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Dean Chance

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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