Dean Chance vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray 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 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. 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 Ken Ray

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.67
52.67
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.31
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
5.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Ken Ray

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Ken Ray

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA