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Bob Chance
Robert Chance

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 219 lb.

Debut September 4, 1963
  vs. BAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 29, 1969
Born September 10, 1940 in Statesboro, GA

Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 22 CLE AL  16   52    5   15   4  0   2    7   0  1   1  10  .288  .302  .481  116   25   1   0   0   0   1
 1964 23 CLE AL 120  390   45  109  16  1  14   75   3  3  40 101  .279  .346  .433  117  169   0   6   8   3   9
 1965 24 WSA AL  72  199   20   51   9  0   4   14   0  1  18  44  .256  .317  .362   95   72   0   1   2   0   0
 1966 25 WSA AL  37   57    1   10   3  0   1    8   0  0   2  23  .175  .200  .281   37   16   0   1   0   0   2
 1967 26 WSA AL  27   42    5    9   2  0   3    7   0  0   7  13  .214  .340  .476  144   20   0   0   0   1   0
 1969 28 CAL AL   5    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .143  .143  .143  -17    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      277  747   76  195  34  1  24  112   3  5  68 195  .261  .323  .406  106  303   1   8  10   4  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        437   44  114  20  1  14   66   2  3  40 114  .261  .323  .406  106  177   1   5   6   2   7
 Career High    120  390   45  109  16  1  14   75   3  3  40 101  .279  .346  .433  117  169   1   6   8   3   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 22 CLE AL   54   40    7   4.7    95| .288  .255| .302  .322| .481  .394| .783  .716| 116  .554   0.9   0.1   0%
 1964 23 CLE AL  439  299   58   5.2    95| .279  .254| .346  .323| .433  .395| .779  .718| 117  .594   9.8   1.0  50%
 1965 24 WSA AL  218  150   24   4.3    90| .256  .249| .317  .318| .362  .381| .679  .699|  95  .531  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1966 25 WSA AL   60   50    3   1.6    89| .175  .247| .200  .314| .281  .381| .481  .695|  37  .166  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1967 26 WSA AL   50   33    8   6.6    81| .214  .239| .340  .307| .476  .358| .816  .665| 144  .736   2.4   0.3   0%
 1969 28 CAL AL    7    6    0   0.0    90| .143  .247| .143  .323| .143  .373| .286  .696| -17  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       828  578  100   4.7    92| .261  .251| .323  .320| .406  .388| .729  .708| 106  .555   6.0   0.7  37%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 22 CLE AL RF 14 21 0 2 0 .913 .981 1.50 1.72 1.87 2.01 14 101.0 1964 23 CLE AL 1B 81 567 24 7 47 .988 .991 7.30 8.12 8.42 9.43 70 632.0 OF 31 39 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.26 1.79 1.62 2.04 27 217.3 RF 30 39 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.30 1.61 1.62 1.88 27 217.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1965 24 WSA AL 1B 48 391 25 5 39 .988 .991 8.67 7.88 9.28 9.56 47 403.3 RF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.57 1.96 1.84 3 23.0 1966 25 WSA AL 1B 13 73 3 2 6 .974 .991 5.85 8.18 8.69 9.59 9 78.7 1967 26 WSA AL 1B 10 75 5 0 6 1.000 .991 8.00 8.32 9.60 9.53 10 75.0 1969 28 CAL AL 1B 1 10 0 1 0 .909 .990 10.00 8.30 11.25 9.67 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 23 CLE AL 1B 81 567 24 7 47 .988 .991 7.30 8.12 8.42 9.43 70 632.0 1965 24 WSA AL 1B 48 391 25 5 39 .988 .991 8.67 7.88 9.28 9.56 47 403.3 1966 25 WSA AL 1B 13 73 3 2 6 .974 .991 5.85 8.18 8.69 9.59 9 78.7 1967 26 WSA AL 1B 10 75 5 0 6 1.000 .991 8.00 8.32 9.60 9.53 10 75.0 1969 28 CAL AL 1B 1 10 0 1 0 .909 .990 10.00 8.30 11.25 9.67 1 8.0 1964 23 CLE AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1963 22 CLE AL OF 14 20 0 2 0 .909 .980 1.43 1.91 1.78 2.16 14 101.0 1964 23 CLE AL OF 31 39 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.26 1.79 1.62 2.04 27 217.3 1965 24 WSA AL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.77 1.96 2.03 3 23.0 1963 22 CLE AL RF 14 21 0 2 0 .913 .981 1.50 1.72 1.87 2.01 14 101.0 1964 23 CLE AL RF 30 39 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.30 1.61 1.62 1.88 27 217.0 1965 24 WSA AL RF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.57 1.96 1.84 3 23.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 153 1116 57 15 98 .987 .991 7.67 8.06 8.82 9.49 137 1197.0 OF* 48 64 0 2 0 .970 .980 1.33 1.82 1.69 2.08 44 341.3 1 0 47# RF* 47 65 0 2 0 .970 .983 1.38 1.64 1.72 1.92 44 341.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 201 1180 57 17 98 .986 .990 6.15 6.57 7.24 7.85 181 1538
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1964 AL-6-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

November 27, 1961: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the San Francisco Giants in the 1961 first-year draft.

December 1, 1964: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Woodie Held to the Washington Senators for Chuck Hinton.

December 2, 1968: Drafted by the California Angels from the Washington Senators in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

April 30, 1969: Traded by the California Angels to the Atlanta Braves for Dave Adlesh.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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