hits like Tyrus Cobb. Douglas Dewey and Nicholas Acocella's book on Chase, The Black Prince Of Baseball, talks about Chase's defensive abilities at length. He apparently made many spectacular plays that burnished his reputation as a glove wizard, but also committed 402 errors at first in just ten seasons, making his career fielding average only .980, four points below average for the period (since Chase was known to throw games, it's impossible to know how many of these misplays were intentional). A more recent work by Bill James, Win Shares, suggested Chase was only a C-grade defensive player at first base. According to analyst Sean Smith of Baseball-Reference.com, Chase was below average defensively, costing his teams 65 runs versus an average first baseman. Managerial record See also List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball player-managers References Bibliography Ginsburg, Daniel E. The Fix Is In: A History of Baseball Gambling and Game Fixing Scandals. inMcFarland and Co., 1995, 317 pages. . Contains a chapter dedicated to Chase and his various scandals. Goode, Christopher California Baseball: From the Pioneers to the Glory Years. Lulu Press, 2009, 390 pages. Pietrusza, David. Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series. Basic Books, 2011, 528 pages. . Bevill, Lynn. Prince Hal and his Arizona Odyssey. Douglas, Ariz., Cochise County Historical and Archaeological Society, 1991. In-line citations External links 1883 births 1947 deaths Major League Baseball first basemen New York Highlanders players New York Yankees players Chicago White Sox players Buffalo Buffeds players Cincinnati Reds players New York Giants (NL) players New York Highlanders managers Baseball players from California National League batting champions Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players San Jose (minor league baseball) players San Jose Prune Pickers players Stockton Millers players Major League Baseball player-managers Santa Clara Broncos baseball players People from Los Gatos, California People from Colusa County, California Burials at Oak Hill Memorial Park