyoung (9 November 2018). "Arenado, Chapman win Platinum Gloves". Major League Baseball . Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Platinum Glove Award". BaseballAlmanac. March 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  17. ↑ "Matt Chapman (shoulder surgery) to swing in 6 weeks". MLB. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  18. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/news/oakland-a-s-matt-chapman-an-elite-defender-c268364518
  19. ↑ https://www.latimes.com/sports/mlb/la-sp-chapman-arenado-20180407-story.html
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