Frank Chance Field 1935-1941
Located at this corner was a 20-acre baseball field named for the legendary Frank Chance. Constructed in 1935, the park served as the spring training grounds for the San Francisco Seals as well as for games played by Fresno's Twilight League. Frank Chance was born in Salida, California in 1876 and was raised in Fresno here he played for the Fresno Tigers. In 1898 he joined the Chicago Cubs. In 1905 he became the Cubs Manager and also continued to play first base. Chance led the Cubs to two World Series Championships in 1907 and 1908 and four league pennants. His name was memorialized in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" which quoted the double play made famous by the Cubs. "Tinker to Evers to Chance." Frank Chance died in 1924 from injuries sustained from baseball and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Marker is on Ventura Avenue 0.1 miles east of Cedar Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
