Candy LaChance

Candy LaChance

Infobox MLB retired
name=Candy LaChance
position=First Baseman


bgcolor1=#023465
bgcolor2=#990000
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
birthdate=February 14, 1870
deathdate=death date and age|1932|08|18|1870|6|2
bats=Both
throws=Right
debutdate=August 15
debutyear=1893
debutteam=Brooklyn Grooms
finaldate=April 28
finalyear=1905
finalteam=Boston Americans
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Home runs
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat1value=.280
stat2value= 39
stat3value= 690
teams=
* Brooklyn Grooms/Bridegrooms (1893-1898)
* Baltimore Orioles (1899)
* Cleveland Blues (1901)
* Boston Americans (1902-1905)
highlights=
* Starting First Baseman for the 1903 World Series Champions Boston Americans.
* In 1903 led American League with 141 games played.

George Joseph LaChance (February 14, 1870 - August 18, 1932) was a first baseman who played in Major League Baseball between 1893 and by|1905. LaChance was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Putnam, Connecticut.

LaChance reached the majors in 1893, spending six years with the Brooklyn Grooms & Bridegrooms before moving to the Baltimore Orioles (1899), Cleveland Blues (1901) and Boston Americans (1902-05). He hit .300 or more five times, and from 1894 to 1899 averaged 25.67 stolen bases each year, with a career-high 37 in 1895. In that season he also led the National League hitters with 108 RBI, while hitting .312 with 38 extra-bases and 99 runs. While in Boston in by|1903, he was a member of the first World Champion team in major league history.

In a 12-season career, LaChance was a .280 hitter (1377-for-4919) with 39 home runs and 690 RBI in 1263 games, including 678 runs, 197 doubles, 86 triples and 192 stolen bases. Later he played with Montreal and Providence in the International League and for Waterbury and New Haven in the Connecticut League.

LaChance died in Waterville, Connecticut at the age of 62.

ee also

*Boston Red Sox all-time roster

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/LaChance_Candy.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lachaca01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/LaChance.Candy.Obit.html The Deadball Era]


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