Ray Chapman, Killed by Pitched Ball August 17, 1920
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About MLB shortstop for Cleveland who became the first player to die from from being hit by a pitch. He always popped back when the ball was thrown. Before the 1920 season began, Chapman gave some thought to retirement from baseball--he was already secretary--treasurer at the firm Pioneer Alloys.
Despite those numbers, Chapman led the American League in runs scored with 84, thanks in large part to his league-leading 84 walks, which helped him post a career-high. Baseball as I Have Known It. But Speaker, almost too weak to hold a bat, rallied the club when he returned on August 22. Ray, the middle of three surviving children, did odd jobs as a boy and sometimes worked in the mines.
Ray Chapman
Ray Chapman This is a beta version of NNDB Search: for Ray Chapman AKA Raymond Johnson Chapman Born: - Birthplace: Died: - Location of death: Cause of death: Accident - Misc Remains: Buried, Gender: Male Religion: Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Baseball, Nationality: United States Executive summary: Fatally hit by pitch Military service: Naval Auxiliary Reserve 1918, Seaman 2nd Class Ray Chapman was the only professional baseball player to be killed by a pitched ball. An outstanding shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, Chapman was the leadoff batter in the top of the fifth inning in a game against the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds in New York City on 16 August 1920. He was 0-for-1 on the day but batting. New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays 1891-1971 , using his distinctive underhand style, tossed a fast spitball that came high and inside, breaking Chapman's cranium with an audible pop. The ball dribbled toward Mays, who fielded it and threw to the first baseman before realizing that the sound he had heard was not the crack of the bat. Chapman fell to the ground, blood rushing from his ear, and remained motionless in the dirt for several minutes. He then struggled to his feet with teammates' assistance, and took a few halting steps toward the clubhouse before collapsing again. After that he never regained consciousness, and died at St. Lawrence Hospital the following morning. According to news accounts, the pitched ball had left a 3½-inch depressed fracture in his skull. Chapman's death led to two rule changes the following season. It was thought that Chapman must have been unable to see the ball clearly as it approached, so the other rule change instructed umpires to replace the game ball whenever it became soiled and less than brilliantly white -- an expense that team owners had previously resisted. Batting helmets were not required until 1971. In Chapman's last game, play resumed after the ambulance left. He was replaced by pinch-runner Harry Lunte 1892-1965 , who was forced out at second base on the next play, but the Indians won the game, 4-3. Mays was exonerated of any wrongdoing after a brief inquest by the Homicide Bureau of the District Attorney's office. Chapman's wife, pregnant at the time of his death, remarried two years later and killed herself by drinking poison in 1928. Their daughter died in a measles outbreak the following spring. Father: Everette Chapman miner Mother: Barbara Johnson Chapman Brother: Roy Chapman Sister: Margaret Chapman Wife: Kathleen Daly Chapman m. Create a map starting with Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. Do you know something we don't? Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications.
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