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.

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
4	4	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	0	10.0	9	2	0	11	0
5	5	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
6	6	Apr 17	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
7	9 (2)	Apr 21	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	10	Apr 22	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
9	11	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
10	12	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	16	1	1	18	0
11	13	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
12	14	Apr 27	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	11	1	0	12	3
13	15	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
14	16	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	17	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
16	18	May 2	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
17	19	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
18	20	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
19	21	May 6	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
20	22	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
21	23	May 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
22	24	May 9	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	12	0	1	13	0
23	25	May 10	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
24	28 (2)	May 13	CHC		BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
25	29	May 14	CHC		BRO	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
26	30	May 15	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
27	31	May 16	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
28	32	May 17	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
29	33	May 18	CHC		PHI	W,14-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
30	34	May 19	CHC		PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
31	35	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
32	36	May 21	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
33	37	May 22	CHC		NYG	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
34	38	May 24	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
35	39	May 25	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
36	40	May 26	CHC		BSN	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
37	42 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	15.0	12	0	0	12	0
38	43	May 30 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
39	44	May 31	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
41	46	Jun 3	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
42	47	Jun 5	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	17	1	1	19	2
43	48	Jun 6	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
44	49	Jun 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,19-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
45	50	Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	51	Jun 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
47	52	Jun 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
48	53	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
49	54	Jun 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
50	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
51	56	Jun 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	57	Jun 18	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	13	0	0	13	2
53	58	Jun 19	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
54	59	Jun 20	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-1	GS	0		6	0	0	6	1
55	60	Jun 21	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	3
56	61	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
57	62	Jun 24	CHC		STL	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
58	63	Jun 25	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
59	65 (1)	Jun 28	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
60	66	Jun 30	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	67	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
62	68	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
63	69	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
64	70	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
65	71	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
66	72	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	12	0	0	12	0
67	73	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	74	Jul 8	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	8	3	1	12	1
69	75	Jul 9	CHC		BSN	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
70	76	Jul 10	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
71	77	Jul 11	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	GS	0		9	0	0	9	1
72	78	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
73	79	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,8-2	GS	0		6	1	0	7	0
74	80	Jul 13	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	81	Jul 14	CHC		PHI	T,1-1	CG	0	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
76	82	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	14	1	0	15	0
77	83	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
78	84	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
79	85	Jul 18	CHC		NYG	T,3-3	CG	0	12.0	13	0	0	13	2
80	86	Jul 19	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
81	87	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	90 (2)	Jul 23	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
83	91	Jul 24	CHC		BRO	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
84	92	Jul 26	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
85	93	Jul 27	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
86	94	Jul 28	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	95	Jul 30	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
88	96	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	97	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
90	98	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
91	99	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
92	100	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
93	101	Aug 6	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
94	103 (1)	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
95	104	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
96	105	Aug 10	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
97	106	Aug 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	0	7.0	7	2	0	9	1
98	107	Aug 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
99	108	Aug 15	CHC		BRO	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
100	109	Aug 16	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
101	110	Aug 17	CHC		BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
102	111	Aug 18	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
103	112	Aug 19	CHC		NYG	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
104	113	Aug 20	CHC		NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
105	114	Aug 21	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
106	115	Aug 22	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
107	116	Aug 23	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
108	117	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
109	118	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
110	119	Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
111	120	Aug 26	CHC		BSN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
112	121	Aug 27	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
113	122	Aug 28	CHC		CIN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	15	2	0	17	2
114	123	Aug 29	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
115	124	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
116	125	Aug 31	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	128 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
118	129	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
119	130	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
120	131	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
121	132	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
122	133	Sep 8	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
123	134	Sep 9	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
124	135	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
125	136	Sep 14	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
126	137	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	0	13.0	15	0	0	15	0
127	139 (1)	Sep 16	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
128	140	Sep 18	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
129	141	Sep 19	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
130	142	Sep 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	GS	0		8	1	0	9	0
131	149 (6)	Sep 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
132	150	Sep 29 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
133	151	Sep 29 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	6.0	7	1	1	9	1
134	152	Oct 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
135	154 (1)	Oct 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
136	155	Oct 7	CHC	@	STL	T,3-3	CG	0	11.0	14	0	0	14	2
							136gm		1221.0	1376	82	16	1474	71