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{{Short description|American baseball player (1890–1918)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Larry Chappell
|image=Larry Chappell and Walt Kuhn.jpg
|caption= Chappell (batting) in 1913 with the [[Chicago White Sox]]
|position=[[Outfielder]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1890|2|19}}
|birth_place=[[McClusky, Illinois]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1918|11|8|1890|2|19}}
|death_place=[[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 18
|debutyear=1913
|debutteam=[[Chicago White Sox]]
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 25
|finalyear=1917
|finalteam=[[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.226
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|RBI]]
|stat3value=26
|teams=
*[[Chicago White Sox]] (1913–1915)
*[[Cleveland Indians]] (1916)
*[[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] (1916–1917)
|highlights=
}}
'''La Verne Ashford''' "'''Larry'''" '''Chappell''' (February 19, 1890 – November 8, 1918) was an American professional [[baseball]] player who played from 1913 to 1917 for the [[Chicago White Sox]], [[Cleveland Indians]] and [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]. Chappell died of Spanish Flu while serving with the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I.

==Early life==
Born in [[McClusky, Illinois]], Chappell played minor league baseball in several cities before making his debut in the major leagues in 1913.

==MLB career==
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 was hitless in one at-bat.

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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fleitz |first=David L. |title=Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson|year=2001 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=0-7864-0978-9|url=https://archive.org/details/shoelesslifetime0000flei|url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/shoelesslifetime0000flei/page/105 105] }}</ref>

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, appearing in 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.

==Death==
In 1917, Chappell played for the [[Salt Lake City Bees]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]]. Through 77 games with the Bees, he was having one of his best seasons in professional baseball, hitting .325. In May of that year, newspapers reported that four Bees players – Chappell, [[Paddy Siglin]], [[Walt Leverenz]] and [[Jean Dubuc]] – were planning to join the U.S. Navy.

Chappell joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps and served at [[Letterman Army Hospital]] in San Francisco. He died that November after contracting the [[Spanish flu]] at the age of 28.<ref>[https://baseballhall.org/discover/1918-flu-pandemic-didnt-spare-baseball 1918 FLU PANDEMIC DID NOT SPARE BASEBALL] National Baseball Hall of Fame</ref> One source holds that he died in an army camp in France,<ref>{{cite book |last=Skipper |first=John C. |title=Wicked Curve: The Life and Troubled Times of Grover Cleveland |year=2006 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |isbn=0-7864-2412-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcTer1aDMkIC&q=Chappell&pg=PA75}}</ref> but most sources indicate that he died at Letterman Hospital.{{Additional citation needed|date=December 2021}} He is buried in [[Oak Grove Cemetery (Jerseyville, Illinois)|Oak Grove Cemetery]] in [[Jerseyville, Illinois]].

Chappell was one of eight [[Major League Baseball]] players known either to have been killed or died from illness while serving in the armed forces during [[World War I]]. The others were [[Alex Burr]]‚ [[Harry Chapman (baseball)|Harry Chapman]], [[Harry Glenn]]‚ [[Eddie Grant (baseball)|Eddie Grant]]‚ [[Newt Halliday]], [[Ralph Sharman]] and [[Bun Troy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World War I Deaths|publisher=Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice|accessdate=June 8, 2014|url=http://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/world_war_i.html}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of baseball players who died during their careers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{baseballstats|br=c/chappla01}}
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[[Category:Chicago White Sox players]]
[[Category:Cleveland Indians players]]
[[Category:Boston Braves players]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Jersey County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in California]]
[[Category:Eau Claire Commissioners players]]
[[Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players]]
[[Category:Columbus Senators players]]
[[Category:Salt Lake City Bees players]]
[[Category:American military personnel killed in World War I]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

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