Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player.
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17 Facts About Ray Chapman
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Ray Chapman spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians.
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Ray Chapman is the only player to die directly from an injury received during a major league game.
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Ray Chapman's death led baseball to establish a rule requiring umpires to replace the ball whenever it becomes dirty.
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Ray Chapman's death was one of the examples cited to justify the wearing of batting helmets.
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Ray Chapman broke into the major leagues in 1912 with the Cleveland team, then known as the Naps.
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Ray Chapman led the American League in runs scored and walks in 1918.
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Ray Chapman was an excellent shortstop who led the league in assists once.
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Ray Chapman was one of the few players whom Ty Cobb considered a friend.
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Shortly before the season began, Ray Chapman married Kathleen Daly, who was the daughter of a prominent Cleveland businessman.
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Ray Chapman had indicated he was going to retire to devote himself to the family business into which he was marrying, as well as to begin a family.
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Eyewitnesses recounted that Ray Chapman did not react to the pitch at all, presumably unable to see it.
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Home plate umpire Tommy Connolly, noticing that Ray Chapman was bleeding from his left ear, screamed towards the stands for a doctor.
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Ray Chapman was taken to St Lawrence Hospital, a short distance from the Polo Grounds where he died about 4:40 AM from brain damage.
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Ray Chapman had been inducted into the team Hall of Fame in 2006, part of the first new induction class since 1972.
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