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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHC		STL	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
5	5	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	12.0	8	2	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 24	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
9	9	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
10	10	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
11	11	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
12	12	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14 (1)	May 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
14	16 (1)	May 3	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
15	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	11.0	13	0	0	13	1
16	18	May 5	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	18	0	1	19	0
17	23 (4)	May 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	3	0	15	0
18	24	May 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	7	0	1	8	0
19	25	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
20	26	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	59 (32)	Jun 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	60	Jun 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	61	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
24	62	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
25	63	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
26	64	Jul 4	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
27	65	Jul 6	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
28	66	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
29	67	Jul 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
30	68	Jul 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
31	69	Jul 10	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	13	2	1	16	1
32	70	Jul 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
33	73 (2)	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
34	74	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
35	75	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
36	76	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
37	77	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
38	78	Jul 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
39	79	Jul 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	10	1	0	11	0
40	80	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
41	81	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
42	82	Jul 24	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
43	83	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	T,4-4	CG	0	12.0	7	0	0	7	2
44	84	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	86 (1)	Jul 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
46	87	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
47	88	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	89	Aug 1 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
49	91 (1)	Aug 3	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
50	92	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	15	2	0	17	0
51	93	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
52	95 (1)	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
53	96	Aug 7	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
54	97	Aug 8	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
55	98	Aug 9	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
56	99	Aug 10	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
57	100	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
58	101	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
59	102	Aug 13	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	103	Aug 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
61	104	Aug 15	CHC		NYG	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
62	105	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
63	106	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
64	107	Aug 20	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
65	108	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
66	111 (2)	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
67	112	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
68	114 (1)	Aug 27	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-6	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
69	115	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
70	116	Aug 30 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	11.0	10	1	0	11	1
71	117	Aug 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
72	118	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	119	Sep 1	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-0	GS	0		9	0	0	9	0
74	120	Sep 2	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
75	121	Sep 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
76	122	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
77	123	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	11.0	9	0	0	9	1
78	124	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
79	125	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
80	126	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
81	127	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
82	128	Sep 9	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
83	129	Sep 10 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
84	130	Sep 10 (2)	CHC		STL	W,9-3	GS	0		3	0	0	3	1
85	131	Sep 11	CHC		STL	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
86	132	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
87	133	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	1	12	1
88	134	Sep 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
89	135	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
90	136	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
91	152 (15)	Oct 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
92	154 (1)	Oct 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
							92gm		798.0	901	40	6	947	43