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	62-30 / in Starts: 61-30
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	92 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games

RBI Opportunities

1909 Batting Game Log

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1909 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	1063	1	Apr 14	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.500	.500	1.000	1.500	3			1B
2	1064	2	Apr 15	CHC		STL	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.375	.375	.625	1.000	3			1B
3	1065	3	Apr 16	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.417	.667	3			1B
4	1066	4	Apr 17	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.375	.625	3			1B
5	1067	5	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG(12)	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				2		.286	.286	.381	.667	3			1B
6	1068	6	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.320	.320	.400	.720	3			1B
7	1069	7	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.321	.345	.393	.738	3			1B
8	1070	8	Apr 24	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.303	.324	.364	.687	3			1B
9	1071	9	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	0				0		.314	.368	.371	.740	3			1B
10	1072	10	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.308	.357	.385	.742	3			1B
11	1073	11	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.326	.370	.395	.765	3			1B
12	1074	12	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.319	.373	.404	.777	3			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
13	1075	14 (1)	May 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.294	.345	.373	.718	3			1B
14	1076	16 (1)	May 3	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	GS-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				2		.288	.339	.365	.705	3			1B
15	1077	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				2		.291	.361	.364	.724	4			1B
16	1078	18	May 5	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.288	.354	.373	.727	4			1B
17	1079	23 (4)	May 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	1				0		.295	.368	.377	.745	4			1B
18	1080	24	May 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				1		.297	.366	.375	.741	4			1B
19	1081	25	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.284	.351	.358	.710	4			1B
20	1082	26	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.271	.346	.343	.689	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
21	1083	59 (32)	Jun 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.284	.354	.351	.705	4			1B
22	1084	60	Jun 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.282	.349	.346	.695	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
23	1085	61	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.289	.352	.349	.701	4			1B
24	1086	62	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.287	.347	.345	.692	4			1B
25	1087	63	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.297	.354	.352	.705	4			1B
26	1088	64	Jul 4	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.287	.350	.340	.690	4			1B
27	1089	65	Jul 6	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.278	.346	.330	.676	4			1B
28	1090	66	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				2		.267	.333	.317	.650	4			1B
29	1091	67	Jul 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	1		1	0	1				0		.269	.339	.337	.676	4			1B
30	1092	68	Jul 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.269	.336	.343	.679	4			1B
31	1093	69	Jul 10	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	5	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.286	.355	.375	.730	4			1B
32	1094	70	Jul 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.278	.352	.365	.717	4			1B
33	1095	73 (2)	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.275	.346	.358	.704	4			1B
34	1096	74	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	4	0		0	1	0				0		.282	.355	.371	.726	4			1B
35	1097	75	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.281	.352	.367	.719	4			1B
36	1098	76	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.280	.349	.364	.713	4			1B
37	1099	77	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				1		.294	.360	.375	.735	4			1B
38	1100	78	Jul 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				1		.293	.357	.371	.729	4			1B
39	1101	79	Jul 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.299	.361	.375	.736	4			1B
40	1102	80	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.301	.370	.377	.747	4			1B
41	1103	81	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.300	.367	.380	.747	4			1B
42	1104	82	Jul 24	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.292	.359	.370	.729	4			1B
43	1105	83	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	T,4-4	CG(12)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				1		.297	.366	.380	.745	4			1B
44	1106	84	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.307	.372	.387	.759	4			1B
45	1107	86 (1)	Jul 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.305	.370	.383	.753	4			1B
46	1108	87	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				1		.306	.372	.382	.755	4			1B
47	1109	88	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.306	.372	.382	.753	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
48	1110	89	Aug 1 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.301	.369	.375	.744	4			1B
49	1111	90	Aug 1 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.301	.369	.375	.744	9			PR
50	1112	91	Aug 3	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	0				1		.303	.377	.376	.753	4			1B
51	1113	92	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1		0	0	1				0		.306	.381	.383	.765	4			1B
52	1114	93	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.306	.380	.383	.763	4			1B
53	1115	95 (1)	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.306	.380	.382	.762	4			1B
54	1116	96	Aug 7	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.302	.377	.376	.753	4			1B
55	1117	97	Aug 8	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.300	.376	.374	.749	4			1B
56	1118	98	Aug 9	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.299	.373	.371	.744	4			1B
57	1119	99	Aug 10	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.299	.376	.371	.746	4			1B
58	1120	100	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.300	.378	.370	.748	4			1B
59	1121	101	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.305	.382	.379	.761	4			1B
60	1122	102	Aug 13	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.301	.377	.374	.750	4			1B
61	1123	103	Aug 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.300	.374	.371	.746	4			1B
62	1124	104	Aug 15	CHC		NYG	W,9-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				0		.299	.375	.369	.744	4			1B
63	1125	105	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.300	.377	.369	.746	4			1B
64	1126	106	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.295	.375	.364	.739	4			1B
65	1127	107	Aug 20	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.291	.373	.359	.732	4			1B
66	1128	108	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				1		.288	.371	.354	.725	4			1B
67	1129	111 (2)	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.284	.367	.349	.716	4			1B
68	1130	112	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.361	.343	.705	4			1B
69	1131	114 (1)	Aug 27	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.277	.358	.340	.699	4			1B
70	1132	115	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.276	.357	.339	.696	4			1B
71	1133	116	Aug 30 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.272	.352	.333	.685	4			1B
72	1134	117	Aug 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.354	.336	.690	4			1B
73	1135	118	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.352	.335	.687	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
74	1136	119	Sep 1	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-0	GS-0	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.282	.358	.345	.703	4			1B
75	1137	120	Sep 2	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.282	.356	.347	.704	4			1B
76	1138	121	Sep 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	4	0		0	0	1				1		.285	.358	.357	.716	4			1B
77	1139	122	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.281	.354	.352	.706	4			1B
78	1140	123	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.280	.352	.354	.706	4			1B
79	1141	124	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		2	0	0				0		.283	.353	.359	.712	4			1B
80	1142	125	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.279	.348	.354	.702	4			1B
81	1143	126	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.278	.347	.352	.700	4			1B
82	1144	127	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.281	.349	.354	.704	4			1B
83	1145	128	Sep 9	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				1		.278	.346	.351	.697	4			1B
84	1146	129	Sep 10 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.274	.342	.346	.688	4			1B
85	1147	130	Sep 10 (2)	CHC		STL	W,9-3	GS-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.276	.346	.348	.694	4			1B
86	1148	131	Sep 11	CHC		STL	W,10-4	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				1		.279	.347	.352	.699	4			1B
87	1149	132	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0		2		0	0	0				0		.279	.350	.352	.702	4			1B
88	1150	133	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.276	.347	.349	.696	4			1B
89	1151	134	Sep 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.346	.354	.700	4			1B
90	1152	135	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.272	.342	.349	.691	4			1B
91	1153	136	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				0		.270	.341	.346	.687	4			1B
92	1154	152 (15)	Oct 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.272	.342	.347	.689	4			1B
93	1155	154 (1)	Oct 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.340	.345	.684	4			1B
							62-30		372	325	53	88	16	4	0	47	30		32	4	13		0		29		.271	.340	.345	.684

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