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Dean Chance played 11 major-league seasons (1961-1971) as a P (406). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 | LAA | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1962 | 21 | LAA | 50 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .062 | .164 | -53 |
| 1963 | 22 | LAA | 45 | 80 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 38 | .150 | .333 | -3 |
| 1964 | 23 | LAA | 46 | 89 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | .079 | .187 | -45 |
| 1965 | 24 | CAL | 36 | 75 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 56 | .093 | .257 | -23 |
| 1966 | 25 | CAL | 41 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | .026 | .101 | -68 |
| 1967 | 26 | MIN | 41 | 92 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 58 | .033 | .151 | -52 |
| 1968 | 27 | MIN | 43 | 93 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 63 | .054 | .147 | -53 |
| 1969 | 28 | MIN | 20 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .042 | .190 | -43 |
| 1970 | 29 | CLE | 45 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .071 | .183 | -47 |
| 1971 | 30 | DET | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 | LAA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18.1 | 11 | 5 | 6.87 | 59 |
| 1962 | 21 | LAA | 50 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 206.2 | 127 | 66 | 2.96 | 134 |
| 1963 | 22 | LAA | 45 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 248 | 168 | 90 | 3.19 | 114 |
| 1964 | 23 | LAA | 46 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 278.1 | 207 | 86 | 1.65 | 220 |
| 1965 | 24 | CAL | 36 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 225.2 | 164 | 101 | 3.15 | 110 |
| 1966 | 25 | CAL | 41 | 37 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 259.2 | 180 | 114 | 3.08 | 111 |
| 1967 | 26 | MIN | 41 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 283.2 | 220 | 68 | 2.73 | 118 |
| 1968 | 27 | MIN | 43 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 292 | 234 | 63 | 2.53 | 118 |
| 1969 | 28 | MIN | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 88.1 | 50 | 35 | 2.95 | 123 |
| 1970 | 29 | CLE | 45 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 155 | 109 | 59 | 4.24 | 88 |
| 1970 | 29 | NYN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 30 |
| 1971 | 30 | DET | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 89.2 | 64 | 50 | 3.51 | 99 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | P | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1962 | P | 50 | 24 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 1963 | P | 45 | 35 | 15 | 46 | 6 | 2 |
| 1964 | P | 46 | 35 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | P | 36 | 33 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 6 |
| 1966 | P | 41 | 37 | 17 | 48 | 4 | 7 |
| 1967 | P | 41 | 39 | 15 | 51 | 7 | 6 |
| 1968 | P | 43 | 39 | 15 | 57 | 5 | 3 |
| 1969 | P | 20 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970 | P | 48 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 1971 | P | 31 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dean Chance won: Cy Young Award 1964 (ML), TSN All-Star 1964 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1967, 1964, 1962.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 4 | 1 / 20 | 1 |
| 1964 | Cy Young Award (winner) | ML | 1 | 17 / 20 | 17 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 97 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 19 / 280 | 0 |
Dean Chance ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #30 | starting pitchers | 1964 | 220 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.