Dean Chance vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Williams 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 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. 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 Leon Williams

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.48
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.51
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
3.1
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.31
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
6.43
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.059
1.059
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.29
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.27
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Leon Williams

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
1.7
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6443
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147.2
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Leon Williams

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
406
320.95
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
662
523.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
34.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.2
4.11
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
36.36
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
62.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
13.44
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.09
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
-28.07
-22.19
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA