Dean Chance vs. Billy Smith — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Billy Smith
Pre-GenerationalLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit WolverinesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy Smith 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 4.09 and 1.442 for Billy Smith. 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 Billy Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.54
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.58
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.67
52.67
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.09
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
9.47
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.51
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
4.21
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.05
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
40.09
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.49
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.442
1.442
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
36.58
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Billy Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.32
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
2.17
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.87
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
85
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Billy Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
320.95
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
10
153.85
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
584.62
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.85
28.52
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
12.65
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
22.71
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
215.38
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.79
2.79
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Billy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA