How Dean Chance's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Dean Chance posted a career BABIP of .181, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1965, posting .368, well above the league average of .270 that year. The lowest point came in 1961 at .000, well below the league average of .276 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .200 in 1969 to .273 in 1970 and .000 in 1971. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .000 to .368 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Dean Chance Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Dean Chance
| Dean Chance
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.181 |
| Season Avg. | 0.181 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.181 |
| More Info | See More |
Dean Chance BABIP Per Season
Dean Chance's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dean Chance BABIP by Team
Dean Chance's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dean Chance BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dean Chance's career BABIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dean Chance BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dean Chance's seasonal BABIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dean Chance BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dean Chance's MLB career with BABIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
