Dean Chance vs. Larry Thomas — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Larry Thomas
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Thomas 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 3.02 and 1.427 for Larry Thomas. 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 Larry Thomas

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
14.92
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
3.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.12
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.12
8.12
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.31
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
6.04
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
38.52
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.02
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
3.49
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.02
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8079
33.86
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
32.85
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Larry Thomas

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
14.92
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.47
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.76
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.7
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.7
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Larry Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.114
0.114
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.13
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Larry Thomas

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