Bill Anderson vs. Dean Chance — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dean Chance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.247 compared to 10.13 and 2.625 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Dean Chance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Dean Chance

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
16.88
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6.75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
47.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
40.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Dean Chance

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6443
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Dean Chance

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA