Frank Chance
Frank Chance
Full name: Frank Leroy Chance
Born: September 9, 1877, Fresno, California
Died September 15, 1924, Los Angeles, California
Buried at Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
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
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Frank Chance
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 BFW Year Team Team
1898 CHI N 53 147 32 41 4 3 1 14 7 6 2 7 .279 .338 .367 -0.1 1898 CHI N
1899 CHI N 64 192 37 55 6 2 1 22 15 4 2 10 .286 .351 .354 0.4 1899 CHI N
1900 CHI N 56 149 26 44 9 3 0 13 15 15 8 8 .295 .413 .396 0.8 1900 CHI N
1901 CHI N 69 241 38 67 12 4 0 36 29 9 4 27 .278 .376 .361 0.5 1901 CHI N
1902 CHI N 75 240 39 69 9 4 1 31 35 0 8 2 27 .287 .396 .371 1.6 1902 CHI N
1903 CHI N 125 441 83 144 24 10 2 81 78 10 2 67 .327 .439 .440 3.1 1903 CHI N
1904 CHI N 124 451 89 140 16 10 6 49 36 16 11 42 .310 .382 .430 3.8 1904 CHI N
1905 CHI N 118 392 92 124 16 12 2 70 78 17 15 38 .316 .450 .434 3.5 1905 CHI N
1906 CHI N 136 474 103 151 24 10 3 71 70 12 18 57 .319 .419 .430 3.4 1906 CHI N
1907 CHI N 111 382 58 112 19 2 1 49 51 13 5 35 .293 .395 .361 2.5 1907 CHI N
1908 CHI N 129 452 65 123 27 4 2 55 37 8 16 27 .272 .338 .363 1.5 1908 CHI N
1909 CHI N 93 324 53 88 16 4 0 46 30 4 12 29 .272 .341 .346 0.1 1909 CHI N
1910 CHI N 88 295 54 88 12 8 0 36 37 15 10 6 16 .298 .395 .393 1.1 1910 CHI N
1911 CHI N Daily Splits 31 88 23 21 6 3 1 17 25 0 13 5 6 0 0i 5i 0 9 0 .239 .432 .409 0.4 1911 CHI N
1912 CHI N 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .200 .500 .200 0.0 1912 CHI N
1913 NY A 12 24 3 5 0 0 0 6 8 1 0 1 1 .208 .406 .208 0.0 1913 NY A
1914 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1914 NY A
Total NL 1274 4273 794 1268 200 79 20 590 546 0i 28i137 110 0i 0i 5i 0i 400 0i .297 .394 .395 22.6 Total NL
Total AL 13 24 3 5 0 0 0 6 8 1 0 1 1 0i .208 .406 .208 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 1287 4297 797 1273 200 79 20 596 554 0i 29i137 111 0i 0i 5i 0i 401 0i .296 .394 .394 22.6 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 BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record 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 13 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .154 .389 .231 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 5 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 Splits 20 70 11 21 3 1 0 6 9 0 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 .300 .402 .371 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 Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1898 CHI N C 33 62 14 4 3 9 .950
1898 CHI N OF 17 23 5 7 1 .800 1 1 15
1898 CHI N 1B 3 18 0 2 0 .900
1899 CHI N C 57 166 64 12 6 7 .950
1899 CHI N 1B 1 2 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 .857
1901 CHI N OF 51 61 7 5 0 .932 4 1 46
1901 CHI N C 13 55 20 1 2 1 .987
1901 CHI N 1B 6 27 3 4 1 .882
1902 CHI N 1B 38 391 20 13 21 .969
1902 CHI N C 29 113 27 4 2 0 .972
1902 CHI N OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4
1903 CHI N 1B 121 1204 68 36 49 .972
1903 CHI N C 2 8 0 1 0 0 .889
1904 CHI N 1B 123 1205 106 13 48 .990
1904 CHI N C 1 8 1 0 0 0 1.000
1905 CHI N 1B 115 1165 75 13 54 .990
1906 CHI N 1B 136 1376 82 16 71 .989
1907 CHI N 1B 109 1129 80 10 64 .992
1908 CHI N 1B 126 1291 86 15 56 .989
1909 CHI N 1B 92 901 40 6 43 .994
1910 CHI N 1B 87 773 38 3 48 .996
1911 CHI N Daily 1B 29 29 26 252 289 11 3 12 0 .990
1912 CHI N 1B 2 22 0 0 1 1.000
1913 NY A 1B 7 86 5 0 2 1.000
1914 NY A 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 997 29i 26i 252 i 9885 615 135 470 0i .987
Total C 186 567 191 38 15 30 .952
Total OF 73 88 12 12 1 .893 6 2 65
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1906 CHI N Daily 1B 6 6 6 53 61 2 0 1 0 1.000
1907 CHI N Daily 1B 4 4 4 39 44 1 0 3 0 1.000
1908 CHI N Daily 1B 5 5 5 45 66 0 1 3 0 .985
1910 CHI N Daily 1B 5 5 4 37.1 52 3 0 2 0 1.000
Total 1B 20 20 19 174.1 223 6 1 9 0 .996
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record 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 1620 946 648 .593 6745 5594
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record 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 21 11 9 .550 76 78
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1902 NL
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