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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1961 20 LAA AL 0 2 .000 6.87 5 4 1 0 0 0 18.1 33 15 14 0 5 1 11 1 0 1 88 66 2.073 16.2 0.0 2.5 5.4 2.20
1962 21 LAA AL 14 10 .583 2.96 50 24 16 6 2 8 206.2 195 83 68 14 66 5 127 5 0 2 864 130 1.263 8.5 0.6 2.9 5.5 1.92 RoY-3
1963 22 LAA AL 13 18 .419 3.19 45 35 4 6 2 3 248.0 229 109 88 10 90 7 168 10 1 7 1058 107 1.286 8.3 0.4 3.3 6.1 1.87
1964 23 LAA AL 20 9 .690 1.65 46 35 7 15 11 4 278.1 194 56 51 7 86 9 207 2 0 9 1093 198 1.006 6.3 0.2 2.8 6.7 2.41 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965 24 CAL AL 15 10 .600 3.15 36 33 2 10 4 0 225.2 197 86 79 12 101 10 164 9 3 6 950 108 1.321 7.9 0.5 4.0 6.5 1.62
1966 25 CAL AL 12 17 .414 3.08 41 37 2 11 2 1 259.2 206 113 89 18 114 9 180 7 0 8 1067 108 1.232 7.1 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.58
1967 26 MIN AL 20 14 .588 2.73 41 39 2 18 5 1 283.2 244 109 86 17 68 7 220 7 2 9 1161 127 1.100 7.7 0.5 2.2 7.0 3.24 AS,MVP-13
1968 27 MIN AL 16 16 .500 2.53 43 39 3 15 6 1 292.0 224 96 82 15 63 8 234 10 1 12 1161 124 0.983 6.9 0.5 1.9 7.2 3.71
1969 28 MIN AL 5 4 .556 2.95 20 15 3 1 0 0 88.1 76 39 29 6 35 3 50 4 0 4 371 125 1.257 7.7 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.43
1970 29 TOT MLB 9 9 .500 4.36 48 19 16 1 1 5 157.0 175 83 76 18 61 12 109 6 1 8 688 90 1.503 10.0 1.0 3.5 6.2 1.79
1970 29 CLE AL 9 8 .529 4.24 45 19 14 1 1 4 155.0 172 80 73 18 59 11 109 6 1 7 678 92 1.490 10.0 1.0 3.4 6.3 1.85
1970 29 NYM NL 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10 30 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1971 30 DET AL 4 6 .400 3.51 31 14 5 0 0 0 89.2 91 43 35 5 50 4 64 4 1 4 405 104 1.572 9.1 0.5 5.0 6.4 1.28
11 Seasons 128 115 .527 2.92 406 294 61 83 33 23 2147.1 1864 832 697 122 739 75 1534 65 9 70 8906 118 1.212 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .527 2.92 39 29 6 8 3 2 209 181 81 68 12 72 7 149 6 1 7 865 118 1.212 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08
CAL (6 yrs) 74 66 .529 2.83 223 168 32 48 21 16 1236.2 1054 462 389 61 462 41 857 34 4 33 5120 122 1.226 7.7 0.4 3.4 6.2 1.86
MIN (3 yrs) 41 34 .547 2.67 104 93 8 34 11 2 664.0 544 244 197 38 166 18 504 21 3 25 2693 125 1.069 7.4 0.5 2.3 6.8 3.04
NYM (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10 30 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
CLE (1 yr) 9 8 .529 4.24 45 19 14 1 1 4 155.0 172 80 73 18 59 11 109 6 1 7 678 92 1.490 10.0 1.0 3.4 6.3 1.85
DET (1 yr) 4 6 .400 3.51 31 14 5 0 0 0 89.2 91 43 35 5 50 4 64 4 1 4 405 104 1.572 9.1 0.5 5.0 6.4 1.28
AL (11 yrs) 128 114 .529 2.91 403 294 59 83 33 22 2145.1 1861 829 694 122 737 74 1534 65 9 69 8896 119 1.211 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10 30 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1969 28 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 9.0
1 ALCS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 9.0

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1964 LAA AL 23 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1967 MIN AL 26 1 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 0 0 1.50 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.667 6.0 1.5 0.0 4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 20 LAA AL 5 88 80 15 33 5 0 0 1 1 5 11 .413 .443 .475 .918 .465 38 1 1 0 2 1
1962 21 LAA AL 50 865 779 83 195 35 3 14 3 4 66 127 .250 .311 .357 .668 .281 278 24 5 10 5 5
1963 22 LAA AL 45 1061 945 109 229 37 6 10 13 5 90 168 .242 .314 .326 .640 .284 308 21 10 13 3 7
1964 23 LAA AL 46 1093 994 56 194 20 4 7 8 4 86 207 .195 .260 .244 .505 .239 243 31 2 9 2 9
1965 24 CAL AL 36 950 826 86 197 28 5 12 12 4 101 164 .238 .327 .328 .655 .283 271 28 9 10 4 10
1966 25 CAL AL 41 1068 929 113 206 23 7 18 27 11 114 180 .222 .310 .320 .629 .255 297 35 7 12 6 9
1967 26 MIN AL 41 1161 1067 109 244 25 7 17 22 5 68 220 .229 .278 .313 .591 .271 334 23 7 12 7 7
1968 27 MIN AL 43 1161 1064 96 224 23 6 15 23 2 63 234 .211 .260 .286 .545 .254 304 18 10 17 7 8
1969 28 MIN AL 20 371 326 39 76 10 1 6 12 1 35 50 .233 .314 .325 .639 .258 106 10 4 5 1 3
1970 29 TOT MLB 48 688 605 83 175 28 1 18 19 8 61 109 .289 .359 .428 .787 .326 259 21 6 13 3 12
1970 29 CLE AL 45 678 599 80 172 28 0 18 19 8 59 109 .287 .355 .424 .779 .324 254 20 6 11 3 11
1970 29 NYM NL 3 10 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .625 .833 1.458 .500 5 1 0 2 0 1
1971 30 DET AL 31 405 344 43 91 15 2 5 13 4 50 64 .265 .363 .363 .726 .310 125 7 4 5 2 4
11 Seasons 406 8911 7959 832 1864 249 42 122 153 49 739 1534 .234 .303 .322 .625 .275 2563 219 65 106 42 75
162 Game Avg. 39 866 773 81 181 24 4 12 15 5 72 149 .234 .303 .322 .625 .275 249 21 6 10 4 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 20 LAA AL 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 2 50% 36 45 25 4 4 1 2 3.5 3.4 4.1
1962 21 LAA AL 50 24 9 8 7 3 3 12 12 .500 3 3 6 2 13 54% 55 92 24 21 6 14 1 4.5 4.3 6.5
1963 22 LAA AL 45 35 11 17 7 1 9 15 20 .429 1 3 6 2 22 63% 53 92 29 40 13 25 6 3.4 3.4 6.5
1964 23 LAA AL 46 35 18 8 9 1 7 21 14 .600 2 3 15 11 27 77% 67 116 32 24 7 28 2 2.9 2.9 7.4
1965 24 CAL AL 36 33 15 8 10 2 3 19 14 .576 5 1 10 4 20 61% 56 91 13 24 12 19 4 4.1 4.2 6.8
1966 25 CAL AL 41 37 12 15 10 0 6 16 21 .432 0 5 11 2 25 68% 57 87 19 16 5 23 6 3.9 3.3 6.7
1967 26 MIN AL 41 39 20 14 5 1 4 24 15 .615 3 5 18 5 26 67% 60 87 28 24 14 25 4 4.4 4.0 7.2
1968 27 MIN AL 43 39 16 16 7 1 9 19 20 .487 1 6 15 6 29 74% 62 91 26 10 5 26 5 3.4 3.5 7.3
1969 28 MIN AL 20 15 4 4 7 0 1 8 7 .533 2 4 1 0 8 53% 52 78 29 11 4 7 6 4.6 5.0 5.2
1970 29 TOT MLB 48 19 5 7 7 2 2 7 12 .368 0 3 1 1 10 53% 81 18 13 2 7 4 4.3 4.9 5.9
1970 29 CLE AL 45 19 5 7 7 2 2 7 12 .368 0 3 1 1 10 53% 49 81 18 12 1 7 4 4.3 4.9 5.9
1971 30 DET AL 31 14 1 6 7 0 2 6 8 .429 1 3 0 0 4 29% 48 75 32 21 5 8 4 3.0 1.9 4.3
11 Seasons 403 294 111 105 78 11 47 148 146 .503 19 37 83 33 186 63% 57 116 13 207 76 183 44 3.8 3.7 6.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 20 LAA AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1.174 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1962 21 LAA AL 50 26 16 5 2 10 8 2 80% 10 0 28 13 46% 9 1.268 16 7 3 11 7 8 17 9 14 6 14 4 5.7
1963 22 LAA AL 45 10 4 2 1 3 3 0 100% 3 0 4 1 25% 6 1.080 2 6 2 4 2 4 3 7 7 1 7 3 5.7
1964 23 LAA AL 46 11 7 2 1 6 4 2 67% 8 1 16 4 25% 8 1.184 7 2 2 10 0 1 8 3 6 2 7 1 5.7
1965 24 CAL AL 36 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 9 1.194 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 2.7
1966 25 CAL AL 41 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 6 1.110 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 4 1 8.3
1967 26 MIN AL 41 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 8 1.042 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1968 27 MIN AL 43 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 1.104 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 2 1 2 0 4.8
1969 28 MIN AL 20 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 1.036 2 1 2 0 2 3 3 2 4 1 4 1 6.2
1970 29 TOT MLB 48 29 16 4 2 5 5 0 100% 10 5 22 5 23% 1.140 12 10 7 11 5 13 11 18 12 10 12 6 4.7
1970 29 CLE AL 45 26 14 4 1 4 4 0 100% 9 5 21 4 19% 9 1.116 10 9 7 10 4 12 10 16 12 8 12 6 5.0
1970 29 NYM NL 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 7 2.765 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2.0
