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Raymond Johnson Chapman (January 15, 1891 – August 17, 1920) was an American baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians. Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by pitcher Carl Mays and died 12 hours later.
10 sie 2021 · MLB player hit in head by pitch, dies next day. On August 16, 1920, a gloomy day at the Polo Grounds, home of the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray “Chappie” Chapman steps...
4 gru 2018 · She was late arriving, and Chapman died in the early morning hours of August 17. Outrage was directed at Mays, who was not a sympathetic figure. Players from the Red Sox and Tigers took up a petition, demanding that American League President Ban Johnson ban Mays from playing baseball again.
19 sie 2023 · The SI piece on the long-misplaced plaque honoring 1920 Cleveland Indians star Ray Chapman, the only player in Major League Baseball history killed by a play on the field, piqued Sullivan’s interest. The story spans a century worth of Oklahomans.
18 sie 2016 · The pitch that killed Ray Chapman struck his skull with such force that Carl Mays, the man who threw it, ran to field the ball and flipped it to first base.
Mays had hit Chapman in the skull with a pitch, and though this had occurred previously throughout baseball’s history, the consequences were never fatal. A ball from Mays’ next start on Aug. 23, 1920, was signed by the Yankees’ Mays and Ruth and is now a part of the Hall of Fame collection.
16 sie 2020 · Raymond Johnson Chapman was playing for the Cleveland Indians in 1920 when during a game against the Yankees he was hit in the head with a pitch. The next morning at 4:30 a.m. Chapman died....
