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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	9 (4)	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,13-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
3	10	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	2
4	11	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
6	13	May 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
7	14	May 3	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	5	0	1	6	0
8	15	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	16	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
10	17	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
11	18	May 7	CHC	@	STL	W,10-1	GS	0		7	0	0	7	0
12	20 (1)	May 9	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	2
13	21	May 10 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
14	22	May 10 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,13-8	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
15	23	May 12	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
16	24	May 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
17	25	May 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	0		9	0	1	10	0
18	26	May 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
19	27	May 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
20	30 (2)	May 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
21	31	May 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
22	32	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
23	33	May 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
24	34	May 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	9	1	0	10	1
25	35	May 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	10	2	0	12	0
26	36	May 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
27	37	May 30 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-2	GS	0		4	0	1	5	0
28	38	May 30 (2)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
29	39	May 31	CHC		STL	W,17-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	40	Jun 2	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	2	1	15	0
31	41	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	42	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
33	43	Jun 5	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
34	44	Jun 6	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
35	45	Jun 7	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
36	46	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
37	47	Jun 9	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
38	48	Jun 10	CHC		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
39	49	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	1
40	50	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
41	51	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	52	Jun 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	9	3	0	12	0
43	53	Jun 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
44	54	Jun 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	55	Jun 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	14	0	0	14	0
46	56	Jun 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
47	57	Jun 25 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,7-10	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
48	58	Jun 25 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
49	59	Jun 26	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
50	60	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	13	0	1	14	0
51	61	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	62	Jun 29	CHC	@	BSN	T,0-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
53	63	Jun 30	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	64	Jul 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
55	65	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS	0		5	1	1	7	0
56	66	Jul 4	CHC		NYG	W,16-9	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
57	67	Jul 5	CHC		NYG	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	11	0	2	13	0
58	68	Jul 6	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
59	71 (2)	Jul 9	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
60	72	Jul 10	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
61	73	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
62	74	Jul 12	CHC		BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
63	75	Jul 13	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	0	13.0	11	3	0	14	3
64	76	Jul 14	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	21	0	2	23	0
65	77	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
66	78	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
67	79	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	15	1	0	16	0
68	80	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
69	81	Jul 19	CHC		PIT	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
70	82	Jul 20	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	1	12	1
71	83	Jul 21	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
72	84	Jul 23	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
73	85	Jul 24	CHC		CIN	L,5-8	CG	0	11.0	19	0	0	19	1
74	86	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
75	87	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-8	GS	0		8	1	1	10	0
76	88	Jul 26	CHC		STL	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
77	89	Jul 27	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	15	1	1	17	1
78	90	Jul 28	CHC		STL	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
79	91	Jul 29	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	11	0	1	12	0
80	92	Jul 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-15	CG	0	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
81	93	Jul 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	94	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
83	95	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
84	96	Aug 4	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
85	97	Aug 5	CHC		PIT	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	3
86	98	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
87	99	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
88	100	Aug 12 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
89	101	Aug 12 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
90	102	Aug 13	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
91	103	Aug 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
92	104	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
93	105	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
94	106	Aug 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	0		8	1	0	9	1
95	107	Aug 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
96	108	Aug 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
97	109	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
98	110	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	0	6.0	11	0	0	11	0
99	111	Aug 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
100	112	Aug 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
101	113	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
102	114	Aug 31	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	115	Sep 1	CHC		CIN	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	116	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
105	117	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
106	118	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
107	119	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
108	120	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
109	124 (3)	Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
110	125	Sep 11	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
111	126	Sep 12	CHC		BRO	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	12	2	1	15	1
112	127	Sep 13	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	3	12	0
113	128	Sep 14	CHC		BRO	W,6-2	CG	0	7.0	10	0	0	10	0
114	129	Sep 17 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	16	0	1	17	1
115	130	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
116	131	Sep 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
117	132	Sep 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,0-10	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
118	133	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
119	134	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
120	135	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
121	137 (1)	Sep 24	CHC		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
122	138	Sep 26	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
123	139	Sep 27	CHC		BSN	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
							123gm		1063.0	1212	68	37	1317	49