Robert Chance (September 10, 1940 – October 3, 2013) was a

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who played for the

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, Washington Senators and

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in part of six seasons spanning 1963 through 1969. Listed at tall and , Chance batted left handed and threw right handed. He was born in

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.Baseball Reference
/ref> His most productive season in 1964 with the Indians, when he batted a .279

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and posted career numbers in

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(109),

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(45),

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s (14),

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(75) and

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(120). Over his MLB career, Chance appeared in 277 games; his 195 hits included 34 doubles, one

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and 24 homers. He knocked in 112 runs. Additionally, Chance played two seasons in Japan for the Sankei/Yakult Atoms. In between, Chance played winter ball with the Leones de Ponce of the Puerto Rican League during the 1961-62 season, and for the

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of the Venezuelan League in 1968-69. Chance died in 2013 in Charleston, West Virginia at the age of 73.baseball-almanac
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