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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
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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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 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
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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 -54 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 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 Seasons 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 LAA AL 20 P 5 4 18.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.44 1.40 .957 2.06 0.82
1962 LAA AL 21 P 50 24 206.2 50 12 37 1 2 .980 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.21 1.36 .957 1.99 0.79
1964 LAA AL 23 P 46 35 278.1 44 10 33 1 1 .977 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.51 1.75 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 CAL AL 25 P 41 37 259.2 69 17 48 4 7 .942 0.0 0.0 2.25 1.59 .952 1.99 0.75
1967 MIN AL 26 P 41 39 283.2 73 15 51 7 6 .904 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.22 0.60 .950 1.87 0.69
1970 TOT 29 P 48 19 157.0 26 3 21 2 2 .923 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.50 .950 1.86 0.67
1970 CLE AL 29 P 45 19 155.0 25 3 20 2 2 .920 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 4.50 0.33 .900 1.80 0.70
1971 DET AL 30 P 31 14 89.2 28 6 16 6 0 .786 0.0 0.0 2.21 0.71 .964 1.98 0.77
11 Seasons P 406 294 2147.1 517 111 373 33 31 .936 0.0 0.0 2.03 1.19 .956 1.96 0.74
11 Seasons TOT 406 294 2147.1 517 111 373 33 31 .936 0.0 0.0 2.03 1.19 .892 1.96 0.74

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 (61st)

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--155th

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--68th

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--147th

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--154th

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--217th

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--225th

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--188th

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

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (89), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 105 (197), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 57 (216), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (231), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1960 expansion draft.

December 2, 1966: Traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later, Pete Cimino, Jimmie Hall and Don Mincher. The California Angels sent Jackie Hernandez (April 10, 1967) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

December 10, 1969: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Bob Miller, Graig Nettles and Ted Uhlaender to the Cleveland Indians for Luis Tiant and Stan Williams.

September 18, 1970: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Cleveland Indians.

March 30, 1971: Traded by the New York Mets with Bill Denehy to the Detroit Tigers for Jerry Robertson.

October 6, 1971: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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