Dean Chance vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Dean Chance a clear advantage over Whitey Ford across the core pitching metrics. Dean Chance led in home run suppression (HR9+ 165 vs 129), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 104), and strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 102). Whitey Ford held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 112). Dean Chance was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Whitey Ford

Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
1.23
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.67
52.67
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.13
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
697
2.92
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2766
7.85
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8906
37.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
3.49
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8079
33.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Whitey Ford

Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
1.23
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
1.56
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
2.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Whitey Ford

Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
406
320.95
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
759
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
662
523.32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
30
23.72
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60