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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	13	0	1	14	1
5	5	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
7	7	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
8	8	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
10	10	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GS	0		12	0	0	12	2
11	11	Apr 30	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	17	1	0	18	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
13	13	May 3 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
14	15 (1)	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	0		4	0	0	4	1
15	16	May 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
16	17	May 10 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
17	20 (2)	May 15	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
18	21	May 16	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
19	22	May 17	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
20	23	May 20	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	18	1	0	19	1
21	24	May 21	CHC		BSN	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
22	25	May 22	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
23	26	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
24	27	May 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
25	28	May 25	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
26	29	May 26	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	30	May 27	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
28	31	May 28	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
29	32	May 29	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	10	0	0	10	1
30	33	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
31	34	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	39 (4)	Jun 4	CHC	@	BSN	T,1-1	CG	0	17.0	21	2	1	24	1
33	40	Jun 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	13	3	0	16	1
34	41	Jun 6	CHC	@	BSN	W,14-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
35	42	Jun 8	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
36	43	Jun 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
37	44	Jun 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
38	45	Jun 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	14	0	0	14	1
39	46	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
40	47	Jun 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
41	48	Jun 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	49	Jun 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
43	50	Jun 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
44	51	Jun 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	10	1	2	13	0
45	52	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
46	53	Jun 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	11	0	1	12	1
47	54	Jun 24	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
48	55	Jun 25	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
49	56	Jun 26	CHC		CIN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
50	57	Jun 27	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
51	58	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
52	60 (1)	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
53	61	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	62	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
55	63	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
56	64	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
57	65	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
59	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
60	77 (9)	Jul 14	CHC		PHI	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
61	78	Jul 15	CHC		NYG	L,0-11	CG	0	9.0	10	1	2	13	0
62	79	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
63	80	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
64	81	Jul 18	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
65	86 (4)	Jul 24	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	14	0	0	14	0
66	87	Jul 27 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	3
67	88	Jul 27 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
68	89	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
69	90	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
70	91	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,13-4	GS	0	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	92	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-3	GF	0	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	93	Jul 31	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	94	Aug 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-14	GS	0		1	0	0	1	1
74	95	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
75	96	Aug 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
76	97	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
77	99 (1)	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
78	100	Aug 10	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
79	101	Aug 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	0	6.0	10	1	0	11	1
80	102	Aug 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
81	103	Aug 13	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
82	104	Aug 15	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
83	106 (1)	Aug 17	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
84	107	Aug 18	CHC		PHI	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
85	108	Aug 19	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
86	109	Aug 20	CHC		BSN	W,10-2	GS	0		4	0	0	4	1
87	110	Aug 21	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	111	Aug 22	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	15.0	18	2	0	20	1
89	112	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
90	113	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
91	117 (3)	Aug 27	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
92	118	Aug 29	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
93	119	Aug 30	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	122 (2)	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
95	123	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
96	124	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
97	125	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	8	2	0	10	1
98	126	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-0	GS	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
99	127	Sep 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
100	128	Sep 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	GS	0		5	0	1	6	1
101	129	Sep 7 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
102	133 (3)	Sep 10	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
103	134	Sep 11	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
104	136 (1)	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
105	137	Sep 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	15	0	0	15	1
106	138	Sep 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	139	Sep 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
108	140	Sep 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	8	3	0	11	1
109	141	Sep 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
110	142	Sep 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,0-0	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	2
111	143	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
112	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
113	145	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
114	146	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
115	147	Sep 23	CHC	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	1	13	3
116	148	Sep 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
117	149	Sep 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
118	150	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
119	151	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
120	152	Sep 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
121	153	Sep 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	8	1	0	9	0
122	154	Oct 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
123	155	Oct 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
124	156	Oct 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,16-2	GS	0	7.0	9	1	0	10	1
125	157	Oct 4	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
126	158	Oct 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
							126gm		1090.0	1291	86	15	1392	56