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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-41 / in Starts: 26-38
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	68 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games

RBI Opportunities

1901 Batting Game Log

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1901 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	174	3 (2)	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	L,5-12	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				0		.500	.750	.500	1.250	8			C
2	175	7 (3)	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.500	.625	.500	1.125	8			C
3	176	8	Apr 29	CHC		CIN	W,9-6	0-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				3		.444	.545	.444	.990	5			1B
4	177	9	Apr 30	CHC		CIN	W,8-7	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.444	.583	.444	1.028	8			C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
5	178	10	May 1	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.308	.471	.308	.778	8			C
6	179	12 (1)	May 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-10	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				2		.313	.476	.313	.789	8			C
7	180	14 (1)	May 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.400	.250	.650	8			C
8	181	15	May 7	CHC		PIT	L,0-8	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.227	.370	.227	.598	5			1B
9	182	16	May 8	CHC		PIT	L,7-8	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				1		.280	.419	.280	.699	8			C
10	183	19 (2)	May 11	CHC		STL	W,12-2	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.250	.400	.250	.650	8			C
11	184	21 (1)	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.233	.378	.233	.612	8			C
12	185	26 (4)	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.226	.368	.226	.594	9			PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
13	186	42 (15)	Jun 11	CHC		BRO	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.222	.349	.278	.627	3			1B
14	187	43	Jun 12	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				2		.231	.362	.282	.644	4			RF
15	188	44	Jun 13	CHC		NYG	L,7-9	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.250	.365	.295	.661	4			CF RF
16	189	45	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				1		.250	.357	.292	.649	4			RF
17	190	46	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	W,9-2	GS-0	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.275	.383	.314	.697	4			RF
18	191	47	Jun 16	CHC		NYG	T,4-4	CG(14)	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2	0	0				0		.255	.388	.291	.679	4			RF
19	192	48	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.237	.366	.271	.637	4			LF
20	193	49	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		0	1	0				0		.233	.395	.267	.661	4			LF
21	194	50	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.219	.375	.250	.625	4			LF
22	195	53 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,16-6	CG	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	3	1		0	1	0				1		.221	.384	.250	.634	4			RF
23	196	54	Jun 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				2		.250	.400	.278	.678	4			RF
24	197	55	Jun 24	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.394	.276	.670	4			RF
25	198	56	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.388	.300	.688	4			RF
26	199	57	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-16	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.238	.379	.286	.664	4			1B
27	200	58	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.230	.374	.276	.650	4			1B
28	201	59	Jun 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.220	.360	.264	.624	4			1B LF
29	202	60	Jun 29	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-14	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.221	.357	.263	.620	4			RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
30	203	61	Jul 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.353	.263	.616	4			1B RF
31	204	62	Jul 2	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.240	.363	.288	.651	4			RF
32	205	63	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				1		.241	.359	.287	.646	4			RF
33	206	64	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,10-9	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.248	.361	.292	.653	4			RF
34	207	65	Jul 5	CHC		BRO	L,5-12	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.254	.362	.297	.659	4			RF
35	208	66	Jul 6	CHC		BRO	L,6-8	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.260	.364	.309	.673	4			RF
36	209	67	Jul 7	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.252	.354	.299	.653	3			RF
37	210	68	Jul 8	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.252	.351	.298	.649	4			RF
38	211	69	Jul 9	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.248	.346	.293	.640	4			RF
39	212	70	Jul 10	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.255	.350	.307	.657	4			RF
40	213	71	Jul 11	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				1		.268	.358	.317	.675	4			RF
41	214	72	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.260	.349	.308	.658	4			RF
42	215	73	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				1		.262	.353	.315	.668	4			RF
43	216	74	Jul 14	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.275	.362	.340	.702	3			RF
44	217	75	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				1		.276	.365	.340	.705	4			RF
45	218	76	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.363	.338	.700	4			RF
46	219	77	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.270	.360	.331	.692	3			RF
47	220	78	Jul 18	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.263	.356	.323	.679	3			RF
48	221	79	Jul 19	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.271	.361	.347	.708	3			RF
49	222	80	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	0				0		.273	.369	.349	.718	3			RF
50	223	81	Jul 21	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.274	.368	.349	.717	3			RF
51	224	86 (4)	Jul 26	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.274	.366	.346	.712	3			RF
52	225	87	Jul 27	CHC		CIN	W,9-3	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				1		.273	.364	.344	.708	3			RF
53	226	88	Jul 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.269	.358	.339	.697	3			RF
54	227	89	Jul 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				0		.265	.359	.333	.693	3			RF
55	228	90	Jul 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG(14)	7	6	0	2	1	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				1		.267	.362	.338	.700	3			RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
56	229	91	Aug 1	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.273	.368	.343	.712	3			RF
57	230	92	Aug 3	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.362	.337	.699	3			RF
58	231	93	Aug 4	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.272	.367	.340	.707	3			RF
59	232	94	Aug 5	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.270	.364	.341	.705	3			RF
60	233	95	Aug 6	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0				2		.266	.364	.336	.701	3			RF
61	234	96	Aug 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.272	.368	.350	.718	3			RF
62	235	97	Aug 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				0		.271	.369	.348	.717	3			RF
63	236	98	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.272	.368	.357	.725	3			RF
64	237	99	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.272	.366	.355	.722	3			RF
65	238	100	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.273	.368	.355	.723	3			RF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
66	239	133 (32)	Sep 23	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.371	.358	.729	9			PH
67	240	136 (2)	Sep 26	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.278	.374	.363	.737	8			C
68	241	139 (2)	Oct 5	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				0		.275	.374	.360	.734	8			C
69	242	140	Oct 6	CHC		PIT	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.280	.379	.364	.743	8			C
							27-41		281	239	38	67	12	4	0	36	29		24	9	4				27		.280	.379	.364	.743

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