1971 30 DET AL 31 17 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 8 40% 6 1.011 4 6 7 2 1 14 10 7 10 6 11 4 5.1
11 Seasons 406 112 61 17 10 28 23 5 82% 36 7 104 37 36% 1.125 52 34 26 42 22 48 58 54 61 30 63 20 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1961 20 LAA AL 88 30% 0.0% 12.5% 5.7% 5.7% 15% 0.77 81% 27 1 4%
1962 21 LAA AL 865 42% 1.6% 14.7% 7.6% 6.0% 27% 1.34 74% 175 24 14%
1963 22 LAA AL 1061 43% 0.9% 15.8% 8.5% 5.0% 23% 1.57 73% 191 21 11%
1964 23 LAA AL 1093 47% 0.6% 18.9% 7.9% 2.8% 16% 1.50 72% 213 31 15%
1965 24 CAL AL 950 51% 1.3% 17.3% 10.6% 4.7% 23% 1.51 69% 188 28 15%
1966 25 CAL AL 1068 47% 1.7% 16.9% 10.7% 4.5% 23% 1.58 69% 199 35 18%
1967 26 MIN AL 1161 46% 1.5% 19.0% 5.9% 4.2% 20% 1.50 72% 211 23 11%
1968 27 MIN AL 1161 48% 1.3% 20.2% 5.4% 3.8% 20% 1.70 71% 199 18 9%
1969 28 MIN AL 371 41% 1.6% 13.5% 9.4% 4.6% 22% 1.33 73% 69 10 14%
1970 29 TOT MLB 688 39% 2.6% 15.8% 8.9% 6.8% 27% 2.12 70% 142 21 15%
1970 29 CLE AL 678 40% 2.7% 16.1% 8.7% 6.8% 27% 2.09 70% 138 20 14%
1970 29 NYM NL 10 20% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 33% 5.00 60% 4 1 25%
1971 30 DET AL 405 39% 1.2% 15.8% 12.4% 5.4% 24% 1.79 68% 80 7 9%
11 Seasons 8911 45% 1.4% 17.2% 8.3% 4.6% 22% 1.56 71% 1694 219 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1961 20 LAA AL 88 33 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 9 1 69% 2 1 0 43 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1962 21 LAA AL 859 195 14 1 19 6 8 6 8 38 22 5 58% 14 2 0 339 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 6
1963 22 LAA AL 1057 229 10 1 22 4 6 2 8 54 25 5 46% 20 7 4 409 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 4
1964 23 LAA AL 1093 194 7 0 14 4 3 3 4 32 15 5 47% 16 9 1 390 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1965 24 CAL AL 947 197 12 0 20 6 6 4 8 39 20 6 51% 12 6 7 346 12 4 75% 11 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 3
1966 25 CAL AL 1068 206 18 0 19 9 9 3 15 56 31 10 55% 18 8 4 376 27 11 71% 25 10 2 1 0 0 2 0 27 0
1967 26 MIN AL 1161 244 17 0 15 9 8 11 6 55 29 11 53% 23 9 1 399 22 5 81% 19 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 25 0
1968 27 MIN AL 1161 224 15 1 14 5 10 8 7 57 31 12 54% 16 12 2 390 23 2 92% 22 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 30 0
1969 28 MIN AL 371 76 6 0 5 3 3 2 4 28 13 3 46% 8 4 0 140 12 1 92% 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1970 29 TOT MLB 688 175 18 0 27 9 9 14 4 45 17 8 38% 11 8 1 269 19 8 70% 18 4 1 3 0 1 2 0 20 0
1970 29 CLE AL 678 172 18 0 27 9 9 14 4 44 16 8 36% 11 7 1 263 19 8 70% 18 4 1 3 0 1 2 0 19 0
1970 29 NYM NL 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 30 DET AL 405 91 5 0 14 2 3 1 4 24 12 3 50% 4 4 1 169 13 4 76% 13 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
11 Seasons 8898 1864 122 3 171 57 65 54 68 441 224 69 51% 144 70 21 3270 153 49 76% 142 43 9 5 2 1 22 0 185 13
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Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1961 20 0 2 .000 6.87 5 4 1 0 0 0 18.1 33 15 14 0 5 1 11 1 0 1 88 66 2.073 16.2 0.0 2.5 5.4 2.20 66
1962 21 14 12 .538 3.28 55 28 17 6 2 8 225.0 228 98 82 14 71 6 138 6 0 3 952 119 1.329 9.1 0.6 2.8 5.5 1.94 119
1963 22 27 30 .474 3.23 100 63 21 12 4 11 473.0 457 207 170 24 161 13 306 16 1 10 2010 113 1.307 8.7 0.5 3.1 5.8 1.90 113
1964 23 47 39 .547 2.65 146 98 28 27 15 15 751.1 651 263 221 31 247 22 513 18 1 19 3103 132 1.195 7.8 0.4 3.0 6.1 2.08 132
1965 24 62 49 .559 2.76 182 131 30 37 19 15 977.0 848 349 300 43 348 32 677 27 4 25 4053 126 1.224 7.8 0.4 3.2 6.2 1.95 126
1966 25 74 66 .529 2.83 223 168 32 48 21 16 1236.2 1054 462 389 61 462 41 857 34 4 33 5120 122 1.226 7.7 0.4 3.4 6.2 1.86 122
1967 26 94 80 .540 2.81 264 207 34 66 26 17 1520.1 1298 571 475 78 530 48 1077 41 6 42 6281 123 1.202 7.7 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.03 123
1968 27 110 96 .534 2.77 307 246 37 81 32 18 1812.1 1522 667 557 93 593 56 1311 51 7 54 7442 123 1.167 7.6 0.5 2.9 6.5 2.21 123
1969 28 115 100 .535 2.77 327 261 40 82 32 18 1900.2 1598 706 586 99 628 59 1361 55 7 58 7813 123 1.171 7.6 0.5 3.0 6.4 2.17 123
1970 29 124 109 .532 2.90 375 280 56 83 33 23 2057.2 1773 789 662 117 689 71 1470 61 8 66 8501 119 1.197 7.8 0.5 3.0 6.4 2.13 119
1971 30 128 115 .527 2.92 406 294 61 83 33 23 2147.1 1864 832 697 122 739 75 1534 65 9 70 8906 118 1.212 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08 118

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1961 20 1 1 .500 6.00 18.0 29 13 12 0 4 11 1 1.833 14.5 2.0 5.5 2.75 0.0 5
1962 21 13 9 .591 3.18 198.0 198 78 70 14 67 122 5 1.338 9.0 3.0 5.5 1.82 0.6 50
1963 22 13 13 .500 3.87 235.0 245 112 101 11 96 159 11 1.451 9.4 3.7 6.1 1.66 0.4 45
1964 23 22 6 .786 2.11 260.0 211 68 61 8 94 193 2 1.173 7.3 3.3 6.7 2.05 0.3 46
1965 24 12 11 .522 3.94 208.0 209 101 91 13 107 151 10 1.519 9.0 4.6 6.5 1.41 0.6 36
1966 25 13 13 .500 3.95 239.0 224 117 105 20 124 166 8 1.456 8.4 4.7 6.3 1.34 0.8 41
1967 26 18 12 .600 3.15 274.0 260 107 96 18 72 212 7 1.212 8.5 2.4 7.0 2.94 0.6 41
1968 27 18 12 .600 3.33 276.0 251 113 102 17 71 221 11 1.167 8.2 2.3 7.2 3.11 0.6 43
1969 28 5 4 .556 3.32 84.0 79 34 31 6 36 48 4 1.369 8.5 3.9 5.1 1.33 0.6 20
1970 29 7 9 .438 4.68 148.0 176 86 77 18 61 103 6 1.601 10.7 3.7 6.3 1.69 1.1 48
1971 30 5 4 .556 3.98 86.0 95 42 38 5 52 61 4 1.709 9.9 5.4 6.4 1.17 0.5 31
11 Seasons 127 94 .575 3.48 2026.0 1977 871 784 130 784 1447 69 1.363 8.8 6.4 1.85 0.6 406

