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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 4 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 .728 105 303 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 .780 117 194 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1963 22 CLE AL 54 1 0 -1 0 -3 -1 2 -2 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ 9
1964 23 CLE AL 439 12 -1 2 -1 -14 -6 12 4 0.6 18 1.9 -1.3 $ 39/7
1965 24 WSA AL 218 -1 1 0 0 -3 -3 6 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ 3/9
1966 25 WSA AL 60 -5 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ 3
1967 26 WSA AL 50 3 0 0 0 1 -1 1 4 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $ 3
1969 28 CAL AL 7 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $12,000 /3
6 Seasons 828 9 0 1 -1 -20 -12 23 -1 0.0 20 2.1 -2.1 $12,000
WSA (3 yrs) 328 -3 1 0 0 -4 -5 9 -2 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $
CLE (2 yrs) 493 13 -1 1 -1 -17 -7 14 2 0.3 19 2.0 -1.7 $
CAL (1 yr) 7 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $12,000

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

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

                           

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196928California Angels$12,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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