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Frank Chance

Full name Frank Leroy Chance
Born September 9, 1876, Fresno, California
Died September 15, 1924, Los Angeles, California
Buried at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California (Section N- Lot 109- Grave 2 NE)
First Game: April 29, 1898; Final Game: April 21, 1914
Managed First Game: July 1, 1905; Managed Final Game: October 7, 1923
Umpired First Game: July 18, 1902; Umpired Final Game: July 18, 1902
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1946
Ejections as player: 1901 (2), 1902 (1), 1903 (4), 1904 (1), 1906 (1), 1908 (1), 1909 (1). Total: 11
Ejections as manager: 1907 (1), 1908 (1), 1909 (1), 1910 (3), 1911 (1), 1912 (1), 1913 (2), 1914 (3), 1923 (1). Total: 14
SABR Biography
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1898 CHI N                   53   147   32   41   4   3   1   14    7       14   6   2                7      .279  .338  .367  -0.1 1898 CHI N
1899 CHI N                   64   192   37   55   6   2   1   22   15        9   4   2               10      .286  .351  .354   0.4 1899 CHI N
1900 CHI N                   56   149   26   44   9   3   0   13   15       12  15   8                8      .295  .413  .396   0.8 1900 CHI N
1901 CHI N    Daily Splits   69   241   38   67  12   4   0   36   29       24   9   4   0           27      .278  .376  .361   0.5 1901 CHI N
1902 CHI N    Daily Splits   76   242   40   70   9   4   1   31   37       23   8   2   0           29      .289  .401  .372   1.6 1902 CHI N
1903 CHI N    Daily Splits  125   441   83  144  24  10   2   81   78       41  10   2   0           67      .327  .439  .440   3.1 1903 CHI N
1904 CHI N    Daily Splits  124   451   89  140  16  10   6   49   36       21  16  11   0           42      .310  .382  .430   3.8 1904 CHI N
1905 CHI N    Daily Splits  118   392   92  124  16  12   2   70   78       26  17  15   0           38      .316  .450  .434   3.5 1905 CHI N
1906 CHI N    Daily Splits  136   474  103  151  24  10   3   71   70       31  12  18   0           57      .319  .419  .430   3.4 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N    Daily Splits  111   382   58  112  19   2   1   49   51       21  13   5   0           35      .293  .395  .361   2.5 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N    Daily Splits  129   452   65  123  27   4   2   55   37       37   8  16   0           27      .272  .338  .363   1.5 1908 CHI N
1909 CHI N    Daily Splits   93   324   53   88  16   4   0   46   30       32   4  12   0           29      .272  .341  .346   0.1 1909 CHI N
1910 CHI N    Daily Splits   88   295   54   88  12   8   0   36   37       15  10   6   0           16      .298  .395  .393   1.1 1910 CHI N
1911 CHI N    Daily Splits   31    88   23   21   6   3   1   17   25   0i  13   5   6                9      .239  .432  .409   0.4 1911 CHI N
1912 CHI N    Daily Splits    2     5    2    1   0   0   0    0    3   0    0   0   1   0   0   0    1   0  .200  .500  .200   0.0 1912 CHI N
1913 NY  A    Daily Splits   12    24    3    5   0   0   0    6    8   0i   1   0   1   0   0i  0i   1   1i .208  .406  .208   0.0 1913 NY  A
1914 NY  A    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1914 NY  A
Total NL (15 Years)        1275  4275  795 1269 200  79  20  590  548   0i 319 137 110   0i  0i  0i 402   0i .297  .394  .395  22.6 Total NL
Total AL ( 2 Years)          13    24    3    5   0   0   0    6    8   0i   1   0   1   0   0i  0i   1   1i .208  .406  .208   0.0 Total AL
Total    (17 Years) Splits 1288  4299  798 1274 200  79  20  596  556   0i 320 137 111   0i  0i  0i 403   1i .296  .394  .394  22.6 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1906 CHI N    Daily Splits    6    21    3    5   1   0   0    0    2   0    1   2   0   0   0   0   0    2   1  .238  .360  .286 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N    Daily Splits    4    14    3    3   1   0   0    0    3   0    2   1   0   0   0   0   0    3   0  .214  .389  .286 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N    Daily Splits    5    19    4    8   0   0   0    2    3   0    1   0   0   0   0   2   0    4   0  .421  .500  .421 1908 CHI N
1910 CHI N    Daily Splits    5    17    1    6   1   1   0    4    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .353  .353  .529 1910 CHI N
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   20    71   11   22   3   1   0    6    8   0    6   3   0   0   0   2   0    9   1  .310  .402  .380 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1898 CHI N                C   33                      62   14    4    3   0    9            .950
1898 CHI N               OF   17                      23    5    7    1   0                 .800     1    1   15 
1898 CHI N               1B    3                      18    0    2    0   0                 .900
1899 CHI N                C   57                     166   64   12    6        7            .950
1899 CHI N               1B    1                       2    0    0    0   0                1.000
1899 CHI N               OF    1                       0    0    0    0                        -     1    0    0 
1900 CHI N                C   51                     155   65   16    2       13            .932
1900 CHI N               1B    1                       5    1    1    0   0                 .857
1901 CHI N Daily Splits  OF   50   50   45   408.1    61    7    5    0   0                 .932     4    1   46 
1901 CHI N               RF   46   46   42   383.2i   54    7    4    0   0                 .938
1901 CHI N                C   12   12   10    88  i   55   20    1    2   0    1   16i   0  .987
1901 CHI N               1B    7    3    3    25  i   27    3    4    1   0                 .882
1901 CHI N               LF    4    4    3    24.2i    7    0    1    0   0                 .875
1901 CHI N               CF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                    -
1902 CHI N Daily Splits  1B   38   38   36   326  i  391   20   13   21   0                 .969
1902 CHI N                C   30   30   24   216.2i  118   28    4    2   0    0   11i   0  .973
1902 CHI N               OF    4    2    2    23       4    0    0    0   0                1.000     0    0    4 
1902 CHI N               RF    4    2    2    23  i    4    0    0    0   0                1.000
1903 CHI N Daily Splits  1B  121  121  113  1006.1i 1204   68   36   49   0                 .972
1903 CHI N                C    2    2    2    16       8    0    1    0   0    0    4    0  .889
1904 CHI N Daily Splits  1B  123  123  116  1023.1i 1205  106   13   48   0                 .990
1904 CHI N                C    2    1    1     9  i    8    1    0    0   0    0    4    0 1.000
1905 CHI N Daily Splits  1B  115  115  113  1042.1i 1165   75   13   54   0                 .990
1906 CHI N Daily Splits  1B  136  136  131  1187.2i 1376   82   16   71   0                 .989
1907 CHI N Daily Splits  1B  109  109  101   908.1i 1129   80   10   64   0                 .992
1908 CHI N Daily Splits  1B  126  125  114  1053.1i 1291   86   15   56   0                 .989
1909 CHI N Daily Splits  1B   92   92   86   775.1i  901   40    6   43   0                 .994
1910 CHI N Daily Splits  1B   87   87   73   658  i  773   38    3   48   0                 .996
1911 CHI N Daily Splits  1B   29   29   26   238  i  289   11    3   12   0                 .990
1912 CHI N Daily Splits  1B    2    2    2    17.1    22    0    0    1   0                1.000
1913 NY  A Daily Splits  1B    8    8    7    60      86    5    0    2   0                1.000
1914 NY  A Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0                1.000
Total (17 Years) Splits  1B  999  988i 921i 8322  i 9885  615  135  470   0                 .987
Total ( 7 Years)          C  187   45i  37i  329.2i  572  192   38   15   0i  30   35i   0i .953
Total ( 4 Years)         OF   72   52i  47i  431.1i   88   12   12    1   0i                .893     6    2   65 
Total ( 2 Years)         RF   50i  48i  44i  406.2i   58i   7i   4i   0i  0i                .942
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    4i   4i   3i   24.2i    7i   0i   1i   0i  0i                .875
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    1i   0i   0i            0i   0i   0i   0i  0i                   -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

