Dean Chance vs. Bill Karns — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bill Karns
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Karns 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 6.35 and 2.294 for Bill Karns. By the career numbers, Dean Chance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Bill Karns

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.67
52.67
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.35
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
15.88
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.88
15.88
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.76
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
46.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9.53
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.294
2.294
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
41.82
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Bill Karns

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
1.56
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.12
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Bill Karns

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
9.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.87
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
48.22
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA