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Dean Chance Wilmer Dean Chance Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb. MLB Debut September 11, 1961 Final Game August 9, 1971 Born June 1, 1941 in Plain Township, OH Died October 11, 2015 (age 74)

• Pitched a one-hitter for WAA vs. BOA on August 11, 1963
• Pitched a one-hitter for WAA vs. BOA on May 5, 1964
• Pitched a one-hitter for WAA vs. SLN on June 30, 1964
• Pitched a one-hitter for WAA vs. KCA on August 16, 1964
• Pitched a one-hitter for WAA vs. LAN on June 19, 1966
• Pitched a one-hitter for MNA vs. DEA on August 3, 1968

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1962 21 WAA AL  15   9  .625  46  31   2   8   1   0  228.0  233   963   98   90  19   74   6   7  152   3  0  3.55  CY-7
 1963 22 WAA AL  17  15  .531  44  36   3   3   0   1  255.1  226  1080  106   89  12  102   9   6  152   3  0  3.14  CY-15
 1964 23 WAA AL  20   8  .714  39  37  15   1   0   5  303.1  210  1200   69   65  20   91  13  11  224   8  0  1.93  CY-1
 1965 24 WAA AL  13  14  .481  34  34   6   0   0   2  233.0  228   996  100   92  24   88   6   5  172   7  5  3.55  
 1966 25 WAA AL   8  19  .296  40  40   3   0   0   1  278.0  260  1201  129  112  27  125  12   9  191   8  0  3.63  
 1967 26 MNA AL  17  17  .500  43  42  10   1   0   2  301.2  266  1249  131  113  26   74   9  11  224  10  5  3.37  CY-6
 1968 27 MNA AL  19  12  .613  45  41  13   1   0   2  312.2  242  1215  102   75  25   47   3  13  266  14  7  2.16  CY-2
 1969 28 MNA AL  10   2  .833  57   0   0  18   5   0   74.1   50   291   23   19   6   23   0   1   31   4  0  2.30  
 1970 29 MLA AL   3  11  .214  30  19   3   7   1   1  134.1  158   603   92   86  18   50   0   5  101   6  2  5.76  
 1971 30 MLA AL   0  11  .000  14  14   0   0   0   0   72.0   93   336   52   41   6   36   0   0   54   6  0  5.12  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 10 Seasons     122 118  .508 392 294  55  39   7  14 2192.2 1966  9134  902  782 183  710  58  68 1567  69 19  3.21
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With WAA      73  65  .529 203 178  29  12   1   9 1297.2 1157  5440  502  448 102  480  46  38  891  29  5  3.11
   With MNA      46  31  .597 145  83  23  20   5   4  688.2  558  2755  256  207  57  144  12  25  521  28 12  2.71
   With MLA       3  22  .120  44  33   3   7   1   1  206.1  251   939  144  127  24   86   0   5  155  12  2  5.54
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     128 115  .527 406 294  83  61  23  33 2148.1 1864  8906  832  697 122  739  75  65 1534  70  9  2.92
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1962 21 WAA AL  47  113   4.5   2  4.52   77   6   0  .078   0    8    5  .625    5    8  .385   17   
 1963 22 WAA AL  48  102   3.6   0  3.06   85  10   0  .118   8    8    0  .000   23   10  .697  -40   
 1964 23 WAA AL  45   80   2.4   1  3.92   88   7   0  .080   1   10    9  .900   13   11  .542    8   
 1965 24 WAA AL  45  113   4.3   0  3.53   71   9   0  .127   1    7    6  .857   27   11  .711   16   
 1966 25 WAA AL  48  134   4.3   0  2.88   79   5   0  .063   4   14   10  .714   42   17  .712   37   
 1967 26 MNA AL  51  117   3.5   0  4.12   88   6   0  .068   7   10    3  .300   24    6  .800   -2   
 1968 27 MNA AL  48   86   2.5   0  3.61   96   9   0  .094   2   11    8  .727   32   16  .667  -12   
 1969 28 MNA AL  42   20   2.4  10          5   1   0  .200   0    2    2 1.000    5    2  .714  -99   
 1970 29 MLA AL  31   89   5.9   2  4.11   44   2   0  .045   2    4    2  .500   15    4  .789   21   
 1971 30 MLA AL  55   46   5.7   0  2.29   18   1   0  .056   3    3    0  .000    8    4  .667   28   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 10 Seasons          903   3.7  15        651  56   0  .086  28   77   45  .584  194   89  .686    1   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #4 (Class of 1962/1979): 0 of 15 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1969 ALCS  MNA BAA   L    2  2.08   0-0   0  0   4.1   7   1   1   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1966: Round 1 (#1 overall) by WAA
• 1970: Round 3 (#41 overall) by MLA
• 1971: Round 5 (#75 overall) by MLA

Transaction History

• 1970-21: released by MLA

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