The Peerless Leader, Frank Chance, was the Cubs first baseman/manager through out the Cubs great run from 1906 through 1908. One of the toughest players in the league, Chance led the team in OPS in 1907 (.756) and he was sixth in the league. While he wasn’t amongst the team leaders in runs or RBIs it was more because he only played in 111 games. Chance had a propensity for getting hit by pitches and that kept him out of a fair share of games.
I’m going to defer to an expert on this one because there is biography of Chance that’s a great read at SABR’s Bioproject. It looked like when it came to playing nasty, not even Ty Cobb could roll with Frank Chance.
Here are Frank Chanc’s numbers in 1907:
Games 111
AB 382
Runs 58
Hits 112
Doubles 19
Triples 2
Homeruns 1
RBIs 49
Walks 51
Strikeouts ??
Stolen Bases 35
Caught Stealing ??
BA .293
OBA .395
SLG% .361
OPS .756
RC 75
RCAA 29
RCAP 26
RC/G 7.09
ISO .068
