Dean Chance vs. Bret Saberhagen — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bret Saberhagen
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Dean Chance and Bret Saberhagen are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 112 for Dean Chance and 115 for Bret Saberhagen, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 111 and 112 respectively. If forced to pick, Bret Saberhagen gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Bret Saberhagen

Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
1.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
1.23
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.3
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.54
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.59
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.67
52.67
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.8
58.8
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
3.34
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7688
27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562.2
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2452
8.61
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.61
8.61
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.77
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
1.65
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715
6.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.853
0.853
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.21
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8906
37.33
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10421
36.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.31
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.24
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.59
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.212
1.212
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9734
34.19
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Bret Saberhagen

Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
1.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
1.23
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.3
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7688
27
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562.2
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.71
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415
1.46
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
2.17
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
2.25
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.26
96.26
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Bret Saberhagen

Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
403
1065.2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
662
523.32
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
190
502.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
60.79
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
50.22
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.96
13.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
71.37
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
3.94
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
23.72
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
129.52
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
48.22
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
63.44
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA