Dean Chance
1961–1971 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Minnesota Twins, New York Mets
406G
.066AVG
.113OBP
.069SLG
More career statistics
44H
0HR
16RBI
0SB
128–115W–L
2,147.1IP
1,534K
2.92ERA
294GS
23SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 420 | 421 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,906 | 8,911 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,534 | 1,533 |
| Pitching · p r | 832 | 833 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | 759 | 662 | 17 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 46 | .066 | .113 | .069 | .182 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,147.3 | 406 | 294 | 83 | 128 | 115 | 23 | 1,864 | 832 | 697 | 122 | 739 | 1,534 | 0 | 0 | 2.92 | 1.212 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1962-06-09 to 1962-06-17
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | No-Hitter With Five Walks | 1967-08-25 | 1 in 5,452 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 14 scoreless innings | 1964-06-06 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1964-06-02 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 196 | 374 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 208 | .061 | .099 | .064 |
| Away | 210 | 385 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 213 | .072 | .096 | .075 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 56 | .037 | .102 | .037 |
| May | 75 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 62 | .029 | .068 | .029 |
| June | 67 | 110 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | .100 | .109 | .100 |
| July | 79 | 120 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 61 | .120 | .158 | .130 |
| August | 73 | 169 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 103 | .060 | .083 | .067 |
| September | 67 | 141 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 78 | .056 | .078 | .056 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 50 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 47 | .048 | .065 | .048 |
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | .073 | .086 | .073 |
| baltimore-orioles | 43 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40 | .066 | .120 | .066 |
| new-york-yankees | 41 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | .049 | .055 | .062 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 41 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40 | .068 | .129 | .068 |
| chicago-white-sox | 40 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42 | .062 | .132 | .062 |
| cleveland-guardians | 34 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 34 | .121 | .138 | .138 |
| minnesota-twins | 29 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 35 | .102 | .129 | .102 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 11 |
| 1962 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 50 | 65 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .062 | 206 | 127 |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 45 | 80 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .150 | 248 | 168 |
| 1964 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 46 | 89 | 7 | – | – | – | .079 | 278 | 207 |
| 1965 |  California Angels | 36 | 75 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .093 | 225 | 164 |
| 1966 | California Angels | 41 | 76 | 2 | – | – | – | .026 | 259 | 179 |
| 1967 |  Minnesota Twins | 41 | 92 | 3 | – | – | – | .033 | 283 | 220 |
| 1968 | Minnesota Twins | 43 | 93 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .054 | 292 | 234 |
| 1969 | Minnesota Twins | 20 | 24 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .042 | 88 | 50 |
| 1970 | Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets | 48 | 42 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .071 | 157 | 109 |
| 1971 |  Detroit Tigers | 31 | 21 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 89 | 64 |