Bob Chance

Robert Chance

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 196 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
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/Angels 1963-1969

Final Game: April 29, 1969
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Standard Batting

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
1961	20	SFG-min	D	118	442	442		164	29	4	16						.371	.371	.563	.934		249							ELP · SOPH
1962	21	CLE-min	A,B	143	589	524	85	154	41	3	14	76	2		60	120	.294	.369	.464	.833		243		3	1	1	9		CHL,BRL · EL,CARL
1963	22	CLE-min	AA	130	529	464	73	159	38	5	26	114	0	2	65	104	.343	.423	.614	1.038		285							CHL · EL
1963	22	CLE	AL	16	54	52	5	15	4	0	2	7	0	1	1	10	.288	.302	.481	.783	117	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	116	169	9	3	0	6	8	39/7
1965	24	TEX-min	AAA	18	73	68	8	20	7	0	1	6	1	0	4	12	.294	.342	.441	.784		30		1	0	0			HAW · PCL
1965	24	WSA	AL	72	218	199	20	51	9	0	4	14	0	1	18	44	.256	.317	.362	.678	95	72	4	0	0	1	2	3/9
1966	25	TEX-min	AAA	61	234	209	21	52	10	0	8	27	0	0	22	50	.249	.322	.411	.733		86		1	1	1			HAW · PCL
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	TEX-min	AAA	112	430	377	53	103	19	2	11	71	0	0	45	68	.273	.353	.422	.775		159		4	0	4			HAW · PCL
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

1968	27	TEX-min	AAA	140	559	509	79	149	24	2	29	84	0	1	40	110	.293	.343	.519	.862		264		3	0	7			BFL · IL
1969	28	ATL-min	AAA,Fgn	56	194	177	17	43	7	1	4	18	0	0	16	19	.243	.309	.362	.671		64		1	0	0			RMD,SKI · IL,JPCL
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
1970	29	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
6 Yrs				277	828	747	76	195	34	1	24	112	3	5	68	195	.261	.323	.406	.728	105	303	16	4	1	8	10
162 Game Avg.				162	484	437	44	114	20	1	14	66	2	3	40	114	.261	.323	.406	.728	105	177	9	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	6	1	0	2	2
CLE (2 yrs)				136	493	442	50	124	20	1	16	82	3	4	41	111	.281	.341	.439	.780	116	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1963	22	CLE	AL	16	54	1	-0	-0	-3	-0	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	0.1	-0.4	1	$	9
1964	23	CLE	AL	120	439	9	-1	-0	-14	-6	-13	-1.6	12	-1	-0.4	.488	.491	1.3	-2.4	13	$	39/7
1965	24	WSA	AL	72	218	-2	0	0	-3	-3	-7	-0.9	6	-1	-0.3	.488	.495	0.1	-0.7	2	$	3/9
1966	25	WSA	AL	37	60	-5	0	-0	-2	-0	-7	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.477	.495	-0.5	-0.3	-4	$	3
1967	26	WSA	AL	27	50	2	0	0	1	-0	3	0.3	1	4	0.5	.512	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	3

1969	28	CAL	AL	5	7	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$12,000	/3
6 Seasons				277	828	4	-1	-0	-20	-11	-29	-3.6	23	-6	-1.2	.488	.497	1.2	-3.7	15	$12,000

WSA (3 yrs)				136	328	-5	0	0	-4	-4	-12	-1.4	9	-3	-0.5	.490	.497	-0.1	-0.9	1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				136	493	10	-1	-1	-17	-7	-16	-2.0	14	-2	-0.6	.487	.495	1.4	-2.7	15	$
CAL (1 yr)				5	7	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$12,000

Advanced Batting

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	94	.325	.288	.254	.302	.320	.481	.393	.783	.713	117	.554	0.9	0.1	.641	.192	.192	.0
1964	23	CLE	AL	439	299	58	5.2	96	.338	.279	.256	.346	.324	.433	.397	.780	.721	116	.594	9.2	1.0	.724	.256	.154	4.9
1965	24	WSA	AL	218	154	23	4.0	90	.309	.256	.249	.317	.318	.362	.381	.678	.699	95	.499	-1.3	-0.1	.582	.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	.666	144	.737	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 Yrs				828	582	99	4.6	93	.319	.261	.252	.323	.320	.406	.389	.728	.709	105	.547	5.5	0.6	.651	.233	.145	5.3
162 Game Avg.				484	340	58	4.6	93	.319	.261	.252	.323	.320	.406	.389	.728	.709	105	.547	3	0	.651	.233	.145	3

