Dean Chance
Wilmer Dean Chance
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 1, 1941 in Plain Twsp., OH
High School: Northwestern (Wayne, OH)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1961
Final Game: August 9, 1971
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 LAA AL 20 P 5 4 18.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.44 1.40 .957 2.06 0.82
1962 LAA AL 21 P 50 24 206.2 50 12 37 1 2 .980 2.13 0.98 .958 2.08 0.79 RoY-3
1963 LAA AL 22 P 45 35 248.0 67 15 46 6 2 .910 2.21 1.36 .957 1.99 0.79
1964 LAA AL 23 P 46 35 278.1 44 10 33 1 1 .977 1.39 0.93 .957 1.90 0.72 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965 CAL AL 24 P 36 33 225.2 64 14 49 1 6 .984 2.51 1.75 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 CAL AL 25 P 41 37 259.2 69 17 48 4 7 .942 2.25 1.59 .952 1.99 0.75
1967 MIN AL 26 P 41 39 283.2 73 15 51 7 6 .904 2.09 1.61 .959 1.96 0.74 AS,MVP-13
1968 MIN AL 27 P 43 39 292.0 77 15 57 5 3 .935 2.22 1.67 .958 1.89 0.73
1969 MIN AL 28 P 20 15 88.1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.22 0.60 .950 1.87 0.69
1970 TOT MLB 29 P 48 19 157.0 26 3 21 2 2 .923 1.38 0.50 .950 1.86 0.67
1970 CLE AL 29 P 45 19 155.0 25 3 20 2 2 .920 1.34 0.51 .952 1.86 0.67
1970 NYM NL 29 P 3 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.33 .900 1.80 0.70
1971 DET AL 30 P 31 14 89.2 28 6 16 6 0 .786 2.21 0.71 .964 1.98 0.77
11 Seasons P 406 294 2147.1 517 111 373 33 31 .936 2.03 1.19 .956 1.96 0.74
11 Seasons TOT 406 294 2147.1 517 111 373 33 31 .936 2.03 1.19 .892 1.96 0.74

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 LAA AL 20 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 21 50 24 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 22 45 35 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAA AL 23 46 35 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CAL AL 24 36 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CAL AL 25 41 37 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 26 41 39 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 MIN AL 27 43 39 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN AL 28 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 29 45 19 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYM NL 29 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 DET AL 30 31 14 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 406 294 406 406 406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1961 LAA AL 20 92 82% 18% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1962 LAA AL 21 870 77% 30% 39 95% 0 12 2 9 36 30 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 80%
1963 LAA AL 22 1085 75% 31% 58 81% 2 14 2 11 46 38 6 6 1 4 1 3 2 2 2 0 11 55%
1964 LAA AL 23 1115 74% 31% 40 88% 0 11 0 9 33 27 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1965 CAL AL 24 981 72% 28% 56 96% 0 14 1 11 54 44 6 1 0 1 0 1 6 5 6 0 7 100%
1966 CAL AL 25 1119 73% 29% 60 92% 0 16 2 8 54 42 8 4 0 2 2 0 7 6 7 0 10 100%
1967 MIN AL 26 1203 75% 30% 58 90% 1 15 1 11 54 39 6 7 0 5 2 5 6 4 5 1 6 83%
1968 MIN AL 27 1205 75% 31% 64 91% 1 14 0 12 57 46 4 5 0 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 10 90%
1969 MIN AL 28 388 77% 29% 8 100% 0 3 0 3 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1970 CLE AL 29 720 76% 30% 23 87% 0 5 0 3 20 16 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1970 NYM NL 29 11 82% 18% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 DET AL 30 432 73% 29% 19 84% 0 6 0 5 17 11 2 6 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 50%
11 Seasons 9221 75% 30% 431 90% 4 111 8 83 387 303 44 33 1 20 12 15 32 27 31 1 62 82%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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