Frank Chance
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Frank Leroy Chance (September 9, 1877 - September 15, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. Performing the roles of first baseman and manager, Chance led the Chicago Cubs to four National League championships in the span of five years (1906-1910) and earned the nickname "The Peerless Leader".
Born in Fresno, California, Chance began his career in 1898 with the Chicago Cubs and played irregularly until 1902. In 1903 he asserted himself with a .327 batting average, 67 stolen bases and 81 RBI in 441 at-bats. Chance was the first player ever ejected from a World Series game, doing so in Game 3 of the 1910 World Series.
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| Frank Chance is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame |
He was part of the infield trio remembered in "Baseball's Sad Lexicon," a poem by newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce Adams first published in 1910 and also known as "Tinker to Evers to Chance."
Chance took over as Chicago's manager in 1905, taking the helm of a very good team. Although his playing time decreased towards the end of the decade, as a manager he proved inspirational. The Cubs won the NL pennant in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910 and won the World Series in 1907 and 1908. He left the Cubs after the 1912 season to manage the New York Yankees, which he did for two seasons. After a brief retirement, he returned to coach the Boston Red Sox in 1923 before retiring for good. His nickname as a manager was "the Peerless Leader", and his lifetime record as a manager was 946-648.
On his death in 1924, he was interred in the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Frank Chance was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,287 | 4,297 | 1,273 | 200 | 79 | 20 | 797 | 596 | 401 | 554 | .296 | .394 | .394 | .788 |
[edit] External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - playing statistics and managing record
- Baseball Hall of Fame
[edit] Sources
- The Editors of Total Baseball (2000). Baseball:The Biographical Encyclopedia. Sports Illustrated, pp. 191-192. ISBN 1-892129-34-5.
| Preceded by Frank Selee |
Chicago Cubs Manager 1905-1912 |
Succeeded by Johnny Evers |
| Preceded by Harry Wolverton |
New York Yankees Manager 1913-1914 |
Succeeded by Roger Peckinpaugh |
| Preceded by Hugh Duffy |
Boston Red Sox Manager 1923 |
Succeeded by Lee Fohl |
Categories: Baseball Hall of Fame | Major league first basemen | Chicago Cubs players | New York Yankees players | Baseball managers | Baseball player-managers | Chicago Cubs managers | New York Yankees managers | Boston Red Sox managers | 1877 births | 1924 deaths | People from Fresno, California | Major league players from California
