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.

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1910 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,0-1	CG	0	9.1	8	1	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
5	5	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
6	6	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
7	7	Apr 27	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
8	8	Apr 28	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
9	9	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
12	12	May 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
13	13	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
14	14	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	15	May 6	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	GS	0		6	0	0	6	0
16	23 (7)	May 15	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
17	24	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
18	25	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	15	1	0	16	0
19	26	May 19	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
20	27	May 22	CHC		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
21	28	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
22	29	May 25	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
23	30	May 26	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
24	31	May 28	CHC		PIT	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
25	32	May 29	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
26	33	May 30 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-1	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	40 (6)	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
28	41	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	42	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
30	43	Jun 10	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
31	44	Jun 13	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
32	45	Jun 14	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
33	46	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	13.1	15	1	0	16	1
34	47	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
35	48	Jun 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
36	49	Jun 20	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
37	50	Jun 21	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	GS	0	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	51	Jun 22	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GS	0		6	0	1	7	0
39	55 (3)	Jun 26	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	59 (3)	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	L,9-13	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	60	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	61	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
43	62	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
44	63	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
45	64	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
46	65	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	14	0	0	14	0
47	66	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
48	67	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
49	68	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
50	69	Jul 10	CHC		NYG	L,9-10	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
51	70	Jul 11	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
52	72 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
53	73	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
54	75 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
55	76	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
56	77	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
57	78	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
58	84 (5)	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	85	Jul 28	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
60	86	Jul 29	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
61	87	Jul 30	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	90 (2)	Aug 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
63	91	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
64	92	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
65	93	Aug 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-10	GS	0		6	0	0	6	0
66	94	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
67	95	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	96	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
69	97	Aug 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
70	98	Aug 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
71	99	Aug 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-2	GS	0		4	1	0	5	1
72	100	Aug 15 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,14-0	GS	0		14	0	0	14	2
73	101	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	102	Aug 17 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
75	103	Aug 17 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
76	104	Aug 19	CHC		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
77	105	Aug 20	CHC		BRO	W,11-2	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	124 (18)	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
79	137 (12)	Sep 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	11	1	0	12	1
80	138	Sep 26	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	12	2	0	14	0
81	147 (8)	Oct 7	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
82	148	Oct 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
83	149	Oct 9	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
84	150	Oct 10	CHC		STL	L,7-15	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
85	151	Oct 11	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
86	152	Oct 12	CHC		STL	W,12-2	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
87	153	Oct 13	CHC		STL	L,8-11	GS	0		7	0	0	7	2
							87gm		717.0	773	38	3	814	48