Dean Chance vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ford Smith posted a stronger line than Dean Chance. Ford Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.37 vs 2.92) and WHIP (1.115 vs 1.247). By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Ford Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.67
52.67
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
2.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1864
7.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8906
37.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
3.49
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.212
1.212
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8079
33.86
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Ford Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.93
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
2.17
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.03
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.22
72.22
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.13
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Ford Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
320.95
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
172
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.65
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
23.72
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA