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Frank Chance
Frank Leroy Chance (Husk or The Peerless Leader)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 29, 1898
Final Game April 21, 1914
Born September 9, 1876 in Fresno, CA
Died September 15, 1924 in Los Angeles, CA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Orphans in 1898. (All Transactions)

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        Chance wasn't called the 'Peerless Leader' for nothing, he led the Cubs from both the dugout and the field!

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 21 CHC NL  53  147   32   41   4  3   1   14   7      7      .279  .338  .367  102   54   2           6    
 1899 22 CHC NL  64  192   37   55   6  2   1   22  10     15      .286  .351  .354   96   68   2           4    
 1900 23 CHC NL  56  149   26   44   9  3   0   13   8     15      .295  .413  .396  127   59   8          15    
 1901 24 CHC NL  69  241   38   67  12  4   0   36  27     29      .278  .376  .361  118   87   4           9    
 1902 25 CHC NL  75  240   39   69   9  4   1   31  27     35      .288  .396  .371  139   89   2           8    
 1903 26 CHC NL 125  441   83  144  24 10   2   81  67     78      .327  .439  .440  154  194   2          10    
 1904 27 CHC NL 124  451   89  140  16 10   6   49  42     36      .310  .382  .430  150  194  11          16    
 1905 28 CHC NL 118  392   92  124  16 12   2   70  38     78      .316  .450  .434  159  170  15          17    
 1906 29 CHC NL 136  474  103  151  24 10   3   71  57     70      .319  .419  .430  158  204  18          12    
 1907 30 CHC NL 111  382   58  112  19  2   1   49  35     51      .293  .395  .361  131  138   5          13    
 1908 31 CHC NL 129  452   65  123  27  4   2   55  27     37      .272  .338  .363  120  164  16           8    
 1909 32 CHC NL  93  324   53   88  16  4   0   46  29     30      .272  .341  .346  110  112  12           4    
 1910 33 CHC NL  88  295   54   88  12  8   0   36  16     37  15  .298  .395  .393  131  116   6          10    
 1911 34 CHC NL  31   88   23   21   6  3   1   17   9     25  13  .239  .432  .409  136   36   6           5    
 1912 35 CHC NL   2    5    2    1   0  0   0    0   1      3   0  .200  .500  .200   95    1   1           0    
 1913 36 NYY AL  12   24    3    5   0  0   0    6   1      8   1  .208  .406  .208   81    5   1           0    
 1914 37 NYY AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1287 4297  797 1273 200 79  20  596 401  0 554  29  .296  .394  .394  135 1691 111   0   0 137   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        541  100  160  25 10   3   75  50  0  70   4  .296  .394  .394  135  213  14   0   0  17   0
 Career High    136  474  103  151  27 12   6   81  67  0  78  15  .327  .450  .440  159  204  18   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 21 CHC NL  162  108   17   4.1    91| .279  .278| .338  .342| .367  .357| .705  .699| 102  .517  -0.0   0.0     
 1899 22 CHC NL  213  139   23   4.3    97| .286  .286| .351  .348| .354  .372| .705  .721|  96  .497  -0.7  -0.1     
 1900 23 CHC NL  187  113   21   4.9    95| .295  .282| .413  .343| .396  .372| .809  .714| 127  .559   7.7   0.8     
 1901 24 CHC NL  283  178   31   4.6    85| .278  .271| .376  .325| .361  .353| .737  .679| 118  .572   7.8   0.8     
 1902 25 CHC NL  285  173   34   5.2    76| .288  .263| .396  .318| .371  .324| .767  .641| 139  .682  13.8   1.5     
 1903 26 CHC NL  531  299   83   7.3    90| .327  .274| .439  .337| .440  .357| .879  .693| 154  .755  36.9   3.8     
 1904 27 CHC NL  514  322   70   5.7    78| .310  .258| .382  .316| .430  .333| .812  .649| 150  .734  27.2   3.1     
 1905 28 CHC NL  502  283   73   6.9    87| .316  .269| .450  .332| .434  .351| .884  .683| 159  .771  36.3   4.0     
 1906 29 CHC NL  574  341   83   6.4    80| .319  .259| .419  .327| .430  .330| .849  .658| 158  .787  37.3   4.3     
 1907 30 CHC NL  451  275   52   5.0    79| .293  .259| .395  .326| .361  .329| .756  .654| 131  .709  18.4   2.2     
 1908 31 CHC NL  513  345   54   4.2    74| .272  .251| .338  .313| .363  .324| .701  .637| 120  .652  11.6   1.4     
 1909 32 CHC NL  370  248   37   4.0    79| .272  .255| .341  .324| .346  .329| .687  .653| 110  .599   4.5   0.5     
 1910 33 CHC NL  348  213   44   5.5    87| .298  .262| .395  .336| .393  .347| .788  .683| 131  .680  13.2   1.4     
 1911 34 CHC NL  124   73   15   5.5    96| .239  .268| .432  .346| .409  .370| .841  .715| 136  .643   6.5   0.7     
