Gus Ketchum vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Gus Ketchum
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus Ketchum 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 5.63 and 1.688 for Gus Ketchum. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus Ketchum and Dazzy Vance

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.63
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
10.69
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.4
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.11
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.23
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
41.63
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.75
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
36.56
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Gus Ketchum and Dazzy Vance

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gus Ketchum and Dazzy Vance

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
900
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
238.49
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
62.05
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
36.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100