Bob Chance
Robert Chance
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 219 lb.

Born: September 10, 1940 in Statesboro, GA
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1963
Final Game: April 29, 1969
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 22 CLE AL 16 54 52 5 15 4 0 2 7 0 1 1 10 .288 .302 .481 .783 116 25 1 0 1 0 0 9
1964 23 CLE AL 120 439 390 45 109 16 1 14 75 3 3 40 101 .279 .346 .433 .780 117 169 9 3 0 6 8 39/7
1965 24 WSA AL 72 218 199 20 51 9 0 4 14 0 1 18 44 .256 .317 .362 .678 95 72 0 0 0 1 2 3/9
1966 25 WSA AL 37 60 57 1 10 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 23 .175 .200 .281 .481 37 16 2 0 0 1 0 3
1967 26 WSA AL 27 50 42 5 9 2 0 3 7 0 0 7 13 .214 .340 .476 .816 144 20 0 1 0 0 0 3
1969 28 CAL AL 5 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
6 Seasons 277 828 747 76 195 34 1 24 112 3 5 68 195 .261 .323 .406 .728 106 303 12 4 1 8 10
162 Game Avg. 162 484 437 44 114 20 1 14 66 2 3 40 114 .261 .323 .406 .728 106 177 7 2 1 5 6
WSA (3 yrs) 136 328 298 26 70 14 0 8 29 0 1 27 80 .235 .299 .362 .661 91 108 2 1 0 2 2
CLE (2 yrs) 136 493 442 50 124 20 1 16 82 3 4 41 111 .281 .341 .439 .780 117 194 10 3 1 6 8
CAL (1 yr) 5 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 22 CLE AL 54 40 7 4.7 95 .325 .288 .255 .302 .322 .481 .394 .783 .716 116 .554 0.9 0.1 .641 .192 .192 .0
1964 23 CLE AL 439 299 58 5.2 95 .338 .279 .254 .346 .323 .433 .395 .780 .718 117 .594 9.8 1.0 .724 .256 .154 4.9
1965 24 WSA AL 218 150 24 4.3 90 .309 .256 .249 .317 .318 .362 .381 .678 .699 95 .531 -1.3 -0.1 .597 .191 .106 .0
1966 25 WSA AL 60 50 3 1.6 89 .265 .175 .247 .200 .314 .281 .381 .481 .695 37 .166 -4.6 -0.5 .367 .140 .105 .0
1967 26 WSA AL 50 33 8 6.6 81 .231 .214 .239 .340 .307 .476 .358 .816 .665 144 .736 2.4 0.3 .848 .429 .262 .0
1969 28 CAL AL 7 6 0 0.0 90 .333 .143 .247 .143 .323 .143 .373 .286 .696 -17 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
6 Seasons 828 578 100 4.7 92 .319 .261 .251 .323 .320 .406 .388 .728 .708 106 .555 6.0 0.7 .656 .233 .145 5.3
162 Game Avg. 484 338 58 4.7 92 .319 .261 .251 .323 .320 .406 .388 .728 .708 106 .555 4 0 .656 .233 .145 3
WSA (3 yrs) 328 233 35 4.0 89 .292 .235 .247 .299 .316 .362 .378 .661 .693 91 .510 -3.5 -0.3 .584 .215 .128 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 493 339 65 5.2 95 .336 .281 .255 .341 .323 .439 .395 .780 .718 117 .590 10.6 1.1 .714 .249 .158 5.1
CAL (1 yr) 7 6 0 0.0 90 .333 .143 .247 .143 .323 .143 .373 .286 .696 -17 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 22 CLE AL 54 3.7% 18.5% 1.9% 11.1% 40% 10.00 5.2 26.0 7.4 1.42 74%
1964 23 CLE AL 439 3.2% 23.0% 9.1% 7.1% 28% 2.53 3.9 27.9 5.2 1.34 64%
1965 24 WSA AL 218 1.8% 20.2% 8.3% 6.0% 26% 2.44 4.5 49.8 14.2 1.33 70%
1966 25 WSA AL 60 1.7% 38.3% 3.3% 6.7% 40% 11.50 2.5 57.0 7.1 1.08 57%
1967 26 WSA AL 50 6.0% 26.0% 14.0% 10.0% 56% 1.86 3.2 14.0 6.0 1.50 52%
1969 28 CAL AL 7 0.0% 57.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 7.0 1.00 43%
