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Dean Chance
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Birthdate: 6/1/1941    
Height / Weight: 6' 3" / 200 lbs. Place of Birth: Plain Twsp., OH, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

One of the most colorful mound stars in baseball history, the easy-going Dean Chance burst into the major leagues at age 20 with the Los Angeles Angels in 1961, after compiling a mind-boggling 51-1 record with 12 no-hitters in high school ball. He went 14-10, with a 2.96 ERA in his first full major league season (1962). After going 13-8 with a 3.19 ERA the next season, Dean Chance was 20-9, with a stingy 1.65, completed 15-of-35 starts, tossed a resounding 11 shutouts, threw two no-hitters in August, and was honored by winning the Cy Young Award - during the period when the award was still given to one pitcher for both leagues.

He was traded upon his request to the Minnesota Twins in 1967, saying he wanted to pitch on a winning team. There he used his blazing fastball to win 20 games in his first season there - 20-14, 2.73 ERA, 18 complete games and 5 shutouts. After posting a 16-16 WL, with a 2.53 ERA, and 5 shutouts, he held out for more money and missed most of the 1969 spring training, hurt his arm early in the season and was never able to be a big winner again. Dean Chance tossed 33 career shutouts


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1961 LAA (AL) 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 18.1 33 15 14 0 5 1 11 1 1 0 6.87
1962 LAA (AL) 50 24 14 10 8 6 2 206.2 195 83 68 14 66 5 127 2 5 0 2.96
1963 LAA (AL) 45 35 13 18 3 6 2 248.0 229 109 88 10 90 7 168 7 10 1 3.19
1964 LAA (AL) 46 35 20 9 4 15 11 278.1 194 56 51 7 86 9 207 9 2 0 1.65
1965 CAL (AL) 36 33 15 10 0 10 4 225.2 197 86 79 12 101 10 164 6 9 3 3.15
1966 CAL (AL) 41 37 12 17 1 11 2 259.2 206 113 89 18 114 9 180 8 7 0 3.08
1967 MIN (AL) 41 39 20 14 1 18 5 283.2 244 109 86 17 68 7 220 9 7 2 2.73
1968 MIN (AL) 43 39 16 16 1 15 6 292.0 224 96 82 15 63 8 234 12 10 1 2.53
1969 MIN (AL) 20 15 5 4 0 1 0 88.1 76 39 29 6 35 3 50 4 4 0 2.95
1970 CLE (AL) 45 19 9 8 4 1 1 155.0 172 80 73 18 59 11 109 7 6 1 4.24
1970 NYM (NL) 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.50
1971 DET (AL) 31 14 4 6 0 0 0 89.2 91 43 35 5 50 4 64 4 4 1 3.51
12 years   406 294 128 115 23 83 33 2147.1 1864 832 697 122 739 75 1534 70 65 9 2.92
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1961 LAA (AL) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1962 LAA (AL) 50 65 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 29 0 0 0 0 7 0 .62 .103 SLG
1963 LAA (AL) 45 80 5 12 1 0 0 3 2 38 0 0 0 0 7 0 .150 .171 SLG
1964 LAA (AL) 46 89 3 7 0 0 0 0 3 53 0 0 0 0 8 0 .79 .109 SLG
1965 CAL (AL) 36 75 3 7 1 0 0 5 5 56 0 0 0 0 5 0 .93 .150 SLG
1966 CAL (AL) 41 76 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 54 0 0 0 1 8 0 .26 .75 SLG
1967 MIN (AL) 41 92 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 58 0 0 0 2 7 0 .33 .119 SLG
1968 MIN (AL) 43 93 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 63 0 0 0 1 9 0 .54 .93 SLG
1969 MIN (AL) 20 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 19 0 0 0 1 5 0 .42 .148 SLG
1970 NYM (NL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1970 CLE (AL) 45 42 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 32 0 0 0 0 4 1 .71 .111 SLG
1971 DET (AL) 31 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
12 years   406 662 17 44 2 0 0 16 30 420 0 0 0 5 61 1 .66 .113 .SLG



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