| Dean Chance | ||
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| Pitcher | ||
| Born: June 1, 1941 Plain Township, Ohio |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 11, 1961 for the Los Angeles Angels |
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| Final game | ||
| August 9, 1971 for the Detroit Tigers |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss record | 128-115 | |
| Earned run average | 2. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Plain Township Ohio may refer to Plain Township Franklin County Ohio Plain Township Stark County Ohio Plain Township Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Champions Major League Baseball World Series MVP Roberto Clemente All-Star Game, July 13 at The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 92 | |
| Strikeouts | 1,534 | |
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Wilmer Dean Chance (born June 1, 1941 in Wooster, Ohio) is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP Champions Major League Baseball The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets World Series: New York Mets The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Champions Major League Baseball World Series MVP Roberto Clemente All-Star Game, July 13 at The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National Before there was a Cy Young Award, there was the Pitcher of the Year Award, established by The Sporting News in 1944, though no awards were given in Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of He won the 1964 Cy Young Award when, as a member of the Los Angeles Angels, he led the American League in wins (20), innings pitched (278⅓) and earned run average (1. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 65 — to this day, a franchise record). At the time, only one Cy Young Award was given in all of MLB; since 1967, separate awards have been given in the AL and the National League. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Chance's Cy Young Award was the third in a string of five consecutive Cy Young Awards won by a pitcher from a Los Angeles team. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The others were won by Dodger pitchers: Don Drysdale in 1962 and Sandy Koufax in 1963, 1965 and 1966. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Donald Scott Drysdale ( July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major League The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as Sanford Koufax (ˈkoʊfæks (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American Left-handed former Pitcher in Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson,
Chance, a righthander, signed with the Baltimore Orioles out of high school and spent two seasons (1959-60) in their lower minor league system before the Angels selected him in the December 1960 AL expansion draft. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. Minor leagues are professional Sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports An expansion draft, in professional Sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new Expansion teams or franchises This occurs mainly After spending most of 1961 at the AAA level, Chance became a major leaguer late that season. Chance had an outstanding rookie campaign in 1962, winning 14 games with an ERA of 2. 96, but he lost 18 games in 1963, immediately prior to his Cy Young season. He won 15 games in 1965, but when he compiled only a 12-17 record in 1966, the Angels shipped him to the Minnesota Twins in a major off-season trade. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chance responded by winning 20 games for the Twins in 1967, leading the AL in games started (39), complete games (18) and innings pitched (283⅔). Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP In Baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a Pitcher pitching an entire game himself without the benefit of a Relief pitcher On August 6 of that year, he pitched a rain-shortened, five-inning perfect game against the Red Sox at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a Pitcher (or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Metropolitan Stadium (often referred to as "the Met" or now "the Old Met" to distinguish from the Metrodome) was a sports stadium that once stood in He also pitched a 2-1 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians on August 25, the Indians scoring the run in the first inning on two walks, an error and a wild pitch. In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the In Baseball, a wild pitch (abbreviated WP) is charged against a Pitcher when his pitch is too high too short or too wide of Home The Twins nearly won the '67 pennant, but Chance was outdueled in the season's final game, at Fenway Park, by Boston's Jim Lonborg and the Red Sox emerged as surprise league champions — with Lonborg winning the '67 AL Cy Young trophy in the process. James Reynold Lonborg (born April 16, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed Starting pitcher who played with the Boston Red
After a 16-16 mark in 1968, Chance's career rapidly declined. He won a total of only 18 games from 1969-71, bouncing from the Twins to the Cleveland Indians (in a deal involving fellow pitcher Luis Tiant), New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Luis Tiant (/luˈis tiˈant/ born November 23, 1940 ? in Marianao, Cuba) (then part of Havana Province, born Luis Clemente Tiant "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA His career record over 11 seasons (1961-71) and 406 games pitched was 128 wins, 115 losses and an ERA of 2. 92. He was a notoriously weak batsman in those days prior to the designated hitter, garnering only 44 hits in 662 at-bats, for a batting average of . In Baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6 In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, an at bat ( AB) or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including Batting average, On base Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 066.
Chance founded the International Boxing Association during the 1990s. The International Boxing Association (IBA is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional Boxing matches and awards world and Subordinate championships
See also
- List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
- List of Major League Baseball wins champions
- List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
| Preceded by Gary Peters |
American League ERA Champion 1964 |
Succeeded by Sam McDowell |
| Preceded by Whitey Ford |
American League Wins Champion 1964 (with Gary Peters) |
Succeeded by Mudcat Grant |
| Preceded by Sandy Koufax |
Cy Young Award 1964 |
Succeeded by Sandy Koufax |
| Preceded by Boog Powell |
AL Comeback Player of the Year 1967 |
Succeeded by Ken Harrelson |