6 Seasons 828 2.9% 23.6% 8.2% 7.1% 30% 2.87 3.8 31.1 6.7 1.33 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 22 CLE AL 0 0 21% 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1964 23 CLE AL 8 0 23% 170 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 37% 21 16 5 5 2 3 12 5 6
1965 24 WSA AL 2 0 25% 83 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 43% 9 7 2 1 1 0 4 0 4
1966 25 WSA AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 26 WSA AL 0 0 14% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1969 28 CAL AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 10 0 21% 285 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 20 40% 33 25 8 6 3 3 19 6 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 22 CLE AL 54 63% 15 2 0 0 0 2.05 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 7 3 43% 29 5 17% 5 3 60% 6 3 50% 0
1964 23 CLE AL 439 67% 109 20 5 2 5 2.29 14 0 12 7 7 10 4 0 0 0 80 9 11% 41 15 37% 300 64 21% 41 25 61% 35 15 43% 0
1965 24 WSA AL 218 84% 51 19 5 0 1 1.60 4 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 47 0 0% 17 5 29% 124 10 8% 11 3 27% 10 6 60% 0
1966 25 WSA AL 60 93% 10 24 5 1 2 1.56 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 8 2 25% 49 7 14% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
1967 26 WSA AL 50 98% 9 13 3 2 2 1.18 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 26 4 15% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1969 28 CAL AL 7 100% 1 4 1 0 1 1.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 828 75% 195 82 19 5 11 1.70 24 1 25 17 7 13 11 0 1 1 100% 151 12 8% 76 26 34% 531 91 17% 63 34 54% 55 26 47% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 22 16 54 52 5 15 4 0 2 7 0 1 1 10 .288 .302 .481 .783 116 25 1 0 1 0 0
1964 23 136 493 442 50 124 20 1 16 82 3 4 41 111 .281 .341 .439 .780 117 194 10 3 1 6 8
1965 24 208 711 641 70 175 29 1 20 96 3 5 59 155 .273 .334 .415 .749 110 266 10 3 1 7 10
1966 25 245 771 698 71 185 32 1 21 104 3 5 61 178 .265 .323 .404 .727 104 282 12 3 1 8 10
1967 26 272 821 740 76 194 34 1 24 111 3 5 68 191 .262 .324 .408 .732 107 302 12 4 1 8 10
1968 27 272 821 740 76 194 34 1 24 111 3 5 68 191 .262 .324 .408 .732 107 302 12 4 1 8 10
1969 28 277 828 747 76 195 34 1 24 112 3 5 68 195 .261 .323 .406 .728 106 303 12 4 1 8 10

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 22 16 52 51 5 14 4 0 2 7 0 1 10 .275 .288 .471 .759 7 16
1964 23 119 444 393 49 114 17 1 15 82 3 42 100 .290 .358 .453 .811 64 120
1965 24 72 225 204 23 56 10 0 4 16 0 20 44 .275 .338 .382 .720 27 72
1966 25 37 60 57 1 10 3 0 1 9 0 2 23 .175 .200 .281 .481 3 37
1967 26 27 54 44 6 11 2 0 4 8 0 9 13 .250 .389 .568 .957 9 27
1969 28 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
6 Seasons 276 842 756 84 205 36 1 26 122 3 74 194 .271 .336 .425 .761 110 277
162 Game Avg. 162 494 444 49 120 21 1 15 72 2 43 114 .271 .336 .425 .761 65 277

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 AL--6--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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