Larry Chappell

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Larry Chappell
position=Outfielder
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1890|3|19
deathdate=death date and age|1918|11|8|1890|2|19
debutdate=July 18
debutyear=1913
debutteam=Chicago White Sox
finaldate=April 25
finalyear=1917
finalteam=Boston Braves
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.226
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=26
teams=
*Chicago White Sox (1913-1915)
*Cleveland Indians (1916)
*Boston Braves (1916-1917)
highlights=
*none

La Verne Ashford “Larry” Chappell (February 19, 1890 in McClusky, Illinois – November 8, 1918 in San Francisco, California) was a professional baseball player who played from 1913 to 1917 for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves.

His big league career began on July 18, 1913. He hit .231 in 60 games in his rookie season, with no home runs, 15 RBI and seven stolen bases. In 39 at-bats for the White Sox in 1914, he hit .231 again. In 1915, he had only one at-bat – he didn’t get a hit.

On February 14, 1916, Chappell was sent to the Indians as the player to be named later to complete a trade that originally occurred August 21, 1915. In all, the Indians received Chappell, Braggo Roth, Ed Klepfer and $31,500. The White Sox received Shoeless Joe Jackson. Chappell was the most expensive of the players sent to the Indians – he was an $18,000 bonus player. [ cite book |last=Fleitz |first=David L. |title=Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson|year=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=0786409789|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=paqizfFVogIC&pg=PA105&vq=chappell&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U3LL7radrhv1EXElvL89yYk6xaSBg ]

He played in only three games for the Indians, collecting no hits in two at-bats. In May, 1916, the Braves purchased him, and in 53 at-bats with them he hit .226. Overall, Chappell hit .218 with nine RBI and two stolen bases in 1916.

Chappell played his final season in 1917. He appeared in only four games for the Braves, collecting no hits in two at-bats. He played his final game on April 25.

Overall, Chappell hit .226 with no home runs, 26 RBI and nine stolen bases in 109 career games. He walked 25 times and struck out 42 times.

He died at the age of 28 in an army camp in France from the Spanish flu of 1918 [ cite book |last=Skipper |first=John C. |title=Wicked Curve: The Life and Troubled Times of Grover Cleveland |year=2006 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=0786424125|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JcTer1aDMkIC&pg=PA75&vq=Chappell&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U3qv-0mx1-HjEq4h7roKI29583J-Q ] . He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, Illinois.

References

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chappla01.shtml Baseball-Reference]