Dean Chance vs. Chad Sobotka — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Chad Sobotka
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Sobotka 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 5.36 and 1.511 for Chad Sobotka. 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 Chad Sobotka

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.57
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.67
52.67
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.36
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1864
7.81
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
7.47
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.53
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.74
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.31
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1534
6.43
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
11.68
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.68
11.68
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.936
1.936
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.53
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
40.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.49
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.74
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.15
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
34.09
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Chad Sobotka

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.57
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Chad Sobotka

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
10000
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
33.2
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
420
332.02
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA