Dean Chance vs. Ron Keller — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Ron Keller
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Keller 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 3.38 and 1.453 for Ron Keller. 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 Ron Keller

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.8
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.55
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.31
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
5.06
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.797
0.797
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
37.97
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.22
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
35.44
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Ron Keller

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.8
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Ron Keller

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
3300
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Ron Keller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Keller
Career
Per 600 PA