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.

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	11	0	0	11	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	T,5-5	CG	0	10.0	15	0	0	15	1
3	3	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-12	GS	0		9	1	1	11	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
6	10 (4)	Apr 27	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
7	11	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	12	May 1	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
9	13	May 2	CHC		PIT	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
10	14	May 3	CHC		PIT	W,15-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
11	15	May 4	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
12	16	May 7	CHC		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	17	May 8	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
14	18	May 9	CHC		BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
15	19	May 10	CHC		BSN	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
16	20	May 11	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
17	21	May 12	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
18	22	May 14	CHC		PHI	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
19	23	May 15	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
20	24	May 16	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
21	25	May 17	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
22	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
23	27	May 19	CHC		BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
24	28	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
25	29	May 21	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
26	30	May 22	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
27	31	May 23	CHC		NYG	T,1-1	CG	0	11.0	15	4	1	20	0
28	32	May 25	CHC		STL	W,6-4	GS	0		3	1	0	4	1
29	33	May 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
30	34	May 28	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
31	35	May 29	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
32	36	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	37	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	38	Jun 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
35	39	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS	0		8	0	0	8	0
36	40	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
37	41	Jun 7	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
38	42	Jun 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
39	43	Jun 10	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
40	44	Jun 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	15	3	0	18	0
41	45	Jun 13	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
42	46	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
43	47	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	7	3	0	10	0
44	48	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
45	49	Jun 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
46	50	Jun 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
47	51	Jun 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS	0		9	0	0	9	0
48	52	Jun 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	12	2	0	14	0
49	56 (3)	Jun 26	CHC		PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
50	57	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
51	58	Jun 28	CHC		PIT	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
52	59	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
53	60	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	61	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
55	62	Jul 2	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
56	63	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,2-19	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
57	64	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
58	65	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
59	66	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
60	67	Jul 8	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
61	68	Jul 9	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
62	69	Jul 10	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	13	2	1	16	1
63	70	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	7.0	9	2	0	11	0
64	71	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
65	72	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
66	73	Jul 14	CHC		BSN	W,14-0	CG	0	9.0	15	0	1	16	1
67	74	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	15	2	0	17	1
68	75	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
69	76	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
70	77	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
71	78	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
72	79	Jul 21	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
73	80	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
74	81	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
75	82	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	12	3	0	15	1
76	83	Jul 25	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	9	0	1	10	1
77	84	Jul 26	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
78	88 (3)	Jul 31	CHC		STL	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	89	Aug 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
80	90	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	2
81	91	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
82	92	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
83	93	Aug 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	18	0	0	18	0
84	94	Aug 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
85	95	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
86	96	Aug 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
87	97	Aug 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
88	98	Aug 13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
89	99	Aug 13 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	2	10	1
90	100	Aug 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
91	105 (4)	Aug 20	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
92	106	Aug 21	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
93	107	Aug 22	CHC		BSN	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
94	108	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
95	109	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		NYG	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	15	1	0	16	1
96	110	Aug 25 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
97	111	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-12	CG	0	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	117 (5)	Aug 31	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	118	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
100	119	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
101	120	Sep 3	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
102	121	Sep 4	CHC		STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
103	122	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
104	123	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
105	124	Sep 6	CHC	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
106	125	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	0		9	0	0	9	0
107	136 (10)	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	137	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
109	138	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
110	139	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	140	Sep 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
112	141	Sep 24 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
113	142	Sep 24 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	143	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
115	144	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	6.0	8	0	0	8	0
116	145	Sep 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	11	2	0	13	1
117	146	Sep 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
118	147	Sep 29	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
119	148	Sep 30 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
120	150 (1)	Oct 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
121	151	Oct 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
122	152	Oct 4	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
123	153	Oct 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
124	156 (2)	Oct 9	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
							124gm		1070.0	1213	107	13	1333	48