Jim Abbott vs. Dean Chance — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Jim Abbott and Dean Chance are fairly close on the surface numbers. Dean Chance posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.92 vs 20.25) and WHIP (1.247 vs 3.750). Jim Abbott had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.51). By the career numbers, Dean Chance had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Abbott and Dean Chance

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.23
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.53
14.53
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
67.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Dean Chance

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.23
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.79
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Dean Chance

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
320.95
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA