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Pinstripe Alley Top 100 Yankees: #52 Ben Chapman

Name: William Benjamin Chapman
Position: Outfielder
Born: December 25, 1908 (Nashville, TN)
Died: July 7, 1993 (Hoover, AL)
Yankee Years: 1930-36
Primary number: 7
Yankee statistics: 910 G, .305/.379/.451, 209 2B, 64 3B, 60 HR, 184 SB, 119 wRC+, 25.3 rWAR, 25.4 fWAR

I'm not going to lie. This is the "Top 100 Yankees" post I least wanted to write. Ben Chapman was a reprehensible person with racism and antisemitism dogging his career. He also put together a strong baseball career on the field for the Yankees though, so he pretty much has to be on a team top 100.