Dean Chance vs. Mike Kelly — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Mike Kelly
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Kelly 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 9.45 and 1.950 for Mike Kelly. 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 Mike Kelly

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.45
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
12.15
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
44.55
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.45
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
37.8
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.55
44.55

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Mike Kelly

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6443
27
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147.2
9
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Mike Kelly

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
420
332.02
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA