Masao Kida vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Masao Kida
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Masao Kida 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 5.83 and 1.631 for Masao Kida. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Masao Kida and Dazzy Vance

Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
6.11
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.83
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.72
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.72
10.72
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.4
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.67
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
6.4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2045
6.2
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.94
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.23
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
40.64
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.26
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
6.21
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.32
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.599
1.599
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
35.94
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.64
40.64
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Masao Kida and Dazzy Vance

Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
6.11
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.2
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.56
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Masao Kida and Dazzy Vance

Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
9750
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
238.49
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
78.78
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
62.05
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.63
25.7
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
103.6
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
125.18
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
36.69
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.96
20.48
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
287
154.86
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masao Kida
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Masao Kida
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100