Frank Leroy Chance - 1B/MGR
Born: 1876 Died: 1924
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Player's stats at baseballreference.com
Player's stats at thebaseballcube.com

Nicknames
"Husk"
"The Peerless Leader"

Hall of Fame
Baseball Evolution - 2006
Cooperstown - 1846

Years Played
1898-1914

Main Team
Chicago Cubs 1898-1912

Other Teams
New York Yankees 1913-1914

Awards
none

All Star Appearances
none

Positional Breakdown
1B 997; C 186; RF 65; LF 6; CF 2

Notes of Significance

Only three managers had both more career wins and a higher winning percentage than Chance had
Led Cubs to .664 winning percentage as player/manager
Four straight seasons with an OPS+ over 150
Stole 67 bases in his first season out of the cather's crouch

12874297 7971293 20079 20596 401N/A N/A .296.394 .394.788 1351691 216 237 8 N/A N/A 3 -.06 101 109 N/A 1.03 .161 Managing Baseball Evolution Links for Frank Leroy Chance

Homer Explosions and Hometown Heroes
Keith can't understand why Frank Chance wasn't nominated as one of the Cubs' Hometown Heroes.

Chancey Hates Chance
Keith and Asher get into a heated debate about the Peerless Leader.

Gil Hodges Has a Chance
Other players elected into Cooperstown make it somewhat reasonable that Hodges would get some consideration.

Asher Eats Some Crow
Asher explains why he wasn't so sure about Chance's Hall of Fame credentials.

G	W	L	W%	Sea	1st	Pythag.
1594	946	648	.593	11	4	6.8