Dean Chance

Dean Chance

1961–1971 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'3", 200 lb · b. 1941 Wooster, OH

Career 128–115 · 2.92 ERA · 1,534 SO · 2147.1 IP · 406 G · 44 H · 16 RBI · .067 AVG

Seasons leading his league

8

2 best in baseball 6 league only

26 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

6 Categories led

1964 Best season

Spanning 1964–1968, peaking at 5 titles in 1964.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons ×2 Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons

Team records #1 Angels career ERA #1 Angels 1964 ERA #2 Angels 1964 WHIP #4 Angels career WHIP #5 Angels 1964 W #8 Angels 1964 IP #9 Angels career SO #10 Angels career IP #10 Twins 1968 SO

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

693rd League titles 8
1,227th Best in baseball 2
1,117th Top-5 finishes 26

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

87th Shutouts 33
146th Earned Run Average 2.92
192nd Walks + Hits / IP 1.21
222nd Strikeouts 1,534
299th Strikeouts / 9 6.43
377th Innings Pitched 2147.1
391st Wins 128
406th Pitcher Assists 373
470th Pitcher Putouts 111

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Complete Games	2	1st	—	1964 AL 15 1967 AL 18
Innings Pitched	2	1st	—	1964 AL 278.1 1967 AL 283.2 1968 #2
Pitcher Assists	1	1st	—	1968 AL 57 1963 #3
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1964 11 1965 #2 1968 #2
Wins	1	1st	—	1964 AL 20 1967 #3
Earned Run Average	1	1st	—	1964 1.65
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1965 #3
Walks + Hits / IP	—	#2	—	1964 #2
Strikeouts	—	#3	—	1964 #3 1967 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1968	1	P A 57
1967	2	IP 283.2 CG 18
1964	5	ERA 1.65 W 20 IP 278.1 SHO 11 CG 15

Pitching

led the league 11 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1961	LAA	AL	0	2	6.87	5	4	0	18.1	33	14	0	5	11	2.07
1962	LAA	AL	14	10	2.96	50	24	8	206.2	195	68	14	66	127	1.26
1963	LAA	AL	13	18	3.19	45	35	3	248.0	229	88	10	90	168	1.29
1964	LAA	AL	20	9	1.65	46	35	4	278.1	194	51	7	86	207	1.01
1965	CAL	AL	15	10	3.15	36	33	0	225.2	197	79	12	101	164	1.32
1966	CAL	AL	12	17	3.08	41	37	1	259.2	206	89	18	114	180	1.23
1967	MIN	AL	20	14	2.73	41	39	1	283.2	244	86	17	68	220	1.10
1968	MIN	AL	16	16	2.53	43	39	1	292.0	224	82	15	63	234	0.98
1969	MIN	AL	5	4	2.95	20	15	0	88.1	76	29	6	35	50	1.26
1970	CLE +1	AL	9	9	4.36	48	19	5	157.0	175	76	18	61	109	1.50
1971	DET	AL	4	6	3.51	31	14	0	89.2	91	35	5	50	64	1.57
Career	—	—	128	115	2.92	406	294	23	2147.1	1,864	697	122	739	1,534	1.21

Batting

11 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1961	LAA	AL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1962	LAA	AL	50	65	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	29	0	.062	.103	.062	.164
1963	LAA	AL	45	80	5	12	1	0	0	3	2	38	0	.150	.171	.163	.333
1964	LAA	AL	46	89	3	7	0	0	0	0	3	53	0	.079	.109	.079	.187
1965	CAL	AL	36	75	3	7	1	0	0	5	5	56	0	.093	.150	.107	.257
1966	CAL	AL	41	76	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	54	0	.026	.075	.026	.101
1967	MIN	AL	41	92	2	3	0	0	0	0	7	58	0	.033	.119	.033	.151
1968	MIN	AL	43	93	0	5	0	0	0	3	3	63	0	.054	.093	.054	.147
1969	MIN	AL	20	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	19	0	.042	.148	.042	.190
1970	CLE +1	AL	48	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	2	32	0	.071	.111	.071	.183
1971	DET	AL	31	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	—	—	406	662	17	44	2	0	0	16	30	420	0	.067	.113	.070	.183

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1961	LAA	AL	P	5	4	18.1	1	6	0	1	7	1.000	1.40
1962	LAA	AL	P	50	24	206.2	12	37	1	2	50	.980	0.98
1963	LAA	AL	P	45	35	248.0	15	46	6	2	67	.910	1.36
1964	LAA	AL	P	46	35	278.1	10	33	1	1	44	.977	0.94
1965	CAL	AL	P	36	33	225.2	14	49	1	6	64	.984	1.75
1966	CAL	AL	P	41	37	259.2	17	48	4	7	69	.942	1.59
1967	MIN	AL	P	41	39	283.2	15	51	7	6	73	.904	1.61
1968	MIN	AL	P	43	39	292.0	15	57	5	3	77	.935	1.67
1969	MIN	AL	P	20	15	88.1	3	9	0	1	12	1.000	0.60
1970	CLE	AL	P	48	19	157.0	3	21	2	2	26	.923	0.50
1971	DET	AL	P	31	14	90.0	6	16	6	0	28	.786	0.71
Career	—	—	P	406	294	2147.2	111	373	33	31	517	.936	1.19