Frank Chance
Frank Leroy Chance (Husk and The Peerless Leader)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 9, 1876 in Fresno, CA
High School: Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Orphans in 1898. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1898
Final Game: April 21, 1914
Died: September 15, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1946.
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1898 CHC NL 21 C 33 80 62 14 4 3 .950 2.30 .954 4.60 9
1898 CHC NL 21 OF 17 35 23 5 7 1 .800 1.65 .946 2.03 1-1-15
1898 CHC NL 21 1B 3 20 18 0 2 0 .900 6.00 .980 10.07
1899 CHC NL 22 C 57 242 166 64 12 6 .950 4.04 .952 4.38 7
1899 CHC NL 22 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.20
1899 CHC NL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1-0-0
1900 CHC NL 23 C 51 236 155 65 16 2 .932 4.31 .950 4.73 13
1900 CHC NL 23 1B 1 7 5 1 1 0 .857 6.00 .986 10.20
1901 CHC NL 24 OF 51 73 61 7 5 0 .932 1.33 .942 2.03 4-1-46
1901 CHC NL 24 C 13 76 55 20 1 2 .987 5.77 .971 5.90 1
1901 CHC NL 24 1B 6 34 27 3 4 1 .882 5.00 .979 10.05
1902 CHC NL 25 1B 38 424 391 20 13 21 .969 10.82 .981 10.42
1902 CHC NL 25 C 29 144 113 27 4 2 .972 4.83 .965 5.82 0
1902 CHC NL 25 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.92 0-0-4
1903 CHC NL 26 1B 121 1308 1204 68 36 49 .972 10.51 .977 8.26
1903 CHC NL 26 C 2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 4.00 .967 5.80 0
1904 CHC NL 27 1B 123 1324 1205 106 13 48 .990 10.66 .983 8.13
1904 CHC NL 27 C 1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 .967 5.70 0
1905 CHC NL 28 1B 115 1253 1165 75 13 54 .990 10.78 .981 8.69
1906 CHC NL 29 1B 136 1474 1376 82 16 71 .989 10.72 .984 7.35
1907 CHC NL 30 1B 109 1219 1129 80 10 64 .992 11.09 .984 9.17
1908 CHC NL 31 1B 126 1392 1291 86 15 56 .989 10.93 .986 7.94
1909 CHC NL 32 1B 92 947 901 40 6 43 .994 10.23 .985 10.58
1910 CHC NL 33 1B 87 814 773 38 3 48 .996 9.32 .984 10.07
1911 CHC NL 34 1B 29 303 289 11 3 12 .990 10.34 .985 9.90
1912 CHC NL 35 1B 2 22 22 0 0 1 1.000 11.00 .986 10.00
1913 NYY AL 36 1B 7 91 86 5 0 2 1.000 13.00 .986 10.49
1914 NYY AL 37 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.10
17 Seasons 1B 997 10635 9885 615 135 470 .987 10.53 .983 8.77
7 Seasons C 186 796 567 191 38 15 .952 4.08 .956 4.87 30
4 Seasons OF 73 112 88 12 12 1 .893 1.37 .944 2.02 6-2-65
17 Seasons TOT 1256 11543 10540 818 185 486 .984 9.04 .965 7.80 6-2-65 30
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1898 CHC NL 21 53 53 53 0 33 3 0 0 0 1 1 15 17
1899 CHC NL 22 64 64 64 0 57 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1900 CHC NL 23 56 56 56 0 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1901 CHC NL 24 69 69 69 0 13 6 0 0 0 4 1 46 51
1902 CHC NL 25 75 75 75 0 29 38 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1903 CHC NL 26 125 125 125 0 2 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1904 CHC NL 27 124 124 124 0 1 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1905 CHC NL 28 118 118 118 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1906 CHC NL 29 136 136 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1907 CHC NL 30 111 111 111 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1908 CHC NL 31 129 129 129 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1909 CHC NL 32 93 93 93 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1910 CHC NL 33 88 88 88 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1911 CHC NL 34 31 31 31 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 CHC NL 35 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 NYY AL 36 12 12 12 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1914 NYY AL 37 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 1287 1287 1287 0 186 997 0 0 0 6 2 65 73
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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