Candy LaChance
1897–1905 · bats B / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians
1,263G
.280AVG
.318OBP
.379SLG
More career statistics
1,377H
39HR
690RBI
192SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,263 | 968 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,919 | 3,744 |
| Batting · Doubles | 197 | 151 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,377 | 1,022 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 55 | 45 |
| Batting · Home runs | 39 | 19 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 124 | 244 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,298 | 4,028 |
| Batting · Runs | 678 | 470 |
| Batting · RBI | 690 | 465 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 192 | 115 |
| Batting · Triples | 86 | 56 |
| Batting · Walks | 219 | 144 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,263 | 5,298 | 4,919 | 678 | 1,377 | 197 | 86 | 39 | 690 | 219 | 124 | 192 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 1,863 | .280 | .318 | .379 | .697 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1897-09-24 to 1898-05-02
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1899-07-17 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1901-05-08 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1903-05-24 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 495 | 2027 | 533 | 9 | 275 | 75 | 130 | .286 | .300 | .388 |
| Away | 473 | 2001 | 489 | 10 | 190 | 69 | 114 | .260 | .279 | .330 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 76 | 322 | 81 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 25 | .269 | .283 | .369 |
| May | 162 | 686 | 178 | 4 | 82 | 17 | 38 | .276 | .284 | .376 |
| June | 163 | 693 | 176 | 2 | 78 | 33 | 42 | .279 | .302 | .334 |
| July | 177 | 736 | 177 | 5 | 75 | 23 | 53 | .260 | .272 | .353 |
| August | 160 | 667 | 178 | 2 | 82 | 21 | 30 | .283 | .298 | .376 |
| September | 196 | 798 | 198 | 1 | 91 | 37 | 48 | .268 | .294 | .338 |
| October | 34 | 126 | 34 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 8 | .281 | .294 | .430 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 89 | 368 | 98 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 14 | .287 | .285 | .377 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 86 | 351 | 74 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 29 | .232 | .256 | .292 |
| chicago-white-sox | 81 | 329 | 84 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 25 | .273 | .277 | .328 |
| detroit-tigers | 81 | 342 | 81 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 16 | .255 | .295 | .324 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 259 | 56 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | .234 | .247 | .297 |
| cleveland-guardians | 62 | 250 | 52 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 14 | .227 | .248 | .310 |
| new-york-yankees | 44 | 178 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 13 | .250 | .270 | .306 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 40 | 171 | 57 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .350 | .357 | .423 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 126 | 522 | 160 | 4 | 90 | 25 | .307 | – | – |
| 1898 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 136 | 524 | 130 | 5 | 65 | 21 | .248 | – | – |
| 1899 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 125 | 472 | 145 | 1 | 75 | 31 | .307 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Cleveland Guardians | 133 | 549 | 166 | 1 | 75 | 11 | .302 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Boston Red Sox | 138 | 541 | 151 | 6 | 56 | 8 | .279 | – | – |
| 1903 | Boston Red Sox | 141 | 523 | 134 | 1 | 53 | 12 | .256 | – | – |
| 1904 | Boston Red Sox | 157 | 572 | 130 | 1 | 47 | 7 | .227 | – | – |
| 1905 | Boston Red Sox | 12 | 41 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .146 | – | – |