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.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 21	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	10 (4)	May 1	CHC		CIN	T,0-0	CG	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	12 (1)	May 3	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	14 (1)	May 7	CHC		NYG	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
8	17 (2)	May 11	CHC		BRO	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
9	22 (4)	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	23	May 17	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	24	May 18	CHC		PIT	L,3-11	GS	0		1	0	2	3	0
12	26 (1)	May 20	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
13	29 (2)	May 23	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
14	30	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
15	32 (1)	May 26	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
16	34 (1)	May 28	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	36 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	37	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	39 (1)	Jun 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
20	40	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	GF	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	43 (2)	Jun 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
22	44	Jun 11	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
23	46 (1)	Jun 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
24	48 (1)	Jun 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	49	Jun 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	50	Jun 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	59 (8)	Jul 1 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	62 (2)	Jul 3 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
29	66 (3)	Jul 6	CHC		PIT	W,8-3	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
30	67	Jul 8 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	68	Jul 8 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	69	Jul 10	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
33	70	Jul 11	CHC		PHI	L,4-8	GS	0		3	0	0	3	1
34	81 (10)	Jul 24	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
35	82	Jul 25	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
36	83	Jul 26	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
37	84	Jul 27	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	2
38	85	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
39	86	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
40	87	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	13.0	12	2	0	14	0
41	88	Jul 31	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	89	Aug 1	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	90	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
44	91	Aug 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	12.0	16	0	0	16	0
45	92	Aug 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
46	93	Aug 7	CHC	@	NYG	T,3-3	CG	0	13.0	18	1	0	19	0
47	94	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
48	95	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
49	96	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
50	97	Aug 11	CHC	@	NYG	T,3-3	CG	0	11.0	12	1	0	13	1
51	98	Aug 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	15	1	0	16	0
52	99	Aug 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
53	100	Aug 14	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
54	101	Aug 16	CHC		NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	11	3	1	15	0
55	102	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	14.0	18	0	1	19	1
56	103	Aug 17 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	116 (12)	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	130 (13)	Sep 13	CHC		STL	W,12-0	GS	0		5	0	1	6	0
59	131	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
60	132	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	8	0	2	10	2
61	133	Sep 15	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
62	134	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
63	135	Sep 20 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
64	136	Sep 20 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
65	137	Sep 21 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	138	Sep 21 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
67	139	Sep 28 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
68	140	Sep 28 (2)	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	7.0	10	0	0	10	0
69	141	Oct 4	CHC	@	STL	T,4-4	CG	0	7.0	8	0	1	9	1
70	142	Oct 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
71	143	Oct 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
							72gm		573.0	513	48	17	578	23