:Tiny Chaplin

{{Short description|American baseball player (1905–1939)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tiny Chaplin

|image=Chaplin U of Florida yearbook 1927.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1905|7|13}}

|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1939|3|25|1905|7|13}}

|death_place=National City, California, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 13

|debutyear=1928

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 27

|finalyear=1936

|finalteam=Boston Bees

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=15–23

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.25

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=118

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{mlby|1928}}, {{mlby|1930}}–{{mlby|1931}})
• Boston Bees ({{mlby|1936}})

}}

James Bailey Chaplin (July 13, 1905 – March 25, 1939), nicknamed Tiny Chaplin, was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher. He played four seasons with the New York Giants (1928, 1930–31) and the Boston Bees (1936).{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chaplti01.shtml |title=Timy Chaplin Stats |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=December 25, 2020}} Chaplin died in an auto accident in National City, California on March 25, 1939.{{cite news |title=Tiny Chaplin Dies After Auto Crash |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sr0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YLYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3311,2536732 |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |page=1 |date=March 26, 1939}} The previous two seasons he had played for the PCL San Diego Padres, where he was a teammate of Ted Williams.