Major League Baseball Player. For eleven seasons (1961 to 1971), he was a pitcher with the Los Angeles/California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. Born Wilmer Dean Chance, he attended Northwestern High School in Ohio, prior to being signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles in 1959. He was acquired by the Washington Senators during the 1960 MLB Expansion Draft, but would be traded to the Los Angeles Angeles who also joined the league as a result of Major League Baseball's expansion in 1960. In 1964, he led the American League with 20 wins, 15 complete games, which included a highly-impressvie 11 shutouts and a 1.65 ERA in 278 innings pitched. As a result, he earned all star status and was the Cy Young Award winner of his league, as he displayed a sinking fastball which baffled hitters. After he was acquired by Minnesota in a multiple player transaction, he matched his career-high 20 wins and produced a career-high 18 complete games, while earning all star honors a second-time. On August 25, 1967 while in a Twins' uniform, Chance tossed a no-hit game against the Cleveland Indians. In 406 regular season games, he compiled a 128 win, 115 loss record, with a lifetime 2.92 ERA in 2,147 innings pitched. After retiring from baseball, he served as the president of the International Boxing Association. He was inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame in 2015.
Major League Baseball Player. For eleven seasons (1961 to 1971), he was a pitcher with the Los Angeles/California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. Born Wilmer Dean Chance, he attended Northwestern High School in Ohio, prior to being signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles in 1959. He was acquired by the Washington Senators during the 1960 MLB Expansion Draft, but would be traded to the Los Angeles Angeles who also joined the league as a result of Major League Baseball's expansion in 1960. In 1964, he led the American League with 20 wins, 15 complete games, which included a highly-impressvie 11 shutouts and a 1.65 ERA in 278 innings pitched. As a result, he earned all star status and was the Cy Young Award winner of his league, as he displayed a sinking fastball which baffled hitters. After he was acquired by Minnesota in a multiple player transaction, he matched his career-high 20 wins and produced a career-high 18 complete games, while earning all star honors a second-time. On August 25, 1967 while in a Twins' uniform, Chance tossed a no-hit game against the Cleveland Indians. In 406 regular season games, he compiled a 128 win, 115 loss record, with a lifetime 2.92 ERA in 2,147 innings pitched. After retiring from baseball, he served as the president of the International Boxing Association. He was inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame in 2015.
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