debutleague finalyear bats death_date debutyear position finalteam birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
negro league baseball 1928 right 22 april 1974 1916 first baseman/second baseman atlantic city bacharach giants 8 june 1892 chance cummings
 atlantic city bacharach giants chance cummings right
chance cummings

napoleon `` chance '' cummings -lrb- june 8 , 1892 -- april 22 , 1974 -rrb- was an american baseball first baseman and second baseman in the negro leagues .
he played from 1916 to 1928 , mostly with the atlantic city bacharach giants .
he began his career in jacksonville , florida with the duval giants and moved with the team to atlantic city , new jersey to become one of the original bacharach giants from 1916 to 1918 .
he returned to the bacharach giants from 1923 to 1928 and was part of the team when they won eastern colored league pennants in 1926 and 1927 .
his nickname , `` chance , '' came from being compared to the chicago cubs ' first baseman , frank chance .
