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Frank Chance

Frank Leroy Chance (Husk and The Peerless Leader)

Hall of Famer

Positions: First Baseman, Catcher and Rightfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Orphans/Yankees 1898-1914
Final Game: April 21, 1914
Died: September 15, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
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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
1898 21 CHC NL 53 162 147 32 41 4 3 1 14 7 7 .279 .338 .367 .705 102 54 6 2 2O/3
1899 22 CHC NL 64 213 192 37 55 6 2 1 22 10 15 .286 .351 .354 .705 96 68 4 2 2/3O
1900 23 CHC NL 56 187 149 26 44 9 3 0 13 8 15 .295 .413 .396 .809 127 59 15 8 2/3
1901 24 CHC NL 69 283 241 38 67 12 4 0 36 27 29 .278 .376 .361 .737 118 87 9 4 O2/3
1902 25 CHC NL 76 289 242 40 70 9 4 1 31 29 37 .289 .401 .372 .773 141 90 8 2 32/O
1903 26 CHC NL 125 531 441 83 144 24 10 2 81 67 78 .327 .439 .440 .878 154 194 10 2 *3/2
1904 27 CHC NL 124 514 451 89 140 16 10 6 49 42 36 .310 .382 .430 .812 150 194 16 11 *3/2
1905 28 CHC NL 118 502 392 92 124 16 12 2 70 38 78 .316 .450 .434 .883 159 170 17 15 *3
1906 29 CHC NL 136 574 474 103 151 24 10 3 71 57 70 .319 .419 .430 .849 158 204 12 18 *3
1907 30 CHC NL 111 451 382 58 112 19 2 1 49 35 51 .293 .395 .361 .756 131 138 13 5 *3
1908 31 CHC NL 129 513 452 65 123 27 4 2 55 27 37 .272 .338 .363 .701 120 164 8 16 *3
1909 32 CHC NL 93 370 324 53 88 16 4 0 46 29 30 .272 .341 .346 .686 110 112 4 12 3
1910 33 CHC NL 88 348 295 54 88 12 8 0 36 16 37 15 .298 .395 .393 .788 131 116 10 6 3
1911 34 CHC NL 31 124 88 23 21 6 3 1 17 9 25 13 .239 .432 .409 .841 136 36 5 6 3
1912 35 CHC NL 2 9 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .200 .500 .200 .700 95 1 0 1 /3
1913 36 NYY AL 12 33 24 3 5 0 0 0 6 1 8 1 .208 .406 .208 .615 81 5 0 1 /3
1914 37 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
17 Seasons 1288 5103 4299 798 1274 200 79 20 596 403 0 556 29 .296 .394 .394 .788 135 1692 137 111
162 Game Avg. 162 642 541 100 160 25 10 3 75 51 70 .296 .394 .394 .788 135 213 17 14
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
CHC (15 yrs) 1275 5070 4275 795 1269 200 79 20 590 402 548 28 .297 .394 .395 .789 136 1687 137 110
NYY (2 yrs) 13 33 24 3 5 0 0 0 6 1 0 8 1 .208 .406 .208 .615 81 5 0 1
NL (15 yrs) 1275 5070 4275 795 1269 200 79 20 590 402 548 28 .297 .394 .395 .789 136 1687 137 110
AL (2 yrs) 13 33 24 3 5 0 0 0 6 1 0 8 1 .208 .406 .208 .615 81 5 0 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 29 CHC NL WS CHW L 6 25 21 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 .238 .360 .286 .646 6 0 2 0 0 0
1907 30 CHC NL WS DET W 4 18 13 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 .154 .389 .231 .620 3 0 1 0 0 0
1908 31 CHC NL WS DET W 5 22 19 4 8 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 1 .421 .500 .421 .921 8 0 0 0 0 0
1910 33 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 17 17 1 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 .353 .353 .529 .882 9 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 20 82 70 11 21 3 1 0 6 10 1 9 6 .300 .402 .371 .774 26 0 3 0 0 0
4 WS 20 82 70 11 21 3 1 0 6 10 1 9 6 .300 .402 .371 .774 26 0 3 0 0 0

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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 13 12 48%
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 70 63 47%
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 73 60 45%
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 17 16 48%
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 10.41
1902 CHC NL 25 C 30 150 118 28 4 2 .973 4.87 .965 5.83 0 28 20 42%
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 2 0 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 2 1 33%
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 187 802 572 192 38 15 .953 4.09 .956 4.87 30 205 172 46%
4 Seasons OF 73 112 88 12 12 1 .893 1.37 .944 2.02 6-2-65
17 Seasons TOT 1257 11549 10545 819 185 486 .984 9.04 .965 7.80 6-2-65 30 205 172 46%
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
1937 BBWAA (24.4%)
1938 BBWAA (50.8%)
1939 BBWAA (57.7%)
1942 BBWAA (58.4%)
1945 BBWAA (72.5%)
1946 Final Ballot (57.0%)
1946 Nominating Vote (71.3%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946 by Old Timers Committee

Batting Average s c a p y
1904 NL  .310 (6th)
1905 NL  .316 (6th)
1906 NL  .319 (5th)
1907 NL  .293 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1903 NL  .439 (3rd)
1904 NL  .382 (4th)
1905 NL  .450 (1st)
1906 NL  .419 (3rd)
1907 NL  .395 (3rd)
Career  .394 (79th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1904 NL  .430 (5th)
1905 NL  .434 (7th)
1906 NL  .430 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1903 NL  .878 (6th)
1904 NL  .812 (4th)
1905 NL  .883 (4th)
1906 NL  .849 (4th)
1907 NL  .756 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1904 NL  89 (7th)
1906 NL  103 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1906 NL  151 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1906 NL  204 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1906 NL  24 (6th)
1908 NL  27 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1906 NL  10 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1904 NL  6 (3rd)
1906 NL  3 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1903 NL  81 (6th)
1906 NL  71 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1903 NL  78 (4th)
1905 NL  78 (4th)
1906 NL  70 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1902 NL  29 (8th)
1903 NL  67 (1st)
1904 NL  42 (4th)
1905 NL  38 (6th)
1906 NL  57 (1st)
1907 NL  35 (7th)
Career  403 (66th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1903 NL  154 (6th)
1904 NL  150 (4th)
1905 NL  159 (4th)
1906 NL  158 (4th)
Career  135 (108th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1903 NL  83 (8th)
1904 NL  70 (7th)
1906 NL  83 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1903 NL  37 (5th)
1904 NL  27 (4th)
1905 NL  36 (5th)
1906 NL  37 (3rd)
1907 NL  18 (7th)
Career  222 (217th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1903 NL  3.8 (5th)
1904 NL  3.1 (4th)
1905 NL  4.0 (5th)
1906 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1907 NL  2.2 (7th)
Career  24.7 (179th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1906 NL  37 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1903 NL  232 (7th)
1906 NL  233 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1903 NL  .755 (6th)
1904 NL  .734 (5th)
1905 NL  .773 (4th)
1906 NL  .787 (4th)
1907 NL  .709 (6th)
Career  .690 (89th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1900 NL  15 (6th)
1901 NL  9 (9th)
1902 NL  8 (9th)
1903 NL  10 (7th)
1904 NL  16 (3rd)
1905 NL  17 (2nd)
1906 NL  12 (6th)
1907 NL  13 (2nd)
1908 NL  8 (7th)
1910 NL  10 (7th)
Career  137 (28th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1904 NL  10.5 (2nd)
1906 NL  5.7 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1904 NL  75.2 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1912 NL  born 1876-09-09 (7th)
1913 AL  born 1876-09-09 (10th)
1914 AL  born 1876-09-09 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 73 (328), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (729), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Jack Smith (917)
  3. Chicken Wolf (915)
  4. Mike Kreevich (915)
  5. Fred Schulte (915)
  6. Duff Cooley (914)
  7. John Titus (912)
  8. Darryl Hamilton (911)
  9. Sam Mertes (910)
  10. Luis Polonia (908)
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  5. Bip Roberts (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Emmet Heidrick (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harry Rice (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harry Rice (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charlie Jamieson (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack Smith (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Billy Southworth (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Billy Southworth (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. John Titus (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mike Kreevich (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1898 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Orphans.

November 9, 1912: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs.

December 11, 1912: Selected off waivers by the New York Highlanders from the Cincinnati Reds.

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