* 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.

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 (482nd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1964-ML--1--85%
1 Cy Young
0.85 Career Shares (62nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1962 AL--2.961--4th
1964 AL--1.649--1st
1967 AL--2.729--9th
Career--2.921--145th

Wins s c a p y
1964 AL--20--1st
1965 AL--15--8th
1967 AL--20--3rd
1968 AL--16--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1964 AL--.690--5th
1967 AL--.588--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 AL--1.006--2nd
1967 AL--1.100--8th
1968 AL--.983--4th
Career--1.212--157th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL--6.273--2nd
1966 AL--7.140--5th
1968 AL--6.904--7th
Career--7.813--69th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL--2.158--6th
1968 AL--1.942--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL--7.212--7th
Career--6.429--153rd

Saves s c a p y
1962 AL--8--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1963 AL--248.0--10th
1964 AL--278.3--1st
1965 AL--225.7--10th
1966 AL--259.7--4th
1967 AL--283.7--1st
1968 AL--292.0--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 AL--168--10th
1964 AL--207--3rd
1965 AL--164--6th
1966 AL--180--7th
1967 AL--220--3rd
1968 AL--234--4th
Career--1534--155th

Games Started s c a p y
1963 AL--35--6th
1964 AL--35--8th
1966 AL--37--3rd
1967 AL--39--1st
1968 AL--39--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 AL--15--1st
1965 AL--10--5th
1966 AL--11--5th
1967 AL--18--1st
1968 AL--15--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 AL--11--1st
1965 AL--4--2nd
1967 AL--5--6th
1968 AL--6--2nd
Career--33--87th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL--90--4th
1964 AL--86--7th
1965 AL--101--4th
1966 AL--114--1st

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--229--9th
1965 AL--197--10th
1966 AL--206--7th
1967 AL--244--2nd
1968 AL--224--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 AL--2.407--10th
1967 AL--3.235--4th
1968 AL--3.714--3rd
Career--2.076--223rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL--.610--4th
1963 AL--.363--3rd
1964 AL--.226--1st
1965 AL--.479--3rd
1966 AL--.624--7th
1967 AL--.539--5th
1968 AL--.462--6th

Losses s c a p y
1963 AL--18--3rd
1966 AL--17--2nd
1967 AL--14--10th
1968 AL--16--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1966 AL--89--10th
1967 AL--86--9th
1968 AL--82--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1963 AL--7--9th
1964 AL--9--9th
1967 AL--9--10th
1968 AL--12--4th
Career--70--228th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL--10--2nd
1965 AL--9--4th
1966 AL--7--3rd
1967 AL--7--8th
1968 AL--10--6th
Career--65--198th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1963 AL--1058--5th
1964 AL--1093--3rd
1965 AL--950--9th
1966 AL--1067--3rd
1967 AL--1161--1st
1968 AL--1161--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1962 AL--130--4th
1964 AL--198--1st
1967 AL--127--6th
1968 AL--124--8th
Career--118--137th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 108 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 57 (217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Wilmer Dean Chance

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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