Frank Chance 1911 M116 Sporting Life Pastel Background PSA 6 EX-MT (TOP 15%)

Description: We are a 501(c)3 Non Profit for 18 years that donates to local youth athletic groups and schools.Many of our items are donated by our supporters. Your purchase helps support this organization. Please look at our other listings of Baseball cards and memorabilia. Frank Chance 1911 M116 Sporting Life Pastel Background PSA 6 EX-MT (TOP 15%). Perfectly centeredThe Paris, Texas Tornado Find. This card has quite a history. They have been in one family since 1911. On April 4, 1982 mother nature unleashed her wrath on Lamar & Red River, TX counties including the town of Paris, Texas. The category F4 tornado, one of seven that day, traveled for 23 miles and was 250 yards wide (that is two & a half football fields). The storm injured 170 people, claimed over 450 homes and businesses and worst of all... 10 people lost their lives. The mother of our consignor was in the family home that day and thankfully not seriously injured. The house was damaged beyond repair. In the process of putting their lives back together, found inside a built-in window box was a small collection of cards that originally belonged to the father and survived remarkably unscathed. This is one of those cards. Frank Leroy Chance (September 9, 1877 – September 15, 1924) was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Chance played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees from 1898 through 1914. He also served as manager of the Cubs, Yankees, and Boston Red Sox. Discovered by the Cubs as he played semi-professional baseball while attending college, Chance debuted with the Cubs in 1898, serving as a part-time player. In 1903, Chance became the Cubs' regular first baseman, and in 1905, he succeeded Frank Selee as the team's manager. Chance led the Cubs to 100 wins in 1906, 1907, 1909, and 1910, becoming the first manager to compile four 100-win seasons (only eight other managers have accomplished the feat in MLB history), with no other manager other than Chance leading a team to 100 wins four times in five seasons. They would win four National League championships in that span and won the World Series in 1907 and 1908. With Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers, Chance formed a strong double play combination, which was immortalized as "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" in "Baseball's Sad Lexicon". Let go by the Cubs after the 1912 season, Chance signed with the Yankees, serving as a player–manager for two seasons. He joined the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League as a player–manager, returning to MLB in 1923 as manager of the Red Sox. Chance was named the manager of the Chicago White Sox in 1924, but never took control of the team as he became ill. He died later that year. Noted for his leadership abilities, Chance earned the nickname "Peerless Leader." He is the all-time leader in managerial winning percentage in Cubs history. Chance was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 1946 balloting by the Veterans Committee, along with Tinker and Evers. He was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame's first class, in 1959. Shipping on these items may include insurance and packaging as fragile items.We value your items as much as you will... Our shipping rates are for USPS, Fed EX, and UPS. It includes professional packaging, and delivery confirmation. It may also include signature confirmation, with return receipt, depending on the item shipped. We get your items to you undamaged, and as quickly as possible.

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