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.

1907 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1907 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
2	2	Apr 14	CHC		STL	W,2-0	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	14	1	0	15	1
5	5	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
7	8 (1)	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
8	9	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	14	1	1	16	1
9	10	Apr 26	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
10	11	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	15	0	1	16	0
11	12	Apr 28 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
12	13	Apr 28 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
13	14	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
14	15	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	12	2	0	14	2
16	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
17	18	May 5	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
18	19	May 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
19	20	May 11 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
20	21	May 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
21	22	May 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
22	23	May 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
23	24	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
24	25	May 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	26	May 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
26	27	May 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
27	28	May 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	29	May 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	3
29	30	May 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
30	31	May 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
31	32	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
32	34 (1)	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
33	35	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
34	36	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
35	37	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
36	38	May 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39	Jun 2	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
38	40	Jun 3	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	15	2	0	17	2
39	41	Jun 5	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
40	42	Jun 6	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
41	43	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
42	44	Jun 9	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
43	45	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	9	2	0	11	1
44	46	Jun 13	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
45	50 (3)	Jun 17	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
46	51	Jun 18	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
47	52	Jun 19	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
48	53	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
49	54	Jun 21	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
50	55	Jun 22	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
51	56	Jun 23	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	11	0	1	12	2
52	60 (3)	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
53	61	Jun 28	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
54	62	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	63	Jun 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
56	64	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,4-4	CG	0	13.0	13	2	0	15	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	65	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
58	66	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
59	67	Jul 3	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
60	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
61	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
62	70	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
63	71	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	0	7.0	6	3	1	10	0
64	72	Jul 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-0	GS	0		11	0	0	11	0
65	79 (6)	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
66	80	Jul 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
67	81	Jul 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
68	82	Jul 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	10	3	0	13	1
69	84 (1)	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
70	85	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	9	1	0	10	1
71	86	Jul 25	CHC		BSN	W,8-0	GS	0		9	0	0	9	2
72	87	Jul 26	CHC		BSN	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
73	88	Jul 27	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	4
74	89	Jul 28	CHC		BSN	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	11	2	1	14	0
75	90	Jul 29	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	13	3	0	16	0
76	91	Jul 30	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
77	92	Jul 31	CHC		BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	93	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
79	105 (11)	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
80	106	Aug 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
81	107	Aug 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
82	108	Aug 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
83	109	Aug 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	20	1	0	21	0
84	110	Aug 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	123 (12)	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
86	124	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	GS	0		12	1	0	13	0
87	125	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	126	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
89	127	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
90	128	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
91	129	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
92	130	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
93	131	Sep 8 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
94	132	Sep 8 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
95	133	Sep 11	CHC		STL	T,4-4	CG	0	14.0	24	0	1	25	1
96	134	Sep 12	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
97	135	Sep 13	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
98	136	Sep 14	CHC		CIN	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
99	137	Sep 15	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	GS	0		7	0	0	7	1
100	138	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	14	0	0	14	2
101	140 (1)	Sep 21	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
102	141	Sep 22 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
103	144 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
104	146 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
105	148 (1)	Sep 30	CHC		NYG	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
106	149	Oct 1	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	17	0	1	18	0
107	150	Oct 2	CHC		NYG	W,13-7	GS	0		7	1	0	8	2
108	151	Oct 4	CHC	@	STL	W,12-1	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
109	152	Oct 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-0	CG	0	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
							109gm		949.0	1129	80	10	1219	64