 1912 35 CHC NL    9    5    1   5.4   100| .200  .280| .500  .350| .200  .382| .700  .732|  95  .603   0.4   0.0     
 1913 36 NYY AL   33   20    2   2.7    87| .208  .265| .406  .336| .208  .347| .614  .683|  81  .363   0.2   0.0     
 1914 37 NYY AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     5099 3135  640   5.4    83| .296  .264| .394  .328| .394  .342| .788  .670| 135  .689 220.9  24.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 21 CHC NL C 33 62 14 4 3 .950 .954 2.30 4.60 9 OF 17 23 5 7 1 .800 .936 1.65 2.03 1 1 15 1B 3 18 0 2 0 .900 .978 6.00 10.07 1899 22 CHC NL C 57 166 64 12 6 .950 .952 4.04 4.38 7 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.20 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1900 23 CHC NL C 51 155 65 16 2 .932 .949 4.31 4.73 13 1B 1 5 1 1 0 .857 .984 6.00 10.20 1901 24 CHC NL OF 51 61 7 5 0 .932 .942 1.33 2.03 4 1 46 C 13 55 20 1 2 .987 .972 5.77 5.90 1 1B 6 27 3 4 1 .882 .977 5.00 10.05 1902 25 CHC NL 1B 38 391 20 13 21 .969 .981 10.82 10.42 C 29 113 27 4 2 .972 .965 4.83 5.82 0 OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.93 0 0 4 1903 26 CHC NL 1B 121 1204 68 36 49 .972 .977 10.51 8.26 C 2 8 0 1 0 .889 .964 4.00 5.80 0 1904 27 CHC NL 1B 123 1205 106 13 48 .990 .983 10.66 8.13 C 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 9.00 5.70 0 1905 28 CHC NL 1B 115 1165 75 13 54 .990 .981 10.78 8.69 1906 29 CHC NL 1B 136 1376 82 16 71 .989 .984 10.72 7.35 1907 30 CHC NL 1B 109 1129 80 10 64 .992 .984 11.09 9.17 1908 31 CHC NL 1B 126 1291 86 15 56 .989 .986 10.93 7.94 1909 32 CHC NL 1B 92 901 40 6 43 .994 .985 10.23 10.58 1910 33 CHC NL 1B 87 773 38 3 48 .996 .984 9.32 10.07 1911 34 CHC NL 1B 29 289 11 3 12 .990 .985 10.34 9.90 1912 35 CHC NL 1B 2 22 0 0 1 1.000 .987 11.00 10.00 1913 36 NYY AL 1B 7 86 5 0 2 1.000 .986 13.00 10.49 1914 37 NYY AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1898 21 CHC NL 1B 3 18 0 2 0 .900 .978 6.00 10.07 1899 22 CHC NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.20 1900 23 CHC NL 1B 1 5 1 1 0 .857 .984 6.00 10.20 1901 24 CHC NL 1B 6 27 3 4 1 .882 .977 5.00 10.05 1902 25 CHC NL 1B 38 391 20 13 21 .969 .981 10.82 10.42 1903 26 CHC NL 1B 121 1204 68 36 49 .972 .977 10.51 8.26 1904 27 CHC NL 1B 123 1205 106 13 48 .990 .983 10.66 8.13 1905 28 CHC NL 1B 115 1165 75 13 54 .990 .981 10.78 8.69 1906 29 CHC NL 1B 136 1376 82 16 71 .989 .984 10.72 7.35 1907 30 CHC NL 1B 109 1129 80 10 64 .992 .984 11.09 9.17 1908 31 CHC NL 1B 126 1291 86 15 56 .989 .986 10.93 7.94 1909 32 CHC NL 1B 92 901 40 6 43 .994 .985 10.23 10.58 1910 33 CHC NL 1B 87 773 38 3 48 .996 .984 9.32 10.07 1911 34 CHC NL 1B 29 289 11 3 12 .990 .985 10.34 9.90 1912 35 CHC NL 1B 2 22 0 0 1 1.000 .987 11.00 10.00 1913 36 NYY AL 1B 7 86 5 0 2 1.000 .986 13.00 10.49 1914 37 NYY AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10 1898 21 CHC NL C 33 62 14 4 3 .950 .954 2.30 4.60 9 1899 22 CHC NL C 57 166 64 12 6 .950 .952 4.04 4.38 7 1900 23 CHC NL C 51 155 65 16 2 .932 .949 4.31 4.73 13 1901 24 CHC NL C 13 55 20 1 2 .987 .972 5.77 5.90 1 1902 25 CHC NL C 29 113 27 4 2 .972 .965 4.83 5.82 0 1903 26 CHC NL C 2 8 0 1 0 .889 .964 4.00 5.80 0 1904 27 CHC NL C 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 9.00 5.70 0 1898 21 CHC NL OF 17 23 5 7 1 .800 .936 1.65 2.03 1 1 15 1899 22 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1901 24 CHC NL OF 51 61 7 5 0 .932 .942 1.33 2.03 4 1 46 1902 25 CHC NL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.93 0 0 4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 997 9885 615 135 470 .987 .983 10.53 8.77 C 186 567 191 38 15 .952 .956 4.08 4.87 30 OF 73 88 12 12 1 .893 .941 1.37 2.02 6 2 65 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1256 10540 818 185 486 .984 .981 9.04 7.80
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHC CHW     L   6  21   3   5  1  0  0   0   2   1  .238  .360  .286   2  1   0   0   2 
 1907   WS    CHC DET     W   4  13   3   2  1  0  0   0   4   2  .154  .389  .231   3  0   0   0   1 
 1908   WS    CHC DET     W   5  19   4   8  0  0  0   2   3   1  .421  .500  .421   5  0   0   0   0 
 1910   WS    CHC PHA     L   5  17   1   6  1  1  0   4   0   2  .353  .353  .529   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  20  70  11  21  3  1  0   6   9   6  .300  .402  .371  10  1   0   0   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1904 NL-.310-6
1905 NL-.316-6
1906 NL-.319-5
1907 NL-.293-6

