Dean Chance vs. Jake Smith — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Jake Smith
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.000 compared to 2.92 and 1.247 for Dean Chance. By the career numbers, Jake Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Jake Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
2.92
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.177
0.177
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1864
7.81
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8906
37.33
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
3.49
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.212
1.212
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8079
33.86
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
30.6
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
34.2

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Jake Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6443
27
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147.2
9
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Jake Smith

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
12.65
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Smith
Career
Per 600 PA