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Candy LaChance
George Joseph LaChance

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 183 lb.

Debut August 15, 1893
Final Game April 28, 1905
Born February 14, 1870 in Putnam, CT
Died August 18, 1932 in Waterville, CT

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1893 23 BRO NL  11   35    1    6   1  0   0    6   0      2  12  .171  .237  .200   19    7               1    
 1894 24 BRO NL  68  257   48   83  13  8   5   52  20     16  32  .323  .365  .494  112  127               1    
 1895 25 BRO NL 127  536   99  167  22  8   8  108  37     29  48  .312  .356  .427  108  229   3           8    
 1896 26 BRO NL  89  348   60   99  10 13   7   58  17     23  32  .284  .331  .448  109  156   8           1    
 1897 27 BRO NL 126  520   86  160  28 16   4   90  26     15      .308  .333  .446  110  232   8           5    
 1898 28 BRO NL 136  526   62  130  23  7   5   65  23     31      .247  .299  .346   84  182  11           8    
 1899 29 BLN NL 125  472   65  145  23 10   1   75  31     21      .307  .350  .405  102  191   5          10    
 1901 31 CLE AL 133  548   81  166  22  9   1   75  11      7      .303  .314  .381   95  209   7           2    
 1902 32 BOS AL 138  541   60  151  13  4   6   56   8     18      .279  .309  .351   80  190  11           5    
 1903 33 BOS AL 141  522   60  134  22  6   1   53  12     28      .257  .303  .328   85  171  22           7    
 1904 34 BOS AL 157  573   55  130  19  5   1   47   7     23      .227  .265  .283   69  162  23           7    
 1905 35 BOS AL  12   41    1    6   1  0   0    5   0      6      .146  .255  .171   35    7   4           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1263 4919  678 1377 197 86  39  690 192  0 219 124  .280  .318  .379   93 1863 102   0   0  55   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        631   87  177  25 11   5   89  25  0  28  16  .280  .318  .379   93  239  13   0   0   7   0
 Career High    157  573   99  167  28 16   8  108  37  0  31  48  .323  .365  .494  112  232  23   0   0  10   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1893 23 BRO NL   38   29    2   1.8   102| .171  .280| .237  .357| .200  .381| .437  .737|  19  .141  -4.0  -0.4     
 1894 24 BRO NL  274  174   46   6.9   120| .323  .306| .365  .376| .494  .431| .859  .808| 112  .563   3.6   0.3     
 1895 25 BRO NL  576  372   79   5.5   105| .312  .292| .356  .357| .427  .394| .783  .751| 108  .529   5.8   0.5     
 1896 26 BRO NL  380  257   51   5.2   102| .284  .290| .331  .354| .448  .387| .779  .740| 109  .530   2.0   0.2     
 1897 27 BRO NL  548  368   76   5.4   102| .308  .291| .333  .354| .446  .386| .779  .740| 110  .550   3.9   0.4     
 1898 28 BRO NL  576  407   53   3.4    91| .247  .278| .299  .342| .346  .356| .645  .699|  84  .430 -12.3  -1.3     
 1899 29 BLN NL  508  332   64   5.0   104| .307  .296| .350  .359| .405  .385| .755  .745| 102  .566   0.2   0.0     
 1901 31 CLE AL  564  389   65   4.4    94| .303  .279| .314  .335| .381  .375| .695  .710|  95  .505  -5.4  -0.5     
 1902 32 BOS AL  575  401   57   3.8   100| .279  .288| .309  .345| .351  .388| .660  .733|  80  .443 -16.8  -1.7     
 1903 33 BOS AL  579  410   50   3.2    86| .257  .269| .303  .319| .328  .363| .631  .682|  85  .453  -9.2  -1.0     
 1904 34 BOS AL  626  466   42   2.4    77| .227  .258| .265  .311| .283  .339| .548  .649|  69  .374 -21.1  -2.5     
