Candy LaChance

Full Name: George Joseph LaChance	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/183	First Game: August 15, 1893
Birthdate: February 14, 1870	Final Game: April 28, 1905
Birthplace: Putnam, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: August 18, 1932
Deathplace: Waterville, Connecticut
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Candy LaChance (George Joseph LaChance) was born on February 14, 1870 in Putnam, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on August 15, 1893 for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. In 1894, his rookie year, he hit .323 with 5 home runs and 52 RBI. LaChance played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Blues and Boston Americans over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Candy LaChance's best season was 1895, when he stole 37 bases, hit for a .312 average and knocked in 108 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1893	BRO	N	11	35	1	6	0	6	.171	.237	.200	1	0	2	12	1	0	0
1894	BRO	N	68	257	48	83	5	52	.323	.365	.494	13	8	16	32	1	3	20
1895	BRO	N	127	536	99	167	8	108	.312	.356	.427	22	8	29	48	8	3	37
1896	BRO	N	89	348	60	99	7	58	.284	.331	.448	10	13	23	32	1	8	17
1897	BRO	N	126	520	86	160	4	90	.308	.333	.446	28	16	15	0	5	8	26
1898	BRO	N	136	526	62	130	5	65	.247	.299	.346	23	7	31	0	8	11	23
1899	BAL	N	125	472	65	145	1	75	.307	.350	.405	23	10	21	0	10	5	31
1901	CLE	A	133	548	81	166	1	75	.303	.314	.381	22	9	7	0	2	7	11
1902	BOS	A	138	541	60	151	6	56	.279	.309	.351	13	4	18	0	5	11	8
1903	BOS	A	141	522	60	134	1	53	.257	.303	.328	22	6	28	0	7	22	12
1904	BOS	A	157	573	55	130	1	47	.227	.265	.283	19	5	23	0	7	23	7
1905	BOS	A	12	41	1	6	0	5	.146	.255	.171	1	0	6	0	0	4	0
Total	NL		682	2694	421	790	30	454	.293	.335	.417	120	62	137	124	34	38	154
Total	AL		581	2225	257	587	9	236	.264	.296	.332	77	24	82	0	21	67	38
Total			1263	4919	678	1377	39	690	.280	.318	.379	197	86	219	124	55	105	192

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	AVG
1893	BRO	N	OF	5	5	0	1	0	0	.833
1893	BRO	N	C	6	13	4	9	0	1	.654
1894	BRO	N	OF	3	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	BRO	N	1B	56	508	16	11	26	0	.979
1894	BRO	N	C	10	15	3	4	0	0	.818
1895	BRO	N	1B	125	1286	53	23	68	0	.983
1895	BRO	N	OF	3	4	0	1	0	0	.800
1896	BRO	N	1B	89	956	37	14	62	0	.986
1897	BRO	N	1B	126	1289	64	30	76	0	.978
1898	BRO	N	SS	48	107	143	38	20	0	.868
1898	BRO	N	OF	13	20	0	1	0	0	.952
1898	BRO	N	1B	74	807	20	10	53	0	.988
1899	BAL	N	1B	125	1272	40	21	72	0	.984
1901	CLE	A	1B	133	1342	58	30	73	0	.979
1902	BOS	A	1B	138	1544	46	27	80	0	.983
1903	BOS	A	1B	141	1471	57	25	68	0	.984
1904	BOS	A	1B	157	1691	59	14	65	0	.992
1905	BOS	A	1B	12	154	7	2	6	0	.988
Total			C	16	28	7	13	0	1	.729
Total			OF	24	31	0	3	0	0	.912
Total			1B	1176	12320	457	207	649	0	.984
Total			SS	48	107	143	38	20	0	.868

[edit] Transactions

Assigned to Baltimore Orioles by Brooklyn Superbas with Harry Howell, Kit McKenna, Ralph Miller, Jack Ryan, Jimmy Sheckard and Aleck Smith (March 11, 1899).
Sold by Brooklyn Superbas to Cleveland Blues with Kit McKenna and Pat Crisham for $3000 (March, 1900).
Traded by Cleveland Broncos to Boston Americans in exchange for Ossee Schreckengost (November 16, 1901).
Released by Boston Americans (May 10, 1905).

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