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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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Twins/Indians/Tigers/Mets 1961-1971

Final Game: August 9, 1971 (Age 30)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #203. Jon Matlack… #204. Freddy Garcia… #205. Howard Ehmke… #206. DEAN CHANCE… #207. John Hiller… #208. Orval Overall… #209. Art Nehf… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 200 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 6 950 107 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 128 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 4 371 126 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 35 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 4 405 103 1.572 9.1 0.5 5.0 6.4 1.28
11 Yrs 128 115 .527 2.92 406 294 61 83 33 23 2147.1 1864 832 697 122 739 75 1534 65 9 70 8906 119 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 7 865 119 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 126 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 35 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 4 405 103 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 35 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1961 20 LAA AL 18.1 5 4 15 7.36 4.68 0.10 0.05 113.0 5.24 -4 -0.4 .2 0.0 -0.2 -3 .419 .497
1962 21 LAA AL 206.2 50 24 83 3.61 4.49 -0.02 0.01 97.4 4.41 21 2.3 1.9 0.1 4.1 35 .546 .514 RoY-3
1963 22 LAA AL 248.0 45 35 109 3.96 4.16 0.14 0.05 94.4 3.84 -0 -0.0 1.2 -0.2 1.9 15 .499 .500 $18,000
1964 23 LAA AL 278.1 46 35 56 1.81 4.12 0.31 0.06 90.3 3.49 56 7.0 1.9 0.0 9.3 73 .651 .543 $25,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965 24 CAL AL 225.2 36 33 86 3.43 4.02 0.16 0.07 98.9 3.89 12 1.4 3.0 -0.1 3.2 28 .539 .509 $47,000
1966 25 CAL AL 259.2 41 37 113 3.92 3.89 0.03 0.06 96.8 3.80 0 0.0 2.1 -0.1 2.2 16 .501 .500 $45,000
1967 26 MIN AL 283.2 41 39 109 3.46 3.70 -0.17 0.07 105.9 4.17 27 3.4 4.3 -0.1 5.8 43 .583 .521 $47,500 AS,MVP-13
1968 27 MIN AL 292.0 43 39 96 2.96 3.43 -0.04 0.05 104.6 3.68 27 3.6 .8 -0.2 6.1 44 .584 .522
1969 28 MIN AL 88.1 20 15 39 3.97 4.16 0.11 0.04 102.6 4.20 3 0.3 1.8 -0.0 1.1 10 .515 .502 $55,000
1970 29 CLE AL 155.0 45 19 80 4.65 4.25 0.05 0.00 105.6 4.43 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 1.0 10 .494 .498 $55,000
1970 29 NYM NL 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 4.20 0.36 -0.18 96.8 3.55 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .427 .499
1971 30 DET AL 89.2 31 14 43 4.32 4.05 -0.05 -0.01 103.5 4.22 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.7 6 .496 .499 $55,000
11 Seasons 2147.1 406 294 832 3.49 3.99 0.05 0.05 99.5 3.96 135 16.9 1.6 -0.9 34.9 276 .542 .509 $347,500
CAL (6 yrs) 1236.2 223 168 462 3.36 4.13 0.13 0.05 95.6 3.88 85 10.2 1.8 -0.2 20.5 165 .546 .511 $135,000
MIN (3 yrs) 664.0 104 93 244 3.31 3.64 -0.08 0.06 104.9 3.96 56 7.3 1.9 -0.3 13.0 97 .570 .515 $102,500
NYM (1 yr) 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 4.20 0.36 -0.18 96.8 3.55 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .427 .499
CLE (1 yr) 155.0 45 19 80 4.65 4.25 0.05 0.00 105.6 4.43 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 1.0 10 .494 .498 $55,000
DET (1 yr) 89.2 31 14 43 4.32 4.05 -0.05 -0.01 103.5 4.22 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.7 6 .496 .499 $55,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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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
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 (v2.2): 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 -1 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 -3 -0.6 .488 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -3 1 RoY-3
1963 22 LAA AL 45 89 -9 -0 0 0 10 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.1 4 $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 3 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 3 -5 -0.9 .478 .494 -0.9 -0.1 -5 $45,000 1
1967 26 MIN AL 41 108 -18 -1 0 0 12 -6 -0.8 4 -3 -0.8 .481 .495 -0.8 -0.1 -3 $47,500 1 AS,MVP-13
1968 27 MIN AL 43 106 -18 0 0 0 11 -7 -0.9 4 -3 -0.9 .479 .494 -0.9 -0.1 -3 1
1969 28 MIN AL 20 32 -4 -0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 1 -0.0 .499 .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 -5.0 24 -16 -5.0 .488 .498 -4.8 -0.3 -16 $347,500
CAL (6 yrs) 223 442 -73 -1 2 0 51 -21 -2.5 14 -7 -2.5 .489 .498 -2.4 -0.2 -7 $135,000
MIN (3 yrs) 104 246 -40 -1 1 0 26 -14 -1.8 8 -6 -1.8 .484 .496 -1.7 -0.1 -5 $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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1961 LAA AL 20 P 5 4 0 18.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.44 1.40 .954 2.06 2.02 1 1 50% 36% 2
1962 LAA AL 21 P 50 24 6 206.2 50 12 37 1 2 .980 2.13 0.98 .958 2.08 2.07 3 4 57% 36% 2 RoY-3
1963 LAA AL 22 P 45 35 6 248.0 67 15 46 6 2 .910 2.21 1.36 .955 1.99 2.00 13 5 28% 33% 0
1964 LAA AL 23 P 46 35 15 278.1 44 10 33 1 1 .977 1.39 0.93 .957 1.90 1.89 8 4 33% 37% 0 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965 CAL AL 24 P 36 33 10 225.2 64 14 49 1 6 .984 2.51 1.75 .951 2.04 2.03 12 4 25% 34% 1
1966 CAL AL 25 P 41 37 11 259.2 69 17 48 4 7 .942 2.25 1.59 .952 1.99 1.98 27 11 29% 38% 1
1967 MIN AL 26 P 41 39 18 283.2 73 15 51 7 6 .904 2.09 1.61 .957 1.96 1.96 22 5 19% 41% 2 AS,MVP-13
1968 MIN AL 27 P 43 39 15 292.0 77 15 57 5 3 .935 2.22 1.67 .957 1.89 1.88 23 2 8% 37% 0
1969 MIN AL 28 P 20 15 1 88.1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.22 0.60 .951 1.87 1.88 12 1 8% 36% 0
1970 TOT MLB 29 P 48 19 1 157.0 26 3 21 2 2 .923 1.38 0.50 .951 1.86 1.85 19 8 30% 39% 1
1970 CLE AL 29 P 45 19 1 155.0 25 3 20 2 2 .920 1.34 0.51 .951 1.86 1.85 19 8 30% 39% 1
1970 NYM NL 29 P 3 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.33 .950 1.80 1.83 0 0 0
1971 DET AL 30 P 31 14 0 89.2 28 6 16 6 0 .786 2.21 0.71 .958 1.98 1.97 13 4 24% 39% 0
11 Seasons P 406 294 83 2147.1 517 111 373 33 31 .936 2.03 1.19 .955 1.96 1.95 153 49 24% 37% 9
11 Seasons TOT 406 294 83 2147.1 517 111 373 33 31 .936 2.03 1.19 .955 1.96 1.95 153 49 24% 37% 9
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 pitching_title
1964 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (5, 35%)
1967 AL (13, 7%)
0.42 Career Shares (508th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 ML (1, 85%)
1 Cy Young
0.85 Career Shares (69th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1964 AL  8.6 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1962 AL  4.1 (9th)
1964 AL  9.3 (1st)
1967 AL  5.8 (2nd)
1968 AL  6.1 (4th)
Career  34.9 (211th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1962 AL  2.96 (4th)
1964 AL  1.65 (1st)
1967 AL  2.73 (9th)
Career  2.92 (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 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 AL  1.006 (2nd)
1967 AL  1.100 (8th)
1968 AL  0.983 (4th)
Career  1.212 (163rd)

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 (176th)

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  1,534 (174th)

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 (249th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  0.610 (4th)
1963 AL  0.363 (3rd)
1964 AL  0.226 (1st)
1965 AL  0.479 (3rd)
1966 AL  0.624 (7th)
1967 AL  0.539 (5th)
1968 AL  0.462 (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)

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 (238th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1963 AL  1,058 (5th)
1964 AL  1,093 (3rd)
1965 AL  950 (9th)
1966 AL  1,067 (3rd)
1967 AL  1,161 (1st)
1968 AL  1,161 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1962 AL  130 (4th)
1964 AL  200 (1st)
1967 AL  128 (5th)
1968 AL  124 (8th)
Career  119 (138th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  57 (1st)
1967 AL  18 (4th)
1968 AL  18 (8th)
Career  116 (194th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1964 AL  6.5 (1st)
1967 AL  2.1 (4th)
1968 AL  2.1 (8th)
Career  13.2 (174th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1964 AL  65.10 (1st)
1967 AL  18.09 (4th)
1968 AL  19.12 (10th)
Career  111.87 (125th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1964 AL  8.4 (1st)
1967 AL  2.7 (4th)
Career  10.7 (164th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1964 AL  6.2 (1st)
1967 AL  2.2 (5th)
1968 AL  3.5 (4th)
Career  13.4 (91st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1964 AL  8.0 (1st)
1967 AL  2.0 (6th)
Career  13.3 (109th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 AL  8 (10th)
1968 AL  9 (8th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1963 AL  46 (3rd)
1966 AL  48 (5th)
1967 AL  51 (4th)
1968 AL  57 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1963 AL  6 (1st)
1966 AL  4 (4th)
1967 AL  7 (1st)
1968 AL  5 (1st)
1971 AL  6 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1965 AL  1.75 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1965 AL  .984 (3rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (97), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 108 (194), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 57 (228), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (270th), 29.8 career WAR/28.4 7yr-peak WAR/29.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Andy Messersmith (948)
  2. Sonny Siebert (947)
  3. Lefty Tyler (934)
  4. Larry Dierker (933)
  5. Johnny Antonelli (932)
  6. Joaquin Andujar (931)
  7. Ray Caldwell (931)
  8. Gary Peters (931)
  9. Cy Falkenberg (931)
  10. Al Downing (925)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Gary Bell (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Kahler (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmy Dygert (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmy Dygert (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pol Perritt (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Van Mungo (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Dierker (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Sutton (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mel Stottlemyre (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Larry Dierker (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Al Leiter (960)
  2. Dick Ellsworth (960)
  3. Bob Buhl (956)
  4. John Burkett (949)
  5. Aaron Harang (943)
  6. Al Benton (939)
  7. Sandy Koufax (937) *
  8. Bill Monbouquette (933)
  9. Ryan Dempster (928)
  10. Preacher Roe (920)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dick Ellsworth (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Ellsworth (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Ellsworth (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Ellsworth (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196322Los Angeles Angels$18,0003/13/65 TSN
196423Los Angeles Angels$25,0003/13/65 TSN
196524California Angels$47,0003/13/65 TSN2/27/65 TSN: $41,000
196625California Angels$45,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database1/22/66 TSN: $47,500
196726Minnesota Twins$47,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196928Minnesota Twins$55,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197029Cleveland Indians$55,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197130Detroit Tigers$55,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$347,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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