Dean Chance vs. Sam Kimber — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Sam Kimber
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn BridegroomsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Kimber 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 3.97 and 1.235 for Sam Kimber. 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 Sam Kimber

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.44
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
3.97
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1108
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
369.1
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
9.24
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.88
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
3.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1604
39.09
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
6.17
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.235
1.235
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
36.84
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.09
39.09

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Sam Kimber

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1107
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.8
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
1.56
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.78
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.76
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
2.17
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.34
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.37
77.37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.524
2.524
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Sam Kimber

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
320.95
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
42
162.58
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
155
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
561.29
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
81.29
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
69.68
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.74
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.61
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.59
21.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
100.65
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
120
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.19
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.38
16.96
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.87
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
23.72
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
34.84
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.74
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.5
77.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA