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Dean Chance

Wilmer Dean Chance

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 1, 1941 in Wooster, OH
High School: Northwestern HS (Wayne, OH)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1961
Teams (by GP): Angels/Twins/Indians/Tigers/Mets 1961-1971

Final Game: August 9, 1971
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1959	18	BAL-min	D-	16	39	39		7	2	0	0						.179	.179	.231	.410		9							BLD · APPY
1960	19	BAL-min	B	28	78	71	3	6	0	0	0	4	0		7	38	.085	.167	.085	.251		6							FOX · IIIL
1961	20	ANA-min	AAA	63	53	51	4	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	29	.059	.094	.098	.192		5							DFW · AA
1961	20	LAA	AL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	21	LAA	AL	50	75	65	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	29	.062	.103	.062	.164	-54	4	1	0	7	0	0	1	RoY-3
1963	22	LAA	AL	45	89	80	5	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	38	.150	.171	.163	.333	-3	13	0	0	7	0	0	1
1964	23	LAA	AL	46	100	89	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	53	.079	.109	.079	.187	-44	7	0	0	8	0	0	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965	24	CAL	AL	36	85	75	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	56	.093	.150	.107	.257	-24	8	0	0	5	0	0	1
1966	25	CAL	AL	41	88	76	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	54	.026	.075	.026	.101	-69	2	0	1	8	0	0	1
1967	26	MIN	AL	41	108	92	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	58	.033	.119	.033	.151	-55	3	1	2	7	0	0	1	AS,MVP-13
1968	27	MIN	AL	43	106	93	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	63	.054	.093	.054	.147	-56	5	0	1	9	0	0	1
1969	28	MIN	AL	20	32	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	19	.042	.148	.042	.190	-45	1	0	1	5	0	0	1
1970	29	TOT	MLB	48	49	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	32	.071	.111	.071	.183	-49	3	0	0	4	1	0	1
1970	29	CLE	AL	45	49	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	32	.071	.111	.071	.183	-49	3	0	0	4	1	0	1
1970	29	NYM	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1971	30	DET	AL	31	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
11 Yrs				406	759	662	17	44	2	0	0	16	0	0	30	420	.066	.113	.069	.183	-46	46	2	5	61	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	303	264	7	18	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	168	.066	.113	.069	.183	-46	18	1	2	24	0	0

CAL (6 yrs)				223	442	390	13	32	2	0	0	9	0	0	16	232	.082	.120	.087	.208	-39	34	1	1	35	0	0
MIN (3 yrs)				104	246	209	3	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	140	.043	.111	.043	.154	-54	9	1	4	21	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				45	49	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	32	.071	.111	.071	.183	-49	3	0	0	4	1	0
DET (1 yr)				31	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (11 yrs)				403	759	662	17	44	2	0	0	16	0	0	30	420	.066	.113	.069	.183	-46	46	2	5	61	1	0
NL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1961	20	LAA	AL	5	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1962	21	LAA	AL	50	75	-15	-0	1	0	9	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.488	.496	-0.6	-0.0	-4	$	1	RoY-3
1963	22	LAA	AL	45	89	-9	-0	0	0	10	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	3	$18,000	1
1964	23	LAA	AL	46	100	-17	-0	0	0	12	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.7	.486	.496	-0.7	-0.1	-3	$25,000	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965	24	CAL	AL	36	85	-12	-0	0	0	10	-2	-0.2	2	1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	1	$47,000	1
1966	25	CAL	AL	41	88	-17	0	0	0	10	-8	-0.9	2	-5	-0.9	.478	.494	-0.9	-0.1	-5	$45,000	1
1967	26	MIN	AL	41	108	-18	-1	0	0	12	-7	-0.9	3	-4	-0.9	.480	.495	-0.8	-0.0	-4	$47,500	1	AS,MVP-13
1968	27	MIN	AL	43	106	-18	0	0	0	11	-7	-0.9	3	-4	-0.9	.479	.494	-0.9	-0.0	-4	$	1
1969	28	MIN	AL	20	32	-4	-0	0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$55,000	1
1970	29	CLE	AL	45	49	-9	0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$55,000	1
1970	29	NYM	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1971	30	DET	AL	31	22	-6	-0	0	0	2	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$55,000	1
11 Seasons				406	759	-127	-2	3	0	85	-41	-5.1	22	-19	-4.9	.488	.498	-4.8	-0.3	-19	$347,500

CAL (6 yrs)				223	442	-72	-1	2	0	51	-21	-2.5	12	-9	-2.4	.489	.498	-2.4	-0.2	-9	$135,000
MIN (3 yrs)				104	246	-40	-1	1	0	26	-14	-1.9	7	-7	-1.8	.483	.496	-1.7	-0.1	-7	$102,500
NYM (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				45	49	-9	0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$55,000
DET (1 yr)				31	22	-6	-0	0	0	2	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$55,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1961	20	LAA	AL	5	5	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.000	.352	.000	.428	.000	.781	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1962	21	LAA	AL	75	69	1	0.4	100	.111	.062	.260	.103	.331	.062	.404	.164	.736	-54	.011	-14.1	-1.4	.113	.046	.000
1963	22	LAA	AL	89	75	3	1.1	90	.286	.150	.248	.171	.314	.163	.384	.333	.697	-3	.077	-10.8	-1.1	.221	.038	.013
1964	23	LAA	AL	100	90	1	0.3	87	.194	.079	.244	.109	.311	.079	.379	.187	.690	-44	.008	-16.6	-1.8	.122	.034	.000
1965	24	CAL	AL	85	73	2	0.7	89	.368	.093	.247	.150	.317	.107	.379	.257	.696	-24	.043	-12.2	-1.3	.191	.080	.013
1966	25	CAL	AL	88	82	0	0.0	87	.091	.026	.245	.075	.311	.026	.378	.101	.689	-69	.000	-16.5	-1.8	.081	.039	.000
1967	26	MIN	AL	108	97	1	0.3	91	.088	.033	.253	.119	.324	.033	.379	.151	.703	-55	.009	-18.7	-2.1	.133	.076	.000
1968	27	MIN	AL	106	97	1	0.3	84	.167	.054	.244	.093	.314	.054	.362	.147	.676	-56	.010	-18.1	-2.1	.102	.032	.000
1969	28	MIN	AL	32	28	1	1.0	98	.200	.042	.259	.148	.336	.042	.391	.190	.727	-45	.062	-4.9	-0.5	.174	.083	.000
1970	29	TOT	MLB	49	44	1	0.6	101	.273	.071	.262	.111	.337	.071	.401	.183	.738	-49	.027	-8.8	-0.9	.128	.048	.000
1970	29	CLE	AL	49	44	1	0.6	101	.273	.071	.262	.111	.337	.071	.401	.183	.738	-49	.027	-8.8	-0.9	.128	.048	.000
1971	30	DET	AL	22	22	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.334	.000	.387	.000	.720	-100	.000	-5.7	-0.6	.000	.000	.000
11 Yrs				759	682	11	0.4	91	.181	.066	.250	.113	.320	.069	.382	.183	.702	-46	.016	-128.0	-13.8	.131	.048	.003
162 Game Avg.				303	272	4	0.4	91	.181	.066	.250	.113	.320	.069	.382	.183	.702	-46	.016	-128.0	-13.8	.131	.048	.003

CAL (6 yrs)				442	394	7	0.5	91	.203	.082	.249	.120	.316	.087	.385	.208	.701	-39	.019	-71.8	-7.6	.142	.046	.005
MIN (3 yrs)				246	222	3	0.4	89	.130	.043	.250	.111	.321	.043	.373	.154	.694	-54	.014	-41.6	-4.7	.124	.057	.000
CLE (1 yr)				49	44	1	0.6	101	.273	.071	.262	.111	.337	.071	.401	.183	.738	-49	.027	-8.8	-0.9	.128	.048	.000
DET (1 yr)				22	22	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.334	.000	.387	.000	.720	-100	.000	-5.7	-0.6	.000	.000	.000

AL (11 yrs)				759	682	11	0.4	91	.181	.066	.250	.113	.320	.069	.382	.183	.702	-46	.017	-128.0	-13.8	.131	.048	.003

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1969	28	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1964	LAA	AL	23	as P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1967	MIN	AL	26	as P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)					1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	20	LAA	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5				60%
1962	21	LAA	AL	75	0.0%	38.7%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	9.67	2.2		65.0	1.71	48%
1963	22	LAA	AL	89	0.0%	42.7%	2.3%	1.1%	8%	19.00	2.1		26.7	2.08	47%
1964	23	LAA	AL	100	0.0%	53.0%	3.0%	0.0%	0%	17.67	1.7			8.00	36%
1965	24	CAL	AL	85	0.0%	65.9%	5.9%	1.2%	14%	11.20	1.3		15.0	3.25	22%
1966	25	CAL	AL	88	0.0%	61.4%	3.4%	0.0%	0%	18.00	1.4			3.43	25%
1967	26	MIN	AL	108	0.0%	53.7%	6.5%	0.0%	0%	8.29	1.6			6.60	31%
1968	27	MIN	AL	106	0.0%	59.4%	2.8%	0.0%	0%	21.00	1.5		31.0	7.75	28%
1969	28	MIN	AL	32	0.0%	59.4%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	9.50	1.3		24.0	6.00	16%
1970	29	TOT	MLB	49	0.0%	65.3%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	16.00	1.3		14.0	1.50	22%
1970	29	CLE	AL	49	0.0%	65.3%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	16.00	1.3		14.0	1.50	22%
1971	30	DET	AL	22	0.0%	72.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			1.33	23%
11 Yrs				759	0.0%	55.3%	4.0%	0.3%	5%	14.00	1.6		41.4	3.32	32%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.1%	8.4%	6.2%	28%	1.81	5.9	41.5	9.0	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1961	20	LAA	AL	-1.5	-0.2	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.84	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.77	-1.5	0
1962	21	LAA	AL	-14.1	-1.4	75	-1.6	0.1	-1.7	.98	-1.5	-0.1	-17.0	-1.7	1.01	-16.3	0
1963	22	LAA	AL	-10.8	-1.1	90	-0.8	0.8	-1.5	.95	-1.0	0.2	-9.1	-1.0	0.91	-10.2	0
1964	23	LAA	AL	-16.6	-1.8	101	-1.7	0.3	-2.0	.93	-1.8	-0.0	-16.5	-1.8	0.91	-17.5	0
1965	24	CAL	AL	-12.2	-1.3	87	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	.93	-1.3	0.0	-13.1	-1.4	1.03	-13.4	0
1966	25	CAL	AL	-16.5	-1.8	88	-1.8	0.2	-1.9	.98	-1.7	-0.1	-19.0	-2.1	1.01	-17.8	0
1967	26	MIN	AL	-18.6	-2.1	108	-1.4	0.3	-1.8	.78	-1.8	-0.0	-19.5	-2.1	0.99	-18.6	0
1968	27	MIN	AL	-18.2	-2.1	106	-1.6	0.5	-2.1	.94	-1.9	0.2	-18.1	-2.0	1.03	-18.1	0
1969	28	MIN	AL	-4.9	-0.5	32	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.85	-0.4	0.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.90	-4.1	0
1970	29	TOT	MLB	-8.8	-0.9	49	-0.7	0.3	-0.9	.99	-0.8	0.2	-8.2	-0.8	1.07	-8.8	0
1970	29	CLE	AL	-8.8	-0.9	49	-0.7	0.3	-0.9	.99	-0.8	0.2	-8.2	-0.8	1.07	-8.8	0
1970	29	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1971	30	DET	AL	-5.7	-0.6	22	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	.86	-0.5	-0.0	-4.6	-0.5	0.83	-5.4	0
11 Yrs				-128.0	-13.8	763	-11.3	3.3	-14.6	.92	-12.9	0.6	-128.0	-13.9	0.98	-131.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	20	LAA	AL	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	21	LAA	AL	0	14%	12	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	22	LAA	AL	3	36%	28	0	2	1	63%	5	2	2	1	1	2	0	2
1964	23	LAA	AL	0	30%	15	1	0	0	20%	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
1965	24	CAL	AL	1	25%	17	0	0	2	25%	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
1966	25	CAL	AL	0	17%	8	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	26	MIN	AL	1	17%	20	0	1	0	20%	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1968	27	MIN	AL	0	0%	12	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	MIN	AL	2	25%	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1970	29	TOT	MLB	1	20%	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	29	CLE	AL	1	20%	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	30	DET	AL	0		2	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				8	22%	117	1	4	4	31%	21	15	4	1	1	7	3	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	20	LAA	AL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	21	LAA	AL	75	33%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	58%	15	1	7%	21	2	10%	57	1	2%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
1963	22	LAA	AL	89	37%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	19	0	0%	20	4	20%	56	3	5%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1964	23	LAA	AL	100	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	100%	18	0	0%	20	4	20%	53	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1965	24	CAL	AL	85	32%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	13	0	0%	17	2	12%	63	5	8%	8	2	25%	3	0	0%	0
1966	25	CAL	AL	88	24%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	73%	22	0	0%	27	5	19%	65	0	0%	4	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1967	26	MIN	AL	108	20%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	17	1	6%	18	4	22%	73	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1968	27	MIN	AL	106	11%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	90%	23	0	0%	30	5	17%	77	3	4%	7	1	14%	8	2	25%	0
1969	28	MIN	AL	32	22%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	7	0	0%	4	2	50%	17	1	6%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1970	29	TOT	MLB	49	16%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	11	0	0%	10	4	40%	39	3	8%	6	3	50%	3	2	67%	0
1970	29	CLE	AL	49	16%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	11	0	0%	10	4	40%	39	3	8%	6	3	50%	3	2	67%	0
1971	30	DET	AL	22	18%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				759	25%	44			0	0	0	0		0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	78	61	78%	148	2	1%	171	32	19%	510	16	3%	38	7	18%	26	11	42%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1961	20	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1962	21	55	80	70	1	4	0	1	3	31	.057	.096	.057	.153	-57	4	1	0	7	0
1963	22	100	169	150	6	16	1	4	5	69	.107	.135	.113	.249	-29	17	1	0	14	0
1964	23	146	269	239	9	23	1	4	8	122	.096	.126	.100	.226	-35	24	1	0	22	0
1965	24	182	354	314	12	30	2	9	13	178	.096	.131	.102	.233	-32	32	1	0	27	0
1966	25	223	442	390	13	32	2	9	16	232	.082	.120	.087	.208	-39	34	1	1	35	0
1967	26	264	550	482	15	35	2	9	23	290	.073	.120	.077	.197	-42	37	2	3	42	0
1968	27	307	656	575	15	40	2	12	26	353	.070	.116	.073	.189	-44	42	2	4	51	0
1969	28	327	688	599	16	41	2	13	28	372	.068	.117	.072	.189	-44	43	2	5	56	0
1970	29	375	737	641	17	44	2	16	30	404	.069	.117	.072	.188	-45	46	2	5	60	1
1971	30	406	759	662	17	44	2	16	30	420	.066	.113	.069	.183	-46	46	2	5	61	1

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	20	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1962	21	50	75	65	0	0	0	0	3	29	.000	.044	.000	.044	0	50
1963	22	45	91	82	7	14	1	4	2	38	.171	.190	.183	.373	3	45
1964	23	46	100	89	4	8	0	0	3	53	.090	.120	.090	.209	1	46
1965	24	36	83	74	2	6	1	4	4	56	.081	.128	.095	.223	1	36
1966	25	41	88	76	0	0	0	0	3	54	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	41
1967	26	41	108	92	0	0	0	0	7	58	.000	.089	.000	.089	0	41
1968	27	43	112	96	0	8	0	7	5	63	.083	.146	.083	.229	1	43
1969	28	20	32	24	0	0	0	0	2	19	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	20
1970	29	48	49	42	0	0	0	0	2	32	.000	.044	.000	.044	0	48
1971	30	31	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
11 Yrs		406	765	666	13	36	2	15	31	420	.054	.104	.057	.161	6	406
162 Game Avg.		162	305	266	5	14	1	6	12	168	.054	.104	.057	.161	2	406

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1964 (P) 1967 (P)	Awards (yr lg award) 1964 ML Cy Young 1964 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1964 AL (5, 35%) 1967 AL (13, 7%) 0.42 Career Shares (501st)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1964 ML (1, 85%) 1 Cy Young 0.85 Career Shares (66th)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1964 AL 8.4 (1st)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1964 AL 8 (10th) 1968 AL 9 (8th)

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Dick Ellsworth (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Ellsworth (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Ellsworth (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Ellsworth (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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