Dean Chance

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Full Name: Wilmer Dean Chance	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: September 11, 1961
Birthdate: June 1, 1941	Final Game: August 9, 1971
Birthplace: Wooster, Ohio	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 1, 1941 in Wooster, Ohio, Dean Chance (Wilmer Dean Chance) played for the Los Angeles Angels, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 11 year career. Chance broke into the bigs on September 11, 1961 with the Los Angeles Angels, and put up a 2.96 ERA in 206.2 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dean Chance's best season was 1964, when he posted a 1.65 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 207 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1961	LA	A	5	4	0	2	6.87	11	15	14	0	0	0	18.1	33	0	5	1	1	1
1962	LA	A	50	24	14	10	2.96	127	83	68	6	2	8	206.2	195	14	66	5	2	5
1963	LA	A	45	35	13	18	3.19	168	109	88	6	2	3	248	229	10	90	7	7	10
1964	LA	A	46	35	20	9	1.65	207	56	51	15	11	4	278.1	194	7	86	9	9	2
1965	CAL	A	36	33	15	10	3.15	164	86	79	10	4	0	225.2	197	12	101	10	6	9
1966	CAL	A	41	37	12	17	3.08	180	113	89	11	2	1	259.2	206	18	114	9	8	7
1967	MIN	A	41	39	20	14	2.73	220	109	86	18	5	1	283.2	244	17	68	7	9	7
1968	MIN	A	43	39	16	16	2.53	234	96	82	15	6	1	292	224	15	63	8	12	10
1969	MIN	A	20	15	5	4	2.95	50	39	29	1	0	0	88.1	76	6	35	3	4	4
1970	NY	N	3	0	0	1	13.50	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	1	0
1970	CLE	A	45	19	9	8	4.24	109	80	73	1	1	4	155	172	18	59	11	7	6
1970	Total		48	19	9	9	4.36	109	83	76	1	1	5	157	175	18	61	12	8	6
1971	DET	A	31	14	4	6	3.51	64	43	35	0	0	0	89.2	91	5	50	4	4	4
Total	NL		3	0	0	1	13.50	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	1	0
Total	AL		403	294	128	114	2.91	1534	829	694	83	33	22	2145.1	1861	122	737	74	69	65
Total			406	294	128	115	2.92	1534	832	697	83	33	23	2147.1	1864	122	739	75	70	65

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	LA	A	P	5	4	18.1	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.000
1962	LA	A	P	50	24	206.2	12	37	1	2	0	0	3	4	2	.980
1963	LA	A	P	45	35	248	15	46	6	2	0	4	13	5	0	.910
1964	LA	A	P	46	35	278.1	10	33	1	1	0	1	8	4	0	.977
1965	CAL	A	P	36	33	225.2	14	49	1	6	0	7	12	4	1	.984
1966	CAL	A	P	41	37	259.2	17	48	4	7	0	4	27	11	1	.942
1967	MIN	A	P	41	39	283.2	15	51	7	6	0	1	22	5	2	.904
1968	MIN	A	P	43	39	292	15	57	5	3	0	2	23	2	0	.935
1969	MIN	A	P	20	15	88.1	3	9	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	1.000
1970	NY	N	P	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	CLE	A	P	45	19	155	3	20	2	2	0	1	19	8	1	.920
1970	Total		P	48	19	157	3	21	2	2	0	1	19	8	1	.923
1971	DET	A	P	31	14	89.2	6	16	6	0	0	1	13	4	0	.786
Total			P	406	294	2147.1	111	373	33	31	0	21	153	49	9	.936

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	LA	A	5	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1962	LA	A	50	65	1	4	0	1	.062	.103	.062	0	0	3	29	0	7	0	0	1
1963	LA	A	45	80	5	12	0	3	.150	.171	.162	1	0	2	38	0	7	0	0	0
1964	LA	A	46	89	3	7	0	0	.079	.109	.079	0	0	3	53	0	8	0	0	0
1965	CAL	A	36	75	3	7	0	5	.093	.150	.107	1	0	5	56	0	5	0	0	0
1966	CAL	A	41	76	1	2	0	0	.026	.075	.026	0	0	3	54	1	8	0	0	0
1967	MIN	A	41	92	2	3	0	0	.033	.119	.033	0	0	7	58	2	7	0	0	1
1968	MIN	A	43	93	0	5	0	3	.054	.093	.054	0	0	3	63	1	9	0	0	0
1969	MIN	A	20	24	1	1	0	1	.042	.148	.042	0	0	2	19	1	5	0	0	0
1970	NY	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	CLE	A	45	42	1	3	0	3	.071	.111	.071	0	0	2	32	0	4	0	0	0
1970	Total		48	42	1	3	0	3	.071	.111	.071	0	0	2	32	0	4	0	0	0
1971	DET	A	31	21	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		403	662	17	44	0	16	.066	.113	.069	2	0	30	420	5	61	0	0	2
Total			406	662	17	44	0	16	.066	.113	.069	2	0	30	420	5	61	0	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1959).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Baltimore Orioles in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by California Angels with a player to be named later to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jimmie Hall, Don Mincher and Pete Cimino (December 2, 1966); Minnesota Twins received Jackie Hernandez (April 10, 1967).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Bob Miller, Ted Uhlaender and Graig Nettles to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Luis Tiant and Stan Williams (December 10, 1969).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to New York Mets (September 18, 1970).
Traded by New York Mets with Bill Denehy to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Jerry Robertson (March 30, 1971).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 6, 1971).

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