WSA (3 yrs)				328	237	34	3.9	89	.292	.235	.247	.299	.316	.362	.378	.661	.693	91	.489	-3.5	-0.4	.574	.215	.128	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				493	339	65	5.2	96	.336	.281	.255	.341	.324	.439	.397	.780	.720	116	.590	10.2	1.0	.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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				828	2.9%	23.6%	8.2%	7.1%	30%	2.87	3.8	31.1	6.7	1.33	65%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.6%	8.0%	6.1%	28%	1.94	5.8	43.1	9.3	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	22	CLE	AL	0.9	0.1	55	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.19	0.0	-0.4	-1.5	-0.2	0.95	0.3	2.12	2
1964	23	CLE	AL	9.7	1.0	451	2.4	10.3	-7.9	1.15	1.6	0.5	23.1	2.3	0.99	21.6	2.31	20
1965	24	WSA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	222	0.0	3.3	-3.3	.94	-0.3	0.3	-2.9	-0.3	0.92	-2.8	1.55	19
1966	25	WSA	AL	-4.6	-0.5	60	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	1.32	-0.6	0.5	-3.8	-0.4	1.06	-5.6	1.55	24
1967	26	WSA	AL	2.4	0.3	50	0.4	1.2	-0.7	1.05	0.3	0.1	3.2	0.3	0.92	3.7	1.10	13

1969	28	CAL	AL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.95	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.70	-0.6	1.35	4
6 Yrs				6.0	0.6	845	2.3	17.1	-14.8	1.10	1.0	1.1	17.9	1.8	0.97	16.4	1.67	82

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Yrs				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

Situational Hitting*

						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	2.12	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	7	3	43%	29	5	17%	5	3	60%	4	3	75%	0
1964	23	CLE	AL	439	67%	109			20	5	2	5	2.31	14	0	12	7	7	10	4	0	0	0		80	9	11%	41	15	37%	300	64	21%	41	25	61%	9	6	67%	0
1965	24	WSA	AL	218	84%	51			19	5	0	1	1.55	4	0	6	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		47	4	9%	17	5	29%	124	10	8%	11	3	27%	8	6	75%	0
1966	25	WSA	AL	60	93%	10			24	5	1	2	1.55	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	1.10	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	26	4	15%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1969	28	CAL	AL	7	100%	1			4	1	0	1	1.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				828	75%	195			82	19	5	11	1.67	24	1	25	17	7	13	11	0	1	1	100%	151	16	11%	76	26	34%	531	91	17%	63	34	54%	23	16	70%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			51%

Cumulative Batting

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	117	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	116	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	14	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	16	3	1	8	10
1967	26	272	821	740	76	194	34	1	24	111	3	5	68	191	.262	.324	.408	.732	106	302	16	4	1	8	10
1968	27	272	821	740	76	194	34	1	24	111	3	5	68	191	.262	.324	.408	.732	106	302	16	4	1	8	10
1969	28	277	828	747	76	195	34	1	24	112	3	5	68	195	.261	.323	.406	.728	105	303	16	4	1	8	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	22	16	55	53	5	16	4	0	2	7	0	1	10	.302	.315	.491	.805	8	16
1964	23	119	444	393	49	114	17	1	15	81	3	42	100	.290	.358	.453	.811	64	120
1965	24	72	223	203	23	55	10	0	4	16	0	19	44	.271	.332	.379	.711	26	72
1966	25	37	61	58	1	11	3	0	1	10	0	2	23	.190	.213	.293	.506	4	37
1967	26	27	52	43	6	10	2	0	3	9	0	8	13	.233	.365	.488	.854	8	27

1969	28	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
6 Yrs		276	842	757	84	206	36	1	25	123	3	72	194	.272	.335	.421	.757	110	277
162 Game Avg.		162	494	444	49	121	21	1	15	72	2	42	114	.272	.335	.421	.757	65	277

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Similarity Scores

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