Bill Karns vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Bill Karns
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Karns 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 6.35 and 2.294 for Bill Karns. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Karns and Dazzy Vance

Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.46
58.46
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.35
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
15.88
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.88
15.88
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.76
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.23
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
46.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9.53
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.294
2.294
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
41.82
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Bill Karns and Dazzy Vance

Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Karns and Dazzy Vance

Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
238.49
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
62.05
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
9.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
36.69
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
73.38
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.87
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
287
154.86
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
29.68
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Bill Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100