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Bob
Chance		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 224
 
Born: September 10, 1940 in Usa, GA, STATESBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966   
All-Star Selections 1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 22 CLN NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1964 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1965 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1966 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1967 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 27 CLN NL $ 1,307,143   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1969 28 CLN NL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1970 29 CLN NL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1971 30 CLN NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 31 CLN NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1973 32 BSN NL $ 600,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1974 33 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 3 4 3 5 5 5
1975 34 DET AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1976 35 DET AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1977 36 DET AL $ 1,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 22 AAA   137 504 87 150 21 3 34 92 0 1 53 121 .298 .364 .554 .918 96.9  
1964 23 CLN NL 105 310 34 83 18 1 6 39 1 1 28 82 .268 .330 .390 .721 35.5 7.0
    AAA   28 101 20 33 4 1 8 18 0 0 13 27 .327 .404 .624 1.027 23.3  
1965 24 CLN NL 97 330 32 96 13 1 8 40 0 1 22 70 .291 .334 .409 .743 41.5 8.7
1966 25 CLN NL 104 293 38 98 19 0 11 55 0 0 26 48 .334 .383 .512 .895 53.5 13.6
1967 26 CLN NL 77 211 36 60 10 0 10 44 0 0 16 25 .284 .333 .474 .807 30.9 6.1
1968 27 CLN NL 130 413 47 107 11 1 13 67 0 0 37 95 .259 .316 .385 .701 52.2 9.0
1969 28 CLN NL 128 468 68 118 28 1 23 84 0 1 50 107 .252 .322 .464 .786 69.5 13.3
1970 29 CLN NL 130 457 71 124 17 4 19 81 0 0 50 89 .271 .344 .451 .795 69.2 13.1
1971 30 CLN NL 101 337 42 71 14 2 14 50 0 0 31 80 .211 .278 .389 .666 37.5 3.8
1972 31 CLN NL 106 347 31 54 4 1 9 27 0 0 24 82 .156 .213 .251 .464 17.2 0.0
    AAA   31 123 17 29 2 0 6 18 0 0 17 20 .236 .329 .398 .727 17.3  
1973 32 BSN NL 106 230 15 56 5 2 8 35 0 0 22 52 .243 .308 .387 .695 26.8 4.0
1974 33 KCR AL 21 61 7 15 2 0 3 8 0 0 5 15 .246 .299 .426 .725 6.7 0.3
    AAA   126 427 54 113 17 0 28 81 0 0 48 83 .265 .339 .501 .840 72.7  
1975 34 DET AL 94 234 17 49 10 1 7 35 0 1 13 54 .209 .251 .350 .601 19.7 0.5
1976 35 DET AL 34 31 3 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .129 .125 .226 .351 0.2 0.0
1977 36 AA   136 538 53 104 19 1 16 49 0 1 35 88 .193 .243 .322 .564 41.7  
13 Years Sim 1233 3722 441 935 154 14 131 569 1 4 324 806 .251 .310 .406 .716 460.5 79.3
4 Years AAA 322 1155 178 325 44 4 76 209 0 1 131 251 .281 .356 .524 .880 210.3  
1 Years AA 136 538 53 104 19 1 16 49 0 1 35 88 .193 .247 .322 .569 41.7  
5 Years Minors 458 1693 231 429 63 5 92 258 0 2 166 339 .253 .323 .460 .782 252.0  
162 Game Average 489 57 122 20 1 17 74 0 0 42 105 .251 .310 .406 .716 60.5  
Career Highs 130 468 71 124 28 4 23 84 1 1 50 107 .334 .383 .512 .895 69.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3034 354 779 124 11 108 459 1 4 277 639 .257 .318 .412 .729 400.8
vs LH   688 87 156 30 3 23 110 0 0 47 167 .227 .275 .379 .654 72.7
Home 610 1823 227 466 77 8 69 279 1 2 163 423 .256 .316 .420 .736 243.8
Away 623 1899 214 469 77 6 62 290 0 2 161 383 .247 .304 .392 .696 229.8
RISP   944 0 251 44 5 34 418 0 0 94 193 .266 .323 .431 .754 135.3
Pinch Hitting   229 23 62 12 1 8 48 0 0 15 48 .271 .310 .437 .747 30.8
Close/Late   526 48 137 24 1 21 96 0 0 34 120 .260 .302 .430 .732 68.3
Mar/Apr 204 594 68 145 27 1 20 79 1 0 65 128 .244 .316 .394 .710 77.0
May 215 624 71 155 26 2 25 105 0 0 44 140 .248 .297 .417 .713 77.7
June 225 683 90 172 31 4 21 117 0 0 74 160 .252 .324 .401 .725 90.8
July 197 570 62 138 19 2 19 74 0 2 34 123 .242 .284 .382 .667 61.6
August 184 594 73 154 22 2 24 89 0 0 55 127 .259 .324 .424 .748 81.9
Sep/Oct 208 657 77 171 29 3 22 105 0 2 52 128 .260 .312 .414 .726 84.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1964 23 CLN NL C 75 71 622.3 439 27 2 1 .996 6.74 46 9 .196 1 2.6
    1B 11 6 75.0 84 6 2 7 .978 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 24 CLN NL C 83 83 718.7 552 28 2 0 .997 7.26 53 9 .170 2 2.1
    1B 1 1 8.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 25 CLN NL C 74 67 600.0 470 26 3 0 .994 7.44 53 12 .226 1 3.3
    1B 5 2 28.0 25 3 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 26 CLN NL C 58 51 464.3 355 15 2 0 .995 7.17 31 11 .355 0 1.9
    1B 6 0 11.0 15 0 0 2 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 27 CLN NL C 84 69 648.0 465 20 3 0 .994 6.74 36 10 .278 0 2.6
    1B 25 20 194.3 242 10 2 21 .992 11.67 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 12 11 95.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1969 28 CLN NL C 123 121 1097.3 864 36 8 0 .991 7.38 92 21 .228 1 3.0
    1B 1 0 9.0 14 0 1 2 .933 14.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 7.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 29 CLN NL C 128 126 1113.7 780 36 5 1 .994 6.59 81 15 .185 0 2.8
    RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 30 CLN NL C 92 88 783.0 521 38 3 1 .995 6.43 62 22 .355 1 3.6
    1B 6 6 49.0 48 4 0 5 1.000 9.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 3 27.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 31 CLN NL C 106 106 922.7 640 45 5 1 .993 6.68 75 27 .360 0 5.3
1973 32 BSN NL C 37 36 287.7 124 10 0 1 1.000 4.19 26 3 .115 0 1.5
    RF 43 1 113.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 4 0 8.0 11 0 0 2 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 33 KCR AL C 14 12 107.7 63 8 1 0 .986 5.94 8 3 .375 0 0.4
    1B 7 5 37.0 43 2 0 8 1.000 10.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 34 DET AL C 27 27 230.0 118 17 2 0 .985 5.28 43 14 .326 0 1.6
    1B 14 14 112.7 146 8 1 13 .994 12.30 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 35 DET AL RF 21 0 38.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 902 857 7596.3 5393 306 36 5 .994 6.75 607 156 .257 6 30.8
  1B 81 54 533.0 637 33 6 63 .991 11.31 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  RF 99 15 321.3 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  SS 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1086 926 8458.3 6094 340 42 68 .994 6.85 607 156 .257 6 32.7
Career Highs   129 126 1116.3 882 45 9 21 1.000 7.48 92 27 .375 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 23 CLN NL 8 25 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .360 .560
1965 24 CLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 25 CLN NL 8 20 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .350 .381 .400 .781
1967 26 CLN NL 3 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
1968 27 CLN NL 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .429 .804
1969 28 CLN NL 13 47 4 10 2 0 1 9 0 0 4 18 .213 .283 .319 .602
1970 29 CLN NL 7 27 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .222 .250 .259 .509
1971 30 CLN NL 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 49 141 12 34 6 0 2 16 0 0 7 39 .241 .280 .326 .606
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1963
Had first career hit on 4/3/1964, off Clay Carroll (WOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1964, off Stan Williams (WAS)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/26/1966
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/4/1966
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,307,143 through salary arbitration
9/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $1,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1969, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/24/1970
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tampa Bay on 4/25/1970
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 4/2/1974 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/3/1974 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/2/1974 with a Broken Nose, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/25/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/21/1977 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
 
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