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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.”