Hal Chase

Full Name: Harold Homer Chase	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: April 14, 1905
Birthdate: February 13, 1883	Final Game: September 25, 1919
Birthplace: Los Gatos, California	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: May 18, 1947
Deathplace: Colusa, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Hal Chase (Harold Homer Chase) was born on February 13, 1883 in Los Gatos, California. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1905 for the New York Highlanders. In 1905, his rookie year, he hit .249 with 3 home runs and 49 RBI. Chase played for the New York Highlanders, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Buffalo Blues, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants over the course of his 15 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Hal Chase's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1915, when he slugged 17 home runs, hit for a .291 average and knocked in 89 runs. However, others believe that it was 1911, when he stole 36 bases, hit for a .315 average and knocked in 62 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1905	NY	A	128	465	60	116	3	49	.249	.277	.329	16	6	15	0	3	18	22
1906	NY	A	151	597	84	193	0	76	.323	.341	.395	23	10	13	0	3	24	28
1907	NY	A	125	498	72	143	2	68	.287	.315	.357	23	3	19	0	1	10	32
1908	NY	A	106	405	50	104	1	36	.257	.285	.306	11	3	15	0	1	9	27
1909	NY	A	118	474	60	134	4	63	.283	.317	.357	17	3	20	0	4	15	25
1910	NY	A	130	524	67	152	3	73	.290	.312	.365	20	5	16	0	1	19	40
1911	NY	A	133	527	82	166	3	62	.315	.342	.419	32	7	21	0	1	22	36
1912	NY	A	131	522	61	143	4	58	.274	.299	.372	21	9	17	0	2	25	33
1913	NY	A	39	146	15	31	0	9	.212	.268	.281	2	4	11	13	0	3	5
1913	CHI	A	102	384	49	110	2	39	.286	.320	.383	11	10	16	41	3	11	9
1913	TOT	A	141	530	64	141	2	48	.266	.305	.355	13	14	27	54	3	14	14
1914	CHI	A	58	206	27	55	0	20	.267	.343	.364	10	5	23	19	1	6	9
1914	BUF	F	75	291	43	101	3	48	.347	.365	.505	19	9	6	31	2	5	10
1914	Total		133	497	70	156	3	68	.314	.355	.447	29	14	29	50	3	11	19
1915	BUF	F	145	567	85	165	17	89	.291	.316	.471	31	10	20	50	1	8	23
1916	CIN	N	142	542	66	184	4	82	.339	.363	.459	29	12	19	48	1	9	22
1917	CIN	N	152	602	71	167	4	86	.277	.296	.394	28	15	15	49	1	10	21
1918	CIN	N	74	259	30	78	2	38	.301	.339	.417	12	6	13	15	2	7	5
1919	NY	N	110	408	58	116	5	45	.284	.318	.397	17	7	17	40	3	15	16
Total	NL		478	1811	225	545	15	251	.301	.327	.417	86	40	64	152	7	41	64
Total	FL		220	858	128	266	20	137	.310	.333	.483	50	19	26	81	3	13	33
Total	AL		1221	4748	627	1347	22	553	.284	.313	.364	186	65	186	73	20	162	266
Total			1919	7417	980	2158	57	941	.291	.319	.391	322	124	276	306	30	216	363

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1905	NY	A	2B	1	1	1	1	0	.667
1905	NY	A	1B	124	1174	61	31	63	.976
1905	NY	A	SS	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
1906	NY	A	1B	150	1507	89	33	54	.980
1906	NY	A	2B	1	2	3	0	0	1.000
1907	NY	A	1B	121	1144	77	34	50	.973
1907	NY	A	OF	4	8	2	0	0	1.000
1908	NY	A	3B	1	2	4	0	1	1.000
1908	NY	A	2B	3	2	7	2	0	.818
1908	NY	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1908	NY	A	OF	3	2	0	2	0	.500
1908	NY	A	1B	98	1020	54	22	35	.980
1909	NY	A	SS	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1909	NY	A	1B	118	1202	71	28	53	.978
1910	NY	A	1B	130	1373	65	28	68	.981
1911	NY	A	OF	7	11	0	1	1	.917
1911	NY	A	2B	2	3	3	0	1	1.000
1911	NY	A	1B	124	1257	82	36	62	.974
1911	NY	A	SS	1	2	1	0	1	1.000
1912	NY	A	1B	122	1162	79	27	49	.979
1912	NY	A	2B	7	11	10	5	1	.808
1913	NY	A	2B	5	10	3	4	0	.765
1913	NY	A	OF	5	9	0	0	0	1.000
1913	NY	A	1B	29	312	16	6	16	.982
1913	CHI	A	1B	102	1009	71	27	53	.976
1913	TOT	A	1B	131	1321	87	33	69	.977
1914	CHI	A	1B	58	632	43	13	27	.981
1914	BUF	F	1B	73	690	38	15	33	.980
1914	Total		1B	131	1322	81	28	60	.980
1915	BUF	F	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000
1915	BUF	F	1B	143	1460	83	26	84	.983
1916	CIN	N	2B	16	40	49	6	7	.937
1916	CIN	N	1B	98	932	37	14	66	.986
1916	CIN	N	OF	25	51	0	0	0	1.000
1917	CIN	N	1B	151	1499	80	28	100	.983
1918	CIN	N	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
1918	CIN	N	1B	67	607	38	13	59	.980
1919	NY	N	1B	107	1205	65	21	62	.984
Total			2B	35	69	76	18	9	.890
Total			P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	1	2	4	0	1	1.000
Total			SS	4	5	1	0	1	1.000
Total			1B	1815	18185	1049	402	934	.980
Total			OF	47	87	2	3	1	.967

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1908	NY	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Selected by New York Highlanders from Los Angeles (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1904).
Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Rollie Zeider and Babe Borton (June 1, 1913).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants in exchange for Bill Rariden and Walter Holke (February 19, 1919).

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