On-base %
1903 NL-.439-3
1904 NL-.382-4
1905 NL-.450-1
1906 NL-.419-3
1907 NL-.395-3
Car-.394-80

Slugging %
1904 NL-.430-5
1905 NL-.434-7
1906 NL-.430-5

OPS
1903 NL-.878-6
1904 NL-.812-4
1905 NL-.883-4
1906 NL-.849-4
1907 NL-.756-7

Runs
1904 NL-89-7
1906 NL-103-1

Hits
1906 NL-151-10

Total Bases
1906 NL-204-7

Doubles
1906 NL-24-6
1908 NL-27-3

Triples
1906 NL-10-7

Home Runs
1904 NL-6-3
1906 NL-3-10

RBI
1903 NL-81-6
1906 NL-71-5

Bases on Balls
1903 NL-78-4
1905 NL-78-4
1906 NL-70-7

Stolen Bases
1902 NL-27-10
1903 NL-67-1
1904 NL-42-4
1905 NL-38-6
1906 NL-57-1
1907 NL-35-7
Car-401-66

Adjusted OPS+
1903 NL-154-6
1904 NL-150-4
1905 NL-159-4
1906 NL-158-4

Runs Created
1903 NL-83-8
1904 NL-70-7
1906 NL-83-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1903 NL-37-5
1904 NL-27-4
1905 NL-36-5
1906 NL-37-3
1907 NL-18-7

Batting Wins
1903 NL-3.8-4
1904 NL-3.1-4
1905 NL-4.0-5
1906 NL-4.3-3
1907 NL-2.2-7

Extra-Base Hits
1906 NL-37-8

Times on Base
1903 NL-232-7
1906 NL-233-4

Offensive Win%
1903 NL-.755-6
1904 NL-.734-5
1905 NL-.771-4
1906 NL-.787-4
1907 NL-.709-6
Car-.689-89

Hit By Pitch
1900 NL-15-6
1901 NL-9-9
1902 NL-8-9
1903 NL-10-7
1904 NL-16-3
1905 NL-17-2
1906 NL-12-6
1907 NL-13-2
1908 NL-8-7
1910 NL-10-7
Car-137-28

Power/Speed Number
1904 NL-10.5-2
1906 NL-5.7-9

At Bats per Home Run
1904 NL-75.2-5

Oldest Player
1912 NL-35-7
1913 AL-36-10
1914 AL-37-8

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (307) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 73 (325) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.0 (452) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 22.0 (722) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1898 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Orphans.

November 9, 1912: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs.

December 11, 1912: Selected off waivers by the New York Highlanders from the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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