Frank Chance Batting

Frank Chance (1876–1924) was the "Peerless Leader" — first baseman, manager, and the C in Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. A right-handed hitter and thrower, he ran the Chicago Cubs through their dead-ball dynasty in the National League and took the franchise to four pennants and back-to-back World Series titles in 1907 and 1908, the only championships the Cubs would claim for more than a century. The "Batting" pose belongs to the T206 White Border tobacco set, the most widely collected issue of the era, where Chance is one of the cornerstone Cubs cards alongside his double-play partners. He died September 15, 1924, his playing days long behind him but his managerial reputation intact. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946 alongside Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers, the trio voted in together by the Old Timers Committee in recognition of the infield that had become its own piece of baseball folklore.