i - incomplete
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1906 CHI N Daily Splits  1B    6    6    6    53      61    2    0    1   0 1.000
1907 CHI N Daily Splits  1B    4    4    4    39      44    1    0    3   0 1.000
1908 CHI N Daily Splits  1B    5    5    5    45      65    0    2    3   0  .970
1910 CHI N Daily Splits  1B    5    5    4    37.1    51    4    0    2   0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits  1B   20   20   19   174.1   221    7    2    9   0  .991
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG


                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1905 CHI N         90   55   33  .625   404   250   7- 1           4  3
1906 CHI N        155  116   36  .763   704   381                  1
1907 CHI N        155  107   45  .704   574   390                  1
1908 CHI N        158   99   55  .643   624   461                  1
1909 CHI N        155  104   49  .680   635   390                  2
1910 CHI N        154  104   50  .675   712   499                  1
1911 CHI N        157   92   62  .597   757   607                  2
1912 CHI N        152   91   59  .607   756   668                  3
1913 NY  A        153   57   94  .377   529   668                  7
1914 NY  A        137   60   74  .448   466   471          9-14    7  6
1923 BOS A        154   61   91  .401   584   809                  8
Total (11 Years) 1620  946  648  .593  6745  5594
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1906 CHI N          6    2    4  .333    18    22
1907 CHI N          5    4    0 1.000    19     6
1908 CHI N          5    4    1  .800    24    15
1910 CHI N          5    1    4  .200    15    35
Total ( 4 Years)   21   11    9  .550    76    78
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING


                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1902 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF


Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5- 7-1901     BOX  CHI N  Frank Dwyer         Called third strike
 7- 9-1901     BOX  CHI N  Bert Cunningham     Called third strike
 4-19-1902     BOX  CHI N  Bob Emslie          Balls and strikes
 5-14-1903     BOX  CHI N  Bob Emslie          Call at HP
 5-30-1903(1)  BOX  CHI N  Augie Moran         Unknown reason
 7- 2-1903     BOX  CHI N  Hank O'Day          Call at 1B
 8-20-1903     BOX  CHI N  Augie Moran         Call at 1B
 7-26-1904     BOX  CHI N  Augie Moran         Call at 1B
 4-16-1906     BOX  CHI N  Jim Johnstone       Balls and strikes
 4-29-1908     BOX  CHI N  Frank Rudderham     Call at 1B (Threw ball)
 8-27-1909     BOX  CHI N  Bill Klem           Call at 1B

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
10- 5-1907(1)  BOX  CHI N  Cy Rigler           Call at 1B (Game forfeited)
 5- 6-1908     BOX  CHI N  Hank O'Day          Call at 2B
 9- 7-1909     BOX  CHI N  Bill Klem           Home run call
 6-25-1910     BOX  CHI N  Jim Johnstone       Non-ejection of opposing pitcher
 7-13-1910     BOX  CHI N  Cy Rigler           Bench jockeying
10-20-1910     BOX  CHI N  Tommy Connolly      Home run call
 8-18-1911     BOX  CHI N  Jim Johnstone       Balls and strikes
 5- 9-1912     BOX  CHI N  Garnet Bush         Call at 1B
 5-14-1913     BOX  NY  A  Tommy Connolly      Called third strike
 5-24-1913     BOX  NY  A  Silk O'Loughlin     Called third strike
 6-14-1914     BOX  NY  A  Ollie Chill         Call at HP
 6-29-1914     BOX  NY  A  Ollie Chill         Catch/trap call
 8-29-1914     BOX  NY  A  George Hildebrand   Condition of baseball
 7- 2-1923     BOX  BOS A  Brick Owens         Call at 1B


Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Chicago Orphans (1898).

Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago Cubs (November 9, 1912).

Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Cincinnati Reds (December 11, 1912).

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