Al Atkinson vs. Dean Chance — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief 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 Al Atkinson 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 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Dean Chance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Dean Chance

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Dean Chance

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
1.56
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
2.17
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Dean Chance

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
320.95
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
424
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.81
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
12.65
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
30
23.72
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA