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Frank Chance-1B, (Cubs/Yankees)
Born: September 9, 1876, Fresno, CA.
Died: September 15, 1924, Las Angeles(Heart disease, 48 Years Old)
Drafted in 1910 in the 4th round(Pick #39) by the Momrow Warriors
Signed as a Free Agent in 1913 by the Alexandria Tornados
Frank Leroy Chance, “the Peerless Leader was a 4th round pick in the inaugural SCL draft in 1910. He was chosen as the starting 1st baseman in the 1st SCL All-Star game, Going 0-2 in the National League’s 2-0 victory.
SCL STATS:
Team Year AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
MW 1910 .331 .410 .430 95 356 118 18 7 1 54 69 41 31 10 0 23 6
MW 1911 .256 .374 .405 32 121 31 10 4 0 14 14 17 21 7 0 6 9
AT 1913 .214 .476 .214 14 14 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 0 0 0 0
.310 .403 .418 141 491 152 28 11 1 69 84 65 54 17 0 29 15
Chance was the Player Manager for the Chicago Cubs, winning 4 NL Pennants and 2 World Series. (1907, 1908) he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1926
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OBP SLG
Real Life Totals: 1898-1914 1288 54299 798 1274 200 79 20 596 .296 .394 .394
“Baseball’s Sad Lexicon”- Franklin Pierce Adams 1910
These are the saddest of possible words:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double-
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”