Bill Kling vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Bill Kling
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational 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 Kling 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 5.17 and 1.701 for Bill Kling. 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 Kling and Dazzy Vance

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.55
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.93
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.17
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.17
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.14
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.839
0.839
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.23
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
42.62
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
7.97
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
38.07
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.62
42.62
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Bill Kling and Dazzy Vance

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.48
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.68
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kling and Dazzy Vance

Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
16
218.18
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
238.49
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
36
490.91
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
971
523.92
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
78.78
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
62.05
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
52.91
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.63
25.7
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
103.6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
204.55
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
125.18
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
36.69
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
40.47
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
73.38
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
60.67
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.96
20.48
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
42.63
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.8
8.8
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
1.6
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100