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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 CLE AL 22 OF 14 14 7 101.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -3 -34 1.78 1.43 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 CLE AL 22 RF 14 14 7 101.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -3 -34 1.87 1.50 .980 2.01 2.01
1964 CLE AL 23 1B 81 70 56 632.0 598 567 24 7 47 .988 -10 -19 8.42 7.30 .991 9.43 9.41
1964 CLE AL 23 OF 31 27 10 217.1 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -23 1.62 1.26 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 CLE AL 23 RF 30 27 10 217.0 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -23 1.62 1.30 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 CLE AL 23 LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1965 WSA AL 24 1B 48 47 38 403.1 421 391 25 5 39 .988 -3 -9 9.28 8.67 .991 9.56 9.53
1965 WSA AL 24 OF 3 3 1 23.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 1.96 1.67 .978 2.03 2.03
1965 WSA AL 24 RF 3 3 1 23.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 1.96 1.67 .978 1.84 1.83
1966 WSA AL 25 1B 13 9 7 78.2 78 73 3 2 6 .974 -2 -26 8.69 5.85 .991 9.60 9.58
1967 WSA AL 26 1B 10 10 5 75.0 80 75 5 0 6 1.000 1 16 9.60 8.00 .991 9.53 9.55
1969 CAL AL 28 1B 1 1 1 8.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0 -15 11.25 10.00 .992 9.67 9.60
5 Seasons 1B 153 137 107 1197.0 1188 1116 57 15 98 .987 -14 -14 8.82 7.67 .991 9.49 9.47
3 Seasons OF 48 44 18 341.1 66 64 0 2 0 .970 -7 -24 1.69 1.33 .980 2.08 2.07
3 Seasons RF 47 44 18 341.0 67 65 0 2 0 .970 -7 -24 1.72 1.38 .982 1.92 1.91
1 Season LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
6 Seasons TOT 201 181 125 1538.1 1254 1180 57 17 98 .986 -21 -16 7.24 6.15 .990 7.85 7.70
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1963 CLE AL 22 RF -3 -34 -2 -1 -1 -1
1964 CLE AL 23 1B -10 -19 -10 -3 -7 0
1964 CLE AL 23 RF -4 -23 -3 -3 -0 -1
1964 CLE AL 23 LF
1965 WSA AL 24 1B -3 -9 -3 -2 -1 0
1965 WSA AL 24 RF 0 10 0 1 -0 0
1966 WSA AL 25 1B -2 -26 -2 0 -2 0
1967 WSA AL 26 1B 1 16 1 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 28 1B -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0
5 Seasons 1B -14 -14 -14 -4 -10 0
3 Seasons RF -7 -24 -5 -3 -2 -2
1 Season LF
6 Seasons TOT -21 -16 -19 -7 -12 0 -2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 CLE AL 22 16 14 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 2 0
1964 CLE AL 23 120 97 120 103 0 0 81 0 0 0 1 0 30 31 0 22 0
1965 WSA AL 24 72 50 72 51 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 22 0
1966 WSA AL 25 37 9 37 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1967 WSA AL 26 27 10 27 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1969 CAL AL 28 5 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 277 181 277 192 0 0 153 0 0 0 1 0 47 48 0 92 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1964 CLE AL 23 2674 62% 76% 24% 107 91% 0 573 34 529 10 41 22 19 3 0 0 7 0 7 0 4 52 0 0 0 45 0 7 0 7 7 86%
1965 WSA AL 24 1770 67% 80% 25% 90 89% 1 388 19 364 5 38 26 19 3 2 2 5 0 3 2 5 39 0 0 1 33 1 6 1 5 8 100%
1966 WSA AL 25 357 69% 83% 25% 14 93% 0 75 2 73 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 WSA AL 26 314 72% 74% 25% 20 100% 0 74 6 66 2 10 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 CAL AL 28 37 86% 78% 30% 2 50% 0 10 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
5 Seasons 5152 65% 77% 24% 233 91% 1 1120 62 1041 17 96 57 44 8 2 2 15 1 12 2 10 104 0 0 1 91 1 13 1 12 21 90%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 CLE AL 22 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 15 7 46.7% 8 0 0.0% 0 450 64% 79% 28% 47 45%
1964 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 0 4 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 33 13 39.4% 20 0 0.0% 0 933 65% 75% 24% 94 41%
1965 WSA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 92 63% 80% 25% 7 71%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 11 0 4 1 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 9 5 0 50 22 44.0% 28 0 0.0% 0 1475 64% 76% 25% 148 44%
MLB Averages 40.1% 3.2% 64% 79% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 CLE AL 23 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0% 0% 0
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0% 0% 0
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.7% 64% 79% 27% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (5th)

                                         

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