Tony Chance

Tony Chance [Robert Anthony Chance] is a former American Minor League Baseball Player active during the 1983-2002 seasons whose highest minor league classification was AAA. His most recent professional season was with the Joliet JackHammers (Northern League) in 2002. His date of birth is October 26th, 1964 and he is currently 62 years old. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ranked by Baseball America as the Pittsburgh Pirates No. 6 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Guillermo Mercedes, Jeff Cook, Andy Hall and Tommy Shields. Chance played 7 minor league seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, 2 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, 1 season with the Texas Rangers and 1 season with the Cleveland Guardians. Led the ...

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Carolina League (A+) with 167 Hits and 271 Total Bases in 1987. Led the Northern League (Ind) with 81 Runs Batted In in 1998. Led the Mexican League (Intl) with 115 Strikeouts in 2000. Played 5 years of Independent League Baseball between 1995-2002.

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1988

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1989

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Pittsburgh Pirates

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1983	Gulf Coast Pirates	GCL	Rk	PIT	-	18			112*	13	41	6	12	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	12	0	1	0	0	0	15	47	3	9	.293	.370	.366	.736	.195	.073	.414	10.64	25.53	2.40	0.00
1984	Watertown Pirates	NYPL	A-	PIT	-	19			78	41	115	13	17	2	0	3	14	5	2	17	47	3	2	2	1	0	28	139	5	12	.148	.270	.243	.513	.270	.095	.209	12.23	33.81	2.76	38.33
1985	Gulf Coast Pirates	GCL	Rk	PIT	-	20				10	33	7	11	1	1	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	37	2	9	.333	.405	.424	.829	.273	.091	.379	10.81	10.81	1.00	0.00
1985	Macon Pirates	SAL	A	PIT	-	20			93	62	231	34	56	8	0	5	19	17	7	18	57	0	2	0	0	0	79	251	13	43	.242	.297	.342	.639	.221	.100	.302	7.17	22.71	3.17	46.20
1986	Macon Pirates	SAL	A	PIT	-	21			101	108	366	52	85	12	3	17	55	18	2	38	99	3	5	5	3	0	154	417	32	53	.232	.306	.421	.727	.336	.189	.267	9.11	23.74	2.61	21.53
1986	Prince William Pirates	Caro	A+	PIT	-	21				19	60	5	14	1	2	2	11	4	2	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	25	63	5	9	.233	.270	.417	.687	.267	.184	.279	4.76	23.81	5.00	30.00
1987	Salem Buccaneers	Caro	A+	PIT	-	22			119	133	525	99	167	23	6	23	96	26	13	50	104	10	1	5	1	0	271	591	52	115	.318	.385	.516	.901	.318	.198	.357	8.46	17.60	2.08	22.83
1988	Salem Buccaneers	Caro	A+	PIT	-	23			81	54	207	25	44	7	0	5	26	3	3	9	51	3	2	1	0	0	66	222	12	32	.213	.255	.319	.574	.150	.106	.257	4.05	22.97	5.67	41.40
1988	Harrisburg Senators	East	AA	PIT	-	23			95	56	196	26	43	8	2	3	10	9	4	20	48	2	1	0	0	0	64	219	13	30	.219	.298	.327	.625	.235	.108	.276	9.13	21.92	2.40	65.33
1989	Augusta Pirates	SAL	A	PIT	-	24				5	22	3	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	22	3	0	.136	.136	.409	.545	.273	.273	.125	0.00	22.73	0.00	22.00
1989	Harrisburg Senators	East	AA	PIT	-	24			110	71	260	35	68	16	4	8	46	11	3	14	69	5	0	2	0	0	116	281	28	40	.262	.310	.446	.756	.269	.184	.324	4.98	24.56	4.93	32.50
1990	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	-	25			103	130	454	55	122	17	4	14	75	14	9	41	115	1	1	3	2	0	189	500	35	87	.269	.329	.416	.745	.249	.147	.329	8.20	23.00	2.80	32.43
1991	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	-	26			102	111	355	61	89	14	3	14	55	4	4	41	98	2	2	0	0	0	151	400	31	58	.251	.332	.425	.757	.290	.174	.309	10.25	24.50	2.39	25.36
1992	Iowa Cubs	Amer	AAA	CHN	-	27			99	131	434	60	117	23	1	11	52	5	3	34	100	4	4	3	1	0	175	479	35	82	.270	.326	.403	.729	.217	.133	.325	7.10	20.88	2.94	39.45
1993	Iowa Cubs	Amer	AAA	CHN	-	28			114	101	294	50	83	23	0	16	46	5	5	38	73	1	2	4	2	0	154	339	39	44	.282	.362	.524	.886	.371	.242	.321	11.21	21.53	1.92	18.38
1994	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	CLE	-	29				11	16	3	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	7	17	1	3	.250	.294	.438	.732	.313	.188	.375	5.88	41.18	7.00	16.00
1995	Long Beach Barracudas	West	Indy		-	30			128	41	170	40	59	12	1	10	42	4	2	14	32	0	0	4	3	6	103	188	23	36	.347	.388	.606	.994	.353	.259	.371	7.45	17.02	2.29	17.00
1995	Oklahoma City 89ers	Amer	AAA	TEX	-	30			80	63	196	19	42	12	0	2	20	1	1	15	55	0	1	1	0	5	60	213	14	28	.214	.269	.306	.575	.168	.092	.286	7.04	25.82	3.67	98.00
1996	Duluth-Superior Dukes	Northern	Ind		-	31			107	24	96	21	27	4	0	6	18	1	0	13	21	0	0	1	1	1	49	110	10	17	.281	.364	.510	.874	.375	.229	.300	11.82	19.09	1.62	16.00
1998	Winnipeg Goldeyes	Northern	Indy		-	33			124	79	314	69	102	18	0	20	81	5	1	51	83	2	0	3	1	7	180	370	38	64	.325	.419	.573	.992	.424	.248	.383	13.78	22.43	1.63	15.70
1999	St. Paul Saints	Northern	Indy		-	34			113*	13	49	8	17	2	0	0	5	1	0	9	10	0	0	0	0	1	19	58	2	15	.347	.448	.388	.836	.245	.041	.000	15.52	17.24	1.11	0.00
2000	Yucatan Leones	Mex	AAA		-	35			106	120	433	83	134	29	0	18	69	2	1	76	115	0	0	0	0	14	217	509	47	87	.309	.413	.501	.914	.370	.192	.000	14.93	22.59	1.51	24.06
2001	St. Paul Saints	Northern	Indy		-	36			105	88	335	52	87	17	1	14	63	6	1	34	85	0	0	0	0	12	148	369	32	55	.260	.328	.442	.770	.299	.182	.000	9.21	23.04	2.50	23.93
2002	Joliet JackHammers	Northern	Indy		-	37			98	63	260	39	67	8	1	9	31	2	1	24	57	0	0	0	0	9	104	284	18	49	.258	.320	.400	.720	.238	.142	.000	8.45	20.07	2.38	28.89
Tot:	Minors (14 yrs)		Minors							1239	4238	636	1111	200	27	143	608	127	59	424	1074	34	24	26	10	21	1794	4746	370	741	.262	.332	.423	.756	.277	.161	.318	8.93	22.63	2.53	29.64
Tot:	Indy (5 yrs)		Indy							284	1128	208	332	57	3	53	222	18	5	132	267	2	0	7	4	35	554	1269	113	219	.294	.367	.491	.858	.325	.197	.342	10.40	21.04	2.02	21.28
Tot:	Rk (2 yrs)		Rk							23	74	13	23	4	1	0	8	2	0	9	16	0	1	0	0	0	29	84	5	18	.311	.386	.392	.777	.230	.081	.397	10.71	19.05	1.78
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-							41	115	13	17	2	0	3	14	5	2	17	47	3	2	2	1	0	28	139	5	12	.148	.270	.243	.514	.270	.096	.209	12.23	33.81	2.76	38.33
Tot:	A (3 yrs)		A							175	619	89	144	21	4	23	79	35	9	56	161	3	7	5	3	0	242	690	48	96	.233	.297	.391	.688	.291	.158	.275	8.12	23.33	2.88	26.91
Tot:	A+ (3 yrs)		A+							206	792	129	225	31	8	30	133	33	18	62	170	13	3	6	1	0	362	876	69	156	.284	.344	.457	.801	.270	.173	.326	7.08	19.41	2.74	26.40
Tot:	AA (2 yrs)		AA							127	456	61	111	24	6	11	56	20	7	34	117	7	1	2	0	0	180	500	41	70	.243	.305	.395	.699	.254	.151	.303	6.80	23.40	3.44	41.45
Tot:	AAA (7 yrs)		AAA							667	2182	331	591	118	8	76	318	32	23	246	563	8	10	11	5	21	953	2457	202	389	.271	.345	.437	.782	.283	.166	.331	10.01	22.91	2.29	28.71
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1991	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	BAL	-	26		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00
1992	Iowa Cubs	Amer	AAA	CHN	-	27		0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.80	5.40	0.00	10.80	5.40	0.00	0.50
1993	Iowa Cubs	Amer	AAA	CHN	-	28		0	0	18.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	18.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00
Tot:	Minors (3 yrs)		Minors					0	0	4.91	4	0	0	0	4	3	0	3.2	4	2	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1.64	9.82	2.45	4.91	7.36	4.91	1.50
Tot:	AAA (3 yrs)		AAA					0	0	4.91	4	0	0	0	4	3	0	3.2	4	2	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1.64	9.82	2.45	4.91	7.36	4.91	1.50
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