Danny Friend vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Friend as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 4.71 and 1.561 for Danny Friend. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Dazzy Vance

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
1.34
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.04
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.52
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.47
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.46
52.46
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.51
78.51
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
0.66
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.71
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9.98
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.36
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
4.06
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.23
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2506
40.88
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
6.23
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2197
35.84
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.88
40.88
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Dazzy Vance

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.79
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.78
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.23
90.23
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Dazzy Vance

Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
238.49
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
253
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
78.78
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
62.05
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
12.41
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.37
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
16.73
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.63
25.7
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
103.6
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
125.18
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
36.69
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
40.47
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
73.38
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.96
20.48
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.23
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100