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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
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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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 75 285 240 39 69 9 4 1 31 27 35 .288 .396 .371 .767 139 89 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 /3
17 Seasons 1287 5099 4297 797 1273 200 79 20 596 401 554 29 .296 .394 .394 .787 135 1691 137 111
162 Game Avg. 162 642 541 100 160 25 10 3 75 50 70 .296 .394 .394 .787 135 213 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) 1274 5066 4273 794 1268 200 79 20 590 400 546 28 .297 .394 .395 .788 136 1686 137 110
NYY (2 yrs) 13 33 24 3 5 0 0 0 6 1 8 1 .208 .406 .208 .615 81 5 0 1
NL (15 yrs) 1274 5066 4273 794 1268 200 79 20 590 400 546 28 .297 .394 .395 .788 136 1686 137 110
AL (2 yrs) 13 33 24 3 5 0 0 0 6 1 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
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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--80th

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--27--10th
1903 NL--67--1st
1904 NL--42--4th
1905 NL--38--6th
1906 NL--57--1st
1907 NL--35--7th
Career--401--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--221--214th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1903 NL--3.8--4th
1904 NL--3.1--4th
1905 NL--4.0--5th
1906 NL--4.3--3rd
1907 NL--2.2--7th
Career--24.4--181st

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--.771--4th
1906 NL--.787--4th
1907 NL--.709--6th
Career--.689--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--75.167--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 (322), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 73 (327), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (728), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (452), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Billy Southworth (919) *
  2. Jack Smith (917)
  3. Jimmy 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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Heinie Groh (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Coleman (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Luke Appling (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Gardner (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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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