Dean Chance vs. Koji Uehara — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Koji Uehara
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Koji Uehara as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Koji Uehara led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 203 vs 93), strikeout rate (K%+ 139 vs 109), and run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 112). Dean Chance held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 165 vs 77). Role difference aside, Koji Uehara holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Koji Uehara

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
8.16
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.49
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.78
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
2.92
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.66
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1442
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
480.2
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1864
7.81
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
6.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.12
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.46
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1534
6.43
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
10.71
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.71
10.71
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8906
37.33
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1862
34.86
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.88
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
3.49
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.86
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.26
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.212
1.212
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8079
33.86
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1760
32.95
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.86
34.86

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Koji Uehara

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
8.16
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1442
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
480.2
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.71
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.05
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.01
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.124
0.124
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Koji Uehara

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
87200
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
662
523.32
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
21.85
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
23.72
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA