Frank Chance

Positions: First Baseman, Catcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: September 9, 1876 in Fresno, CA us

Died: September 15, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

High School: Fresno HS (Fresno, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1898 (Age 21-232d, 2,055th in major league history)

Last Game: April 21, 1914 (Age 37-224d)
vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Frank Chance's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1898 season

Full Name: Frank Leroy Chance

Nicknames: Husk or The Peerless Leader

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.0

4299

1274

.296

798

RBI

596

403

OBP

.394

SLG

.394

OPS

.788

OPS+

135

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	80-29 / in Starts: 79-28
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	87 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games

RBI Opportunities

1907 Batting Game Log

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1907 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	822	1	Apr 11	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				1		.500	.500	.500	1.000	4			1B
2	823	2	Apr 14	CHC		STL	W,2-0	GS-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.500	.600	.500	1.100	4			1B
3	824	3	Apr 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.300	.222	.522	4			1B
4	825	4	Apr 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				1		.273	.429	.273	.701	4			1B
5	826	5	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG(8)	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.214	.389	.214	.603	4			1B
6	827	6	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3		0	1	0				2		.267	.522	.267	.788	4			1B
7	828	8 (1)	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.278	.519	.278	.796	4			1B
8	829	9	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	L,2-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.273	.484	.273	.757	4			1B
9	830	10	Apr 26	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	1	0				0		.261	.514	.261	.775	4			1B
10	831	11	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.250	.475	.250	.725	4			1B
11	832	12	Apr 28 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	0				0		.258	.489	.258	.747	4			1B
12	833	13	Apr 28 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.229	.449	.229	.678	4			1B
13	834	14	Apr 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.237	.453	.263	.716	4			1B
14	835	15	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.262	.466	.286	.751	4			1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
15	836	16	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.283	.468	.304	.772	4			1B
16	837	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				1		.271	.470	.292	.761	4			1B
17	838	18	May 5	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.269	.457	.288	.746	4			1B
18	839	19	May 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.250	.440	.268	.708	4			1B
19	840	20	May 11 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.237	.423	.254	.677	4			1B
20	841	21	May 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.242	.427	.258	.685	4			1B
21	842	22	May 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.242	.419	.258	.676	4			1B
22	843	23	May 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	1	0				0		.243	.418	.257	.675	4			1B
23	844	24	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.240	.406	.253	.660	4			1B
24	845	25	May 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.410	.316	.726	4			1B
25	846	26	May 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.400	.310	.710	4			1B
26	847	27	May 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.241	.394	.299	.693	4			1B
27	848	28	May 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.233	.389	.289	.678	4			1B
28	849	29	May 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.234	.385	.287	.672	4			1B
29	850	30	May 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.227	.380	.278	.659	4			1B
30	851	31	May 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.238	.384	.287	.671	4			1B
31	852	32	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				0		.233	.383	.282	.664	4			1B
32	853	34 (1)	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.371	.271	.642	4			1B
33	854	35	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.241	.380	.286	.665	4			1B
34	855	36	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.241	.380	.284	.665	4			1B
35	856	37	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.390	.308	.699	4			1B
36	857	38	May 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.387	.306	.693	4			1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
37	858	39	Jun 2	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.266	.390	.320	.710	4			1B
38	859	40	Jun 3	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.265	.386	.326	.712	4			1B
39	860	41	Jun 5	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				1		.277	.393	.343	.736	4			1B
40	861	42	Jun 6	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				1		.273	.395	.338	.733	4			1B
41	862	43	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.268	.392	.331	.723	4			1B
42	863	44	Jun 9	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				1		.269	.394	.331	.725	4			1B
43	864	45	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				1		.262	.389	.322	.711	4			1B
44	865	46	Jun 13	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.261	.386	.320	.706	4			1B
45	866	50 (3)	Jun 17	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	1	0				0		.265	.394	.323	.716	4			1B
46	867	51	Jun 18	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.277	.401	.333	.734	4			1B
47	868	52	Jun 19	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.398	.331	.729	4			1B
48	869	53	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.269	.390	.323	.713	4			1B
49	870	54	Jun 21	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.275	.392	.327	.720	4			1B
50	871	55	Jun 22	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.276	.394	.328	.722	4			1B
51	872	56	Jun 23	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.275	.392	.326	.717	4			1B
52	873	60 (3)	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.389	.330	.719	4			1B
53	874	61	Jun 28	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.274	.386	.328	.714	4			1B
54	875	62	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.275	.388	.328	.716	4			1B
55	876	63	Jun 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.271	.386	.323	.709	4			1B
56	877	64	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,4-4	CG(13)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	2		0	0	0				1		.270	.389	.321	.710	4			1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
57	878	65	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.271	.391	.327	.717	4			1B
58	879	66	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.271	.388	.325	.714	4			1B
59	880	67	Jul 3	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.278	.396	.337	.733	4			1B
60	881	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.278	.394	.335	.729	4			1B
61	882	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.283	.399	.344	.744	4			1B
62	883	70	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.286	.399	.350	.749	4			1B
63	884	71	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.281	.393	.344	.737	4			1B
64	885	72	Jul 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-0	GS-0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.276	.390	.338	.727	4			1B
65	886	79 (6)	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.276	.391	.338	.729	4			1B
66	887	80	Jul 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.389	.336	.725	4			1B
67	888	81	Jul 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.387	.335	.722	4			1B
68	889	82	Jul 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,12-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.274	.384	.332	.716	4			1B
69	890	84 (1)	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.270	.382	.328	.710	4			1B
70	891	85	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.271	.384	.332	.716	4			1B
71	892	86	Jul 25	CHC		BSN	W,8-0	GS-0	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.386	.344	.730	4			1B
72	893	87	Jul 26	CHC		BSN	L,7-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.276	.387	.343	.729	4			1B
73	894	88	Jul 27	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	1				1		.280	.389	.354	.744	4			1B
74	895	89	Jul 28	CHC		BSN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.280	.388	.352	.740	4			1B
75	896	90	Jul 29	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.278	.385	.350	.734	4			1B
76	897	91	Jul 30	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	1		0	0	0				0		.281	.388	.356	.744	4			1B
77	898	92	Jul 31	CHC		BRO	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.281	.386	.354	.740	4			1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
78	899	93	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.280	.387	.353	.740	4			1B
79	900	95 (1)	Aug 3	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.283	.389	.355	.744	2			PH
80	901	102 (6)	Aug 10	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.282	.388	.354	.741	9			PH
81	902	105 (2)	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.281	.386	.352	.738	4			1B
82	903	106	Aug 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.288	.390	.361	.752	4			1B
83	904	107	Aug 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1				1		.289	.395	.362	.757	4			1B
84	905	108	Aug 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.289	.393	.361	.754	4			1B
85	906	109	Aug 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.287	.390	.361	.752	4			1B
86	907	110	Aug 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.283	.386	.357	.742	4			1B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
87	908	123 (12)	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.286	.387	.362	.749	4			1B
88	909	124	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.283	.384	.358	.742	4			1B
89	910	125	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.284	.383	.358	.741	4			1B
90	911	126	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				1		.287	.386	.360	.746	4			1B
91	912	127	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				1		.289	.389	.362	.751	4			1B
92	913	128	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.290	.389	.361	.750	4			1B
93	914	129	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.289	.389	.360	.749	4			1B
94	915	130	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.287	.387	.357	.744	4			1B
95	916	131	Sep 8 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.289	.389	.358	.747	4			1B
96	917	132	Sep 8 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG(7)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	1	0				0		.290	.391	.359	.750	4			1B
97	918	133	Sep 11	CHC		STL	T,4-4	CG(14)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.291	.390	.359	.749	4			1B
98	919	134	Sep 12	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1				1		.293	.394	.361	.755	4			1B
99	920	135	Sep 13	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0				3		.294	.398	.362	.760	4			1B
100	921	136	Sep 14	CHC		CIN	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.290	.393	.356	.749	4			1B
101	922	137	Sep 15	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.291	.393	.356	.749	4			1B
102	923	138	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.287	.389	.352	.741	4			1B
103	924	140 (1)	Sep 21	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0		.288	.390	.352	.742	4			1B
104	925	141	Sep 22 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				1		.287	.389	.351	.739	4			1B
105	926	144 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.288	.392	.352	.744	4			1B
106	927	146 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-5	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				1		.293	.397	.356	.753	3			1B
107	928	148 (1)	Sep 30	CHC		NYG	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.291	.395	.353	.749	3			1B
108	929	149	Oct 1	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.290	.393	.354	.747	3			1B
109	930	150	Oct 2	CHC		NYG	W,13-7	GS-0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.293	.395	.359	.754	3			1B
110	931	151	Oct 4	CHC	@	STL	W,12-1	GS-0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.291	.395	.357	.752	3			1B
111	932	152	Oct 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-0	CG(4)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.292	.395	.360	.755	3			1B
							80-29		453	383	60	112	19	2	1	51	52		23	13	5				35		.292	.395	.360	.755

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