Frank Chance

Frank Leroy Chance
Born: September 9, 1876
Fresno, CA USA
Deceased: 1924
Los Angeles, CA USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Career: 1898-1914
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Minor League Statistics

Frank Chance compiled a career batting average of .296 with 20 home runs and 596 RBI in his 1290-game career with the Chicago Orphans, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1898 season and last took the field during the 1914 campaign. Chance was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.

Chicago Orphans

Chicago Cubs

New York Yankees

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1898	NL	Chicago Orphans	53	162	147	32	41	4	3	1	14	7	7	14	.279	.338	.367	.705	54	6	2
1899	NL	Chicago Orphans	64	213	192	37	55	6	2	1	22	10	15	9	.286	.351	.354	.705	68	4	2
1900	NL	Chicago Orphans	56	187	149	26	44	9	3	0	13	8	15	12	.295	.413	.396	.809	59	15	8
1901	NL	Chicago Orphans	69	283	241	38	67	12	4	0	36	27	29	24	.278	.376	.361	.737	87	9	4
1902	NL	Chicago Orphans	76	289	242	40	70	9	4	1	31	29	37	23	.289	.401	.372	.773	90	8	2
1903	NL	Chicago Cubs	125	531	441	83	144	24	10	2	81	67	78	41	.327	.439	.440	.878	194	10	2
1904	NL	Chicago Cubs	124	514	451	89	140	16	10	6	49	42	36	21	.310	.382	.430	.812	194	16	11
1905	NL	Chicago Cubs	118	502	392	92	124	16	12	2	70	38	78	26	.316	.450	.434	.883	170	17	15
1906	NL	Chicago Cubs	136	574	474	103	151	24	10	3	71	57	70	31	.319	.419	.430	.849	204	12	18
1907	NL	Chicago Cubs	111	451	382	58	112	19	2	1	49	35	51	21	.293	.395	.361	.756	138	13	5
1908	NL	Chicago Cubs	129	513	452	65	123	27	4	2	55	27	37	37	.272	.338	.363	.701	164	8	16
1909	NL	Chicago Cubs	93	370	324	53	88	16	4	0	46	29	30	32	.272	.341	.346	.686	112	4	12
1910	NL	Chicago Cubs	88	348	295	54	88	12	8	0	36	16	37	15	.298	.395	.393	.788	116	10	6
1911	NL	Chicago Cubs	31	124	88	23	21	6	3	1	17	9	25	13	.239	.432	.409	.841	36	5	6
1912	NL	Chicago Cubs	2	9	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.200	.500	.200	.700	1	0	1
1913	AL	New York Yankees	12	33	24	3	5	0	0	0	6	1	8	1	.208	.406	.208	.615	5	0	1
1914	AL	New York Yankees	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals			1288	5103	4299	798	1274	200	79	20	596	403	556	320	.296	.394	.394	.788	1692	137	111

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1898	NL	Chicago Orphans	OF	17	0	161.0	23	5	7	1	.800	1.565	1.647	0	0	0
1898	NL	Chicago Orphans	C	33	0	159.0	62	14	4	3	.950	4.302	2.303	9	13	12	48.0
1898	NL	Chicago Orphans	1B	3	0	16.0	18	0	2	0	.900	1.125	6.000	0	0	0
1899	NL	Chicago Orphans	C	57	0	454.0	166	64	12	6	.950	4.559	4.035	7	70	63	47.4
1899	NL	Chicago Orphans	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0
1899	NL	Chicago Orphans	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
1900	NL	Chicago Orphans	C	51	0	395.0	155	65	16	2	.932	5.013	4.314	13	73	60	45.1
1900	NL	Chicago Orphans	1B	1	0	5.0	5	1	1	0	.857	1.800	6.000	0	0	0
1901	NL	Chicago Orphans	OF	51	0	389.0	61	7	5	0	.932	1.573	1.333	0	0	0
1901	NL	Chicago Orphans	C	13	0	107.0	55	20	1	2	.987	6.308	5.769	1	17	16	48.5
1901	NL	Chicago Orphans	1B	6	0	31.0	27	3	4	1	.882	8.710	5.000	0	0	0
1902	NL	Chicago Orphans	1B	38	0	344.0	391	20	13	21	.969	1.753	1.816	0	0	0
1902	NL	Chicago Orphans	C	30	0	233.0	118	28	4	2	.973	5.639	4.867	0	28	20	41.7
1902	NL	Chicago Orphans	OF	4	0	22.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.636	1.000	0	0	0
1903	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	121	0	1045.0	1204	68	36	49	.972	1.955	1.512	0	0	0
1903	NL	Chicago Cubs	C	2	0	14.0	8	0	1	0	.889	5.143	4.000	0	2	0	0.0
1904	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	123	122	1077.0	1205	106	13	48	.990	1.955	1.659	0	0	0
1904	NL	Chicago Cubs	C	1	1	13.0	8	1	0	0	1.000	6.231	9.000	0	2	1	33.3
1905	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	115	115	1043.0	1165	75	13	54	.990	1.700	1.783	0	0	0
1906	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	136	136	1221.0	1376	82	16	71	.989	1.747	1.721	0	0	0
1907	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	109	109	949.0	1129	80	10	64	.992	11.466	11.092	0	0	0
1908	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	126	125	1090.0	1291	86	15	56	.989	11.370	1.929	0	0	0
1909	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	92	92	798.0	901	40	6	43	.994	1.613	1.228	0	0	0
1910	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	87	87	717.0	773	38	3	48	.996	1.180	9.322	0	0	0
1911	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	29	0	0.0	289	11	3	12	.990		1.345	0	0	0
1912	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	2	0	0.0	22	0	0	1	1.000		11.000	0	0	0
1913	AL	New York Yankees	1B	7	0	0.0	86	5	0	2	1.000		13.000	0	0	0
1914	AL	New York Yankees	1B	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000	0	0	0
Totals				1257	787	10287.0	10545	819	185	486	.984	9.942	9.041	30	205	172	45.6

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP
1906	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	6	25	21	3	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	.238	.360	.286	.646	6	2
1907	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	4	18	13	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	4	2	.154	.389	.231	.620	3	1
1908	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	5	22	19	4	8	0	0	2	5	0	3	1	.421	.500	.421	.921	8	0
1910	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	5	17	17	1	6	1	1	4	0	0	0	2	.353	.353	.529	.882	9	0
Totals				20	82	70	11	21	3	1	6	10	1	9	6	.300	.402	.371	.774	26	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1906	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	1B	6	6	53.0	61	2	0	1	1.000	1.698	1.500
1907	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	1B	4	4	39.0	44	1	0	3	1.000	1.385	11.250
1908	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	1B	5	5	45.0	65	0	1	3	.985	13.000	13.000
1910	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	1B	5	5	37.3	52	3	0	2	1.000	13.259	11.000
Totals					20	20	174.3	222	6	1	9	.996	11.771	11.400

Awards

1909 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1910 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B

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