Frank Chance

Positions: First Baseman, Catcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: September 9, 1876 in Fresno, CA us

Died: September 15, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

High School: Fresno HS (Fresno, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1898 (Age 21-232d, 2,055th in major league history)

Last Game: April 21, 1914 (Age 37-224d)
vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Frank Chance's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1898 season

Full Name: Frank Leroy Chance

Nicknames: Husk or The Peerless Leader

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.0

4299

1274

.296

798

RBI

596

403

OBP

.394

SLG

.394

OPS

.788

OPS+

135

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	28 (27)	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
2	29	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
3	30	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
4	31	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	11	2	0	13	0
5	32	May 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
6	33	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
7	34	May 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
8	35	May 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
9	36	May 27	CHC		STL	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
10	37	May 28	CHC		STL	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
11	38	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
12	39	May 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
13	40	May 31 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	0	8.2	13	0	0	13	0
14	41	May 31 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	42	Jun 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
16	43	Jun 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
17	44	Jun 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
18	45	Jun 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
19	46	Jun 5	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
20	47	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	48	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	49	Jun 9	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	11	2	0	13	0
23	50	Jun 10	CHC		BSN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
24	51	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
25	52	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	53	Jun 13	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	54	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
28	55	Jun 15	CHC		BRO	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
29	56	Jun 16	CHC		BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
30	57	Jun 18	CHC		BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
31	58	Jun 19	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
32	59	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
33	60	Jun 21	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
34	61	Jun 22	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
35	62	Jun 24	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	18.0	27	2	0	29	4
36	63	Jun 25	CHC		CIN	W,18-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
37	64	Jun 26	CHC		CIN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
38	65	Jun 27	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	66	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,13-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
40	67	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
41	68	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	69	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	3	0	13	1
43	70	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
44	71	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	11.0	13	0	0	13	2
45	72	Jul 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
46	73	Jul 8 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
47	74	Jul 8 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	10.0	4	3	1	8	1
48	77 (2)	Jul 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	11	0	0	11	0
49	78	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
50	79	Jul 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	80	Jul 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	9	1	0	10	2
52	81	Jul 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
53	82	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
54	83	Jul 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
55	84	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
56	85	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
57	86	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	14	1	0	15	0
58	87	Jul 22	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	11	2	1	14	0
59	88	Jul 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
60	89	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
61	90	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	9	2	0	11	0
62	91	Jul 27	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
63	92	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
64	93	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
65	94	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	95	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	CG	0	11.0	15	2	0	17	1
67	96	Aug 2	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	13	0	0	13	0
68	97	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
69	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
70	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
71	100	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	101	Aug 7	CHC		NYG	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
73	102	Aug 8	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
74	103	Aug 9	CHC		NYG	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
75	104	Aug 10	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
76	105	Aug 11	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
77	106	Aug 12	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
78	107	Aug 13 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
79	108	Aug 13 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
80	109	Aug 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	110	Aug 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	11	1	0	12	3
82	111	Aug 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
83	112	Aug 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
84	113	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
85	114	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
86	115	Aug 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,9-10	GS	0	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
87	116	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	20.0	30	1	0	31	0
88	117	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
89	118	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	2	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	128 (9)	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
91	129	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
92	130	Sep 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
93	131	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	132	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-0	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
95	133	Sep 15	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	134	Sep 17 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
97	135	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
98	136	Sep 18	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
99	137	Sep 19	CHC		CIN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
100	138	Sep 20	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
101	139	Sep 22	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
102	140	Sep 23	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	3
103	141	Sep 24	CHC		NYG	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
104	142	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
105	143	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
106	144	Sep 26	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
107	145	Sep 27	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
108	146	Sep 28	CHC		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
109	147	Sep 30	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
110	148	Oct 1 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
111	149	Oct 1 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
112	150	Oct 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
113	151	Oct 3	CHC		PHI	T,5-5	CG	0	13.0	15	1	0	16	0
114	152	Oct 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
115	153	Oct 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							115gm		1046.0	1165	75	13	1253	54