Fred Chapman (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1916-1997)}}

{{for|the 19th-century baseball player once thought to be named Fred Chapman|Frank Chapman (baseball)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Fred Chapman

|position=Shortstop

|image=Fred Chapman (baseball).jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|7|17|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Liberty, South Carolina, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1997|3|27|1916|7|17}}

|death_place=Kannapolis, North Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 15

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1939}}

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 23

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1941}}

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.193

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=9

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics (1939–41)

}}

William Fred Chapman (July 17, 1916 – March 27, 1997) was an American professional baseball player. He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1939 until 1941, for the Philadelphia Athletics, primarily as a shortstop.