 1905 35 BOS AL   51   39    2   1.4    73| .146  .249| .255  .309| .171  .325| .426  .634|  35  .182  -2.8  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5295 3644  587   4.2    96| .280  .282| .318  .342| .379  .377| .697  .719|  93  .489 -56.1  -6.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1893 23 BRO NL C 6 13 4 9 0 .654 .934 2.83 4.52 1 OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .909 1.00 2.14 4 0 1 1894 24 BRO NL 1B 56 508 16 11 26 .979 .976 9.36 9.54 C 10 15 3 4 0 .818 .923 1.80 4.32 0 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 2.23 0 0 3 1895 25 BRO NL 1B 125 1286 53 23 68 .983 .978 10.71 8.00 OF 3 4 0 1 0 .800 .909 1.33 2.13 0 0 3 1896 26 BRO NL 1B 89 956 37 14 62 .986 .980 11.16 10.21 1897 27 BRO NL 1B 126 1289 64 30 76 .978 .980 10.74 7.94 1898 28 BRO NL 1B 74 807 20 10 53 .988 .977 11.18 10.06 SS 48 107 143 38 20 .868 .913 5.21 5.56 OF 13 20 0 1 0 .952 .939 1.54 2.03 11 2 0 1899 29 BLN NL 1B 125 1272 40 21 72 .984 .977 10.50 8.00 1901 31 CLE AL 1B 133 1342 58 30 73 .979 .974 10.53 7.52 1902 32 BOS AL 1B 138 1544 46 27 80 .983 .980 11.52 7.25 1903 33 BOS AL 1B 141 1471 57 25 68 .984 .981 10.84 7.09 1904 34 BOS AL 1B 157 1691 59 14 65 .992 .982 11.15 6.37 1905 35 BOS AL 1B 12 154 7 2 6 .988 .982 13.42 10.64
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1894 24 BRO NL 1B 56 508 16 11 26 .979 .976 9.36 9.54 1895 25 BRO NL 1B 125 1286 53 23 68 .983 .978 10.71 8.00 1896 26 BRO NL 1B 89 956 37 14 62 .986 .980 11.16 10.21 1897 27 BRO NL 1B 126 1289 64 30 76 .978 .980 10.74 7.94 1898 28 BRO NL 1B 74 807 20 10 53 .988 .977 11.18 10.06 1899 29 BLN NL 1B 125 1272 40 21 72 .984 .977 10.50 8.00 1901 31 CLE AL 1B 133 1342 58 30 73 .979 .974 10.53 7.52 1902 32 BOS AL 1B 138 1544 46 27 80 .983 .980 11.52 7.25 1903 33 BOS AL 1B 141 1471 57 25 68 .984 .981 10.84 7.09 1904 34 BOS AL 1B 157 1691 59 14 65 .992 .982 11.15 6.37 1905 35 BOS AL 1B 12 154 7 2 6 .988 .982 13.42 10.64 1893 23 BRO NL C 6 13 4 9 0 .654 .934 2.83 4.52 1 1894 24 BRO NL C 10 15 3 4 0 .818 .923 1.80 4.32 0 1893 23 BRO NL OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .909 1.00 2.14 4 0 1 1894 24 BRO NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 2.23 0 0 3 1895 25 BRO NL OF 3 4 0 1 0 .800 .909 1.33 2.13 0 0 3 1898 28 BRO NL OF 13 20 0 1 0 .952 .939 1.54 2.03 11 2 0 1898 28 BRO NL SS 48 107 143 38 20 .868 .913 5.21 5.56
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1176 12320 457 207 649 .984 .979 10.86 7.92 SS 48 107 143 38 20 .868 .913 5.21 5.56 OF 24 31 0 3 0 .912 .928 1.29 2.09 15 2 7 C 16 28 7 13 0 .729 .928 2.19 4.39 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1264 12486 607 261 669 .980 .977 10.36 7.68
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    BOS PIT     W   8  25   5   6  2  1  0   4   3   2  .240  .300  .400   0  0   3   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1902 AL-138-2
1903 AL-141-1
1904 AL-157-2

At Bats
1901 AL-548-10
1902 AL-541-8

Hits
1901 AL-166-7

Triples
1897 NL-16-7

Home Runs
1896 NL-7-10
1902 AL-6-10

RBI
1895 NL-108-8

Strikeouts
1895 NL-48-5

Singles
1901 AL-134-8
1902 AL-128-7

Extra-Base Hits
1897 NL-48-8

Hit By Pitch
1903 AL-7-7

Sac. Hits
1903 AL-22-9
1904 AL-23-10

Power/Speed Number
1895 NL-13.2-9

At Bats per Home Run
1896 NL-49.7-5

Outs
1902 AL-401-4
1903 AL-410-6
1904 AL-466-4

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (964) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.8 (1888) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (951) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Baltimore Orioles by the Brooklyn Superbas.

March, 1900: Purchased by the Cleveland Blues from the Brooklyn Superbas.

November 16, 1901: Traded by the Cleveland Blues to the Boston Americans for Ossee Schreckengost.

May 10, 1905: Released by the Boston Americans.


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