Frank Chance
1898–1914 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees
1,290G
.296AVG
.394OBP
.394SLG
More career statistics
1,273H
20HR
596RBI
401SB
13Rare 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 | 1,290 | 1,292 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,297 | 4,298 |
| Batting · Doubles | 200 | 202 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 137 | 133 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 29 | 306 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,099 | 5,136 |
| Batting · Runs | 797 | 799 |
| Batting · RBI | 596 | 532 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 401 | 405 |
| Batting · Triples | 79 | 80 |
| Batting · Walks | 554 | 591 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,290 | 5,099 | 4,297 | 797 | 1,273 | 200 | 79 | 20 | 596 | 554 | 29 | 401 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 1,691 | .296 | .394 | .394 | .788 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1904-07-17 to 1904-08-03
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Hit Three Times | 1902-07-26 | 1 in 5,324 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1901-04-29 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1898-07-20 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 641 | 2458 | 609 | 6 | 223 | 275 | 143 | .296 | .360 | .382 |
| Away | 651 | 2678 | 664 | 14 | 309 | 316 | 163 | .297 | .366 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 114 | 456 | 107 | 2 | 50 | 76 | 30 | .309 | .401 | .425 |
| May | 229 | 899 | 203 | 4 | 85 | 113 | 44 | .274 | .352 | .373 |
| June | 202 | 816 | 211 | 3 | 80 | 99 | 54 | .307 | .380 | .418 |
| July | 278 | 1110 | 295 | 5 | 119 | 128 | 73 | .317 | .381 | .432 |
| August | 228 | 910 | 221 | 4 | 103 | 86 | 49 | .284 | .337 | .365 |
| September | 197 | 772 | 186 | 1 | 73 | 73 | 47 | .280 | .335 | .344 |
| October | 44 | 173 | 50 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 9 | .336 | .382 | .463 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 198 | 808 | 189 | 3 | 82 | 80 | 58 | .270 | .333 | .349 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 178 | 675 | 163 | 2 | 48 | 68 | 47 | .284 | .342 | .368 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 177 | 720 | 179 | 3 | 83 | 92 | 44 | .305 | .376 | .404 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 174 | 705 | 193 | 3 | 73 | 76 | 36 | .325 | .382 | .446 |
| cincinnati-reds | 171 | 689 | 174 | 2 | 74 | 90 | 31 | .317 | .383 | .421 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 167 | 683 | 157 | 3 | 76 | 80 | 38 | .274 | .347 | .378 |
| boston-braves | 159 | 648 | 170 | 3 | 79 | 84 | 39 | .314 | .392 | .423 |
| cleveland-spiders | 17 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .254 | .339 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Chicago Cubs | 54 | 147 | 41 | 1 | 14 | 7 | .279 | – | – |
| 1899 | Chicago Cubs | 65 | 193 | 55 | 1 | 22 | 10 | .285 | – | – |
| 1900 | Chicago Cubs | 56 | 149 | 44 | – | 13 | 7 | .295 | – | – |
| 1901 | Chicago Cubs | 69 | 239 | 67 | – | 36 | 27 | .280 | – | – |
| 1902 | Chicago Cubs | 76 | 239 | 70 | 1 | 31 | 29 | .293 | – | – |
| 1903 | Chicago Cubs | 125 | 441 | 144 | 2 | 58 | 67 | .327 | – | – |
| 1904 | Chicago Cubs | 124 | 451 | 140 | 6 | 40 | 42 | .310 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago Cubs | 118 | 392 | 124 | 2 | 51 | 38 | .316 | – | – |
| 1906 | Chicago Cubs | 136 | 474 | 151 | 3 | 62 | 57 | .319 | – | – |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | 111 | 383 | 112 | 1 | 51 | 34 | .292 | – | – |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | 130 | 451 | 123 | 2 | 49 | 30 | .273 | – | – |
| 1909 | Chicago Cubs | 93 | 325 | 88 | – | 47 | 29 | .271 | – | – |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | 89 | 297 | 87 | – | 38 | 17 | .293 | – | – |
| 1911 | Chicago Cubs | 31 | 88 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 9 | .239 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 1913 |  New York Yankees | 12 | 24 | 5 | – | 3 | 1 | .208 | – | – |
| 1914 | New York Yankees | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |