Dean Chance vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Darold Knowles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dean Chance led in home run suppression (HR9+ 165 vs 106), strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 112). Role difference aside, Dean Chance holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Darold Knowles

Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8079
33.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Darold Knowles

Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
1.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
2.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Darold Knowles

Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
662
523.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
12.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
23.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA