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Dazzy
Vance		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 4, 1891 in Usa, IA, ORIENT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1915   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 24 DET AL $ 300,000 9 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1916 25 DET AL $ 300,000 10 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 7
1917 26 DET AL $ 300,000 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7
1918 27 DET AL $ 4,128,571 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1919 28 DET AL $ 4,130,000 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1920 29 DET AL $ 4,130,000 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1921 30 DET AL $ 4,130,000 10 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 10 10
1922 31 DET AL $ 5,870,000 9 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 8
1923 32 BRO NL $ 5,870,000 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1924 33 BRO NL $ 5,870,000 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1925 34 NYA AL $ 5,870,000 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9
1926 35 NYA AL $ 5,870,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1927 36 DET AL   9 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,870,000 10 7 8 7 7 8 7 9 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 24 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1916 25 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1917 26 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 27 DET AL $ 4,128,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 28 DET AL $ 4,130,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 29 DET AL $ 4,130,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 30 DET AL $ 4,130,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 31 DET AL $ 5,870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 32 BRO NL $ 5,870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 33 BRO NL $ 5,870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 34 NYA AL $ 5,870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 35 NYA AL $ 5,870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1927 36 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,870,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1915 24 DET AL 14 20 .412 38 38 31 3 0 328.3 254 134 15 191 226 3.67 .215 .324 .302 .626 7.0
1916 25 DET AL 18 19 .486 39 39 31 1 0 323.0 262 118 19 142 241 3.29 .225 .309 .349 .658 16.5
1917 26 DET AL 26 10 .722 40 40 33 5 0 351.3 252 102 13 142 213 2.61 .202 .284 .285 .569 25.8
1918 27 DET AL 20 15 .571 37 37 29 3 0 317.3 275 112 13 110 231 3.18 .235 .303 .328 .631 17.5
1919 28 DET AL 15 18 .455 37 37 33 3 0 321.7 309 124 15 100 173 3.47 .253 .314 .360 .674 16.0
1920 29 DET AL 22 15 .595 39 39 34 0 0 335.3 333 131 13 104 187 3.52 .259 .316 .351 .667 24.8
1921 30 DET AL 17 16 .515 37 37 27 2 0 311.3 341 133 13 86 154 3.84 .277 .327 .378 .705 26.1
1922 31 DET AL 14 16 .467 34 34 26 1 0 273.3 276 107 10 94 139 3.52 .266 .327 .355 .683 20.1
1923 32 DET AL 10 13 .435 25 25 16 0 0 209.7 189 81 12 83 93 3.48 .242 .318 .366 .684 14.6
  BRO NL 2 0 1.000 4 4 3 0 0 26.3 19 5 1 6 5 1.71 .202 .255 .298 .553 3.5
  TOT   12 13 .480 29 29 19 0 0 236.0 208 86 13 89 98 3.28 .237 .312 .358 .670 18.1
1924 33 BRO NL 14 19 .424 37 37 27 3 0 299.0 321 157 19 122 113 4.73 .277 .347 .399 .746 12.2
1925 34 NYA AL 18 18 .500 38 38 31 2 0 322.3 346 140 20 119 114 3.91 .279 .346 .405 .751 18.0
1926 35 NYA AL 7 14 .333 27 27 15 1 0 216.7 243 101 15 94 73 4.20 .288 .359 .409 .769 8.3
1927 36 AAA   21 6 .778 28 28 9 1 0 211.7 240 101 12 106 85 4.29 .287 .367 .394 .761  
12 Years Sim 197 193 .505 432 432 336 24 0 3635.6 3420 1445 178 1393 1962 3.58 .250 .321 .355 .677 210.3
1 Years AAA 21 6 .778 28 28 9 1 0 211.7 240 101 12 106 85 4.29 .287 .367 .394 .761  
Season Average 16 16 .500 36 36 28 2 0 303.0 285 120 14 116 163 3.58 .250 .321 .355 .677  
Career Highs 26 20 .722 40 40 34 5 0 351.3 346 157 20 191 241 4.73 .288 .359 .409 .769  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1613 653 67 624 1174   .235 .299 .331 .630
vs LH   1807 792 111 769 788   .266 .340 .380 .720
Home 105 95 .525 220 220 176 15 0 1904.6 1797 742 95 727 1025 3.51 .251 .320 .354 .674
Away 92 98 .484 212 212 160 9 0 1731.0 1623 703 83 666 937 3.66 .250 .319 .357 .676
Mar/Apr 20 22 .476 47 47 35 1 0 397.0 418 186 21 178 192 4.22 .276 .352 .391 .742
May 30 40 .429 76 76 63 3 0 642.3 596 277 29 261 337 3.88 .247 .320 .351 .672
June 35 36 .493 78 78 58 4 0 660.0 613 251 39 230 361 3.42 .247 .311 .372 .683
July 41 38 .519 86 86 65 6 0 725.0 709 292 30 294 406 3.62 .258 .330 .356 .686
August 43 26 .623 78 78 62 3 0 662.6 603 235 28 223 330 3.19 .245 .307 .339 .646
Sep/Oct 28 31 .475 67 67 53 7 0 548.7 481 204 31 207 336 3.35 .237 .307 .332 .639
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1915 24 DET AL 38 116 4 10 2 1 0 9 0 0 3 33 .086 .108 .121 .229 -2.9 0.0
1916 25 DET AL 39 122 6 13 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 31 .107 .126 .131 .257 -1.4 0.0
1917 26 DET AL 40 124 6 10 5 0 0 9 0 0 1 26 .081 .087 .121 .208 -3.7 0.0
1918 27 DET AL 37 114 7 13 1 0 0 8 1 0 3 21 .114 .137 .123 .260 -1.3 0.0
1919 28 DET AL 37 112 5 16 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 25 .143 .143 .205 .348 0.7 0.0
1920 29 DET AL 39 115 8 19 9 0 0 10 0 0 5 24 .165 .197 .243 .440 4.5 0.0
1921 30 DET AL 37 104 10 13 6 0 0 6 1 0 1 18 .125 .142 .183 .324 -0.6 0.0
1922 31 DET AL 34 96 4 7 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 .073 .073 .094 .167 -4.3 0.0
1923 32 DET AL 25 72 4 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .069 .095 .111 .206 -2.4 0.0
  BRO NL 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   29 82 4 6 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 14 .073 .095 .122 .217 -2.5 0.0
1924 33 BRO NL 37 101 8 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 16 .089 .124 .099 .223 -3.0 0.0
1925 34 NYA AL 38 114 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 12 .070 .094 .079 .173 -4.3 0.0
1926 35 NYA AL 27 74 2 4 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 .054 .078 .095 .173 -3.3 0.0
12 Years Sim 432 1274 66 128 41 1 1 87 2 0 27 242 .100 .119 .137 .256 -22.0 0.0
162 Game Average 477 24 48 15 0 0 32 0 0 10 90 .100 .119 .137 .256 -8.3  
Career Highs 40 124 10 19 9 1 1 10 1 0 5 33 .165 .197 .243 .440 4.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   954 53 99 29 1 0 57 2 0 23 180 .104 .124 .136 .261 -17.5
vs LH   320 13 29 12 0 1 30 0 0 4 62 .091 .104 .138 .241 -8.5
Home 220 628 30 68 21 0 0 38 0 0 10 109 .108 .121 .142 .263 -11.7
Away 212 646 36 60 20 1 1 49 2 0 17 133 .093 .117 .132 .248 -14.2
RISP   369 0 36 11 0 0 79 0 0 7 76 .098 .114 .127 .242 -9.2
Close/Late   127 6 15 7 0 0 8 0 0 3 28 .118 .137 .173 .311 -0.7
Mar/Apr 47 141 11 17 6 1 0 6 0 0 4 25 .121 .144 .177 .321 -0.2
May 76 227 10 15 5 0 1 18 2 0 2 46 .066 .078 .101 .179 -9.8
June 78 221 13 25 9 0 0 13 0 0 5 39 .113 .133 .154 .287 -2.6
July 86 261 12 24 6 0 0 16 0 0 6 51 .092 .112 .115 .227 -7.4
August 78 232 12 29 10 0 0 24 0 0 7 44 .125 .149 .168 .317 -0.4
Sep/Oct 67 192 8 18 5 0 0 10 0 0 3 37 .094 .107 .120 .226 -5.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1915 24 DET AL P 38 38 328.3 21 64 2 1 .977 2.33    
1916 25 DET AL P 39 39 323.0 24 57 3 4 .964 2.26    
1917 26 DET AL P 40 40 351.3 29 85 3 5 .974 2.92    
1918 27 DET AL P 37 37 317.3 30 61 3 1 .968 2.58    
1919 28 DET AL P 37 37 321.7 29 72 4 4 .962 2.83    
1920 29 DET AL P 39 39 335.3 32 76 4 3 .964 2.90    
1921 30 DET AL P 37 37 311.3 22 63 3 6 .966 2.46    
1922 31 DET AL P 34 34 273.3 20 68 2 4 .978 2.90    
1923 32 DET AL P 25 25 209.7 16 45 1 2 .984 2.62    
  BRO NL P 4 4 26.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.73    
  TOT   P 29 29 236.0 18 51 1 2 .986 2.63    
1924 33 BRO NL P 37 37 299.0 26 76 2 5 .981 3.07    
1925 34 NYA AL P 38 38 322.3 21 71 5 2 .948 2.57    
1926 35 NYA AL P 27 27 216.7 9 46 2 4 .965 2.28    
Career Totals   432 432 3635.6 281 790 34 41 .969 2.65    
Career Highs   40 40 351.3 32 85 5 6 .986 3.07    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1917 26 DET AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 12 7 0 6 2 9.00 .414 .514 .517 1.032
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 12 7 0 6 2 9.00 .414 .514 .517 1.032
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1917 26 DET AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1917-8-2.61
1921-4-3.84
1922-8-3.52
1923-5-3.48
1925-10-3.91
 Wins
1916-9-18
1917-2-26
1918-7-20
1919-10-15
1920-6-22
1921-6-17
1925-8-18
CAR-31-197
 Losses
1915-3-20
1916-4-19
1918-9-15
1919-4-18
1921-7-16
1922-6-16
1924-2-19
1925-4-18
CAR-16-193
 Winning Pct
1917-2-.722
1920-10-.595
 Games Pitched
1916-10-39
1917-8-40
1919-5-37
1920-10-39
CAR-38-432
 Games Started
1916-8-39
1917-7-40
1918-10-37
1919-5-37
1920-9-39
1921-8-37
1924-7-37
1925-10-38
CAR-24-432
Complete Games
1915-6-31
1916-3-31
1917-3-33
1918-8-29
1919-2-33
1920-2-34
1921-4-27
1922-6-26
1924-2-27
1925-1-31
CAR-14-336
 Shutouts
1917-3-5
1918-8-3
1919-4-3
1921-4-2
1922-10-1
1924-3-3
1925-2-2
1926-9-1
CAR-32-24
 Innings Pitched
1916-10-323.0
1917-6-351.3
1918-10-317.3
1919-6-321.7
1920-9-335.3
1921-6-311.3
1924-9-299.0
1925-5-322.3
CAR-26-3635.6
 Hits Allowed
1919-7-309
1921-8-341
1925-8-346
CAR-34-3420
 Homeruns Allowed
1915-3-15
1916-1-19
1917-2-13
1918-3-13
1919-1-15
1920-4-13
1921-8-13
1922-10-10
1923-7-12
1924-7-19
1925-5-20
1926-6-15
CAR-8-178
 Strikeouts
1915-3-226
1916-1-241
1917-2-213
1918-2-231
1919-2-173
1920-2-187
1921-3-154
1922-2-139
1923-7-93
1924-5-113
1925-6-114
CAR-11-1962
Walks Allowed
1915-2-191
1916-2-142
1917-1-142
1918-4-110
1919-3-100
1920-8-104
1921-7-86
1922-9-94
1924-4-122
1925-6-119
CAR-5-1393
 Hits per 9IP
1915-5-7.0
1916-5-7.3
1917-1-6.5
1918-10-7.8
1919-7-8.6
1920-6-8.9
1921-6-9.9
1922-7-9.1
1923-2-8.1
1924-8-9.7
CAR-25-8.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1915-2-6.2
1916-1-6.7
1917-4-5.5
1918-2-6.6
1919-5-4.8
1920-3-5.0
1921-5-4.5
1922-2-4.6
1923-2-4.0
1924-6-3.4
1925-7-3.2
1926-7-3.0
CAR-19-4.9
 WHiP
1917-8-1.12
1920-9-1.30
1921-8-1.37
1923-5-1.30
 OAVG
1915-5-.215
1916-5-.225
1917-1-.202
1918-10-.235
1919-7-.253
1920-6-.259
1921-5-.277
1922-8-.266
1923-2-.242
CAR-33-.250
 OOBP
1917-8-.284
1920-8-.316
1921-6-.327
1923-9-.318
OSLG
1915-8-.302
1917-3-.285
1920-9-.351
1921-4-.378
1922-6-.355
 OOPS
1917-4-.569
1920-8-.667
1921-6-.705
1922-9-.683
1923-10-.684
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 206    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 84    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  1. Bob Shawkey (917)
  2. Tom Hughes (912)
  3. Dutch Leonard (901)
  4. Pete Alexander (895)
  5. Claude Hendrix (894)
  6. George Ruth (887)
  7. Ernie Groth (885)
  8. Joe Boehling (881)
  9. Ed Walsh (877)
  10. Doc Scanlan (876)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. George Ruth (991)
  2. Jesse Barnes (980)
  3. Ed Reulbach (978)
  4. Addie Joss (976)
  5. Hod Eller (973)
  6. Bill Doak (973)
  7. Colonel Snover (972)
  8. Ray Caldwell (971)
  9. Joe Boehling (969)
  10. Ed Killian (967)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Detroit in 1915
Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/1915, off Ralph Caldwell (WAS)
Earned first career win on 4/14/1915
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/1915, winning 2 games with a 0.51 ERA
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1915, going 14-20, 3.67 ERA
Injured on 3/22/1916 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1916, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/7/1917, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/1917, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,128,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1918, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
6/1/1918: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,130,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1919, off George Ruth (NYA)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1919, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1920, going 6-0, 2.18
5/16/1921: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,870,000 per year, for 5 years
6/1/1921: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,040,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1922, going 6-2, 2.63
Injured on 9/8/1922 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Brooklyn on 7/31/1923 (Going to BRO: P Dazzy Vance. Going to DET: P Trade I Bait)
Injured on 8/16/1923 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 6/18/1924 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 2/19/1925 (Going to BRO: C Jimmie Long. Going to NYA: P Dazzy Vance)
Injured on 4/30/1926 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/19/1926 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 9/21/1926 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/13/1927 to a minor league contract
Injured on 5/5/1927 with a Sore Back, out for one week
 
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