Dazzy Vance

Full Name: Clarence Arthur Vance Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200 First Game: April 16, 1915 Birthdate: March 4, 1891 Final Game: August 14, 1935 Birthplace: Orient, Iowa MLB Experience: 16 years Died: February 16, 1961 Deathplace: Homosassa Springs, Florida Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955

Biography

Born on March 4, 1891 in Orient, Iowa, Dazzy Vance (Clarence Arthur Vance) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 16 year career. Vance broke into the bigs on April 16, 1915 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.70 ERA in 245.2 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dazzy Vance's best season was 1924, when he posted a 2.16 ERA, won 28 games and struck out 262 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1915	PIT	N	1	1	0	1	1.12	0	3	3	0	0	0	2.2	3	0	5	0	0	1
1915	NY	A	8	3	0	3	3.54	18	14	11	1	0	0	28	23	1	16	0	1	2
1915	Total		9	4	0	4	4.11	18	17	14	1	0	0	30.2	26	1	21	0	1	3
1918	NY	A	2	0	0	0	15.43	0	5	4	0	0	0	2.1	9	0	2	0	0	0
1922	BRO	N	36	31	18	12	3.70	134	122	101	16	5	0	245.2	259	9	94	4	5	8
1923	BRO	N	37	35	18	15	3.50	197	127	109	21	3	0	280.1	263	10	100	0	5	11
1924	BRO	N	35	34	28	6	2.16	262	89	74	30	3	0	308.1	238	11	77	0	4	9
1925	BRO	N	31	31	22	9	3.53	221	115	104	26	4	0	265.1	247	8	66	0	3	10
1926	BRO	N	24	22	9	10	3.89	140	80	73	12	0	1	169	172	7	58	0	1	1
1927	BRO	N	34	32	16	15	2.70	184	98	82	25	2	1	273.1	242	12	69	0	2	6
1928	BRO	N	38	32	22	10	2.09	200	79	65	24	4	2	280.1	226	11	72	0	1	7
1929	BRO	N	31	27	14	13	3.89	126	110	100	17	1	0	231.1	244	15	47	0	3	9
1930	BRO	N	35	31	17	15	2.61	173	97	75	20	4	0	258.2	241	15	55	0	4	5
1931	BRO	N	30	29	11	13	3.38	150	99	82	12	2	0	218.2	221	12	53	0	1	0
1932	BRO	N	27	24	12	11	4.20	103	90	82	9	1	1	175.2	171	10	57	0	2	1
1933	STL	N	28	11	6	2	3.55	67	42	39	2	0	3	99	105	3	28	0	3	1
1934	STL	N	19	4	1	1	3.66	33	26	24	1	0	1	59	62	4	14	0	1	2
1934	CIN	N	6	2	0	2	7.50	9	21	15	0	0	0	18	28	1	11	0	0	1
1934	TOT	N	25	6	1	3	4.56	42	47	39	1	0	1	77	90	5	25	0	1	3
1935	BRO	N	20	0	3	2	4.41	28	29	25	0	0	2	51	55	3	16	0	1	3
Total	NL		432	346	197	137	3.23	2027	1227	1053	215	29	11	2936.1	2777	131	822	4	36	75
Total	AL		10	3	0	3	4.45	18	19	15	1	0	0	30.1	32	1	18	0	1	2
Total			442	349	197	140	3.24	2045	1246	1068	216	29	11	2966.2	2809	132	840	4	37	77

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1915	PIT	N	P	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1915	NY	A	P	8	0	0	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1915	Total		P	9	0	0	1	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1918	NY	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1922	BRO	N	P	36	31	245.2	10	51	0	2	0	2	27	11	4	1.000
1923	BRO	N	P	37	0	0	12	54	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1924	BRO	N	P	35	0	0	16	58	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1925	BRO	N	P	31	0	0	10	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1926	BRO	N	P	24	0	0	5	41	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1927	BRO	N	P	34	0	0	14	42	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1928	BRO	N	P	38	0	0	17	55	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1929	BRO	N	P	31	0	0	13	49	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1930	BRO	N	P	35	0	0	5	44	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.907
1931	BRO	N	P	30	0	0	4	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	BRO	N	P	27	0	0	7	32	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1933	STL	N	P	28	0	0	5	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.905
1934	STL	N	P	19	0	0	2	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	CIN	N	P	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	TOT	N	P	25	0	0	4	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	BRO	N	P	20	0	0	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	442	31	245.2	126	570	18	29	0	2	27	11	4	.975

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1915	PIT	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1915	NY	A	8	3	0	2	0	1	.667	.833	1.000	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
1915	Total		9	4	0	2	0	1	.500	.714	.750	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
1918	NY	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922	BRO	N	36	89	9	20	0	6	.225	.266	.258	3	0	3	25	2	6	1	0	0
1923	BRO	N	37	83	5	7	1	1	.084	.216	.145	0	1	14	28	0	7	0	0	0
1924	BRO	N	36	106	7	16	2	11	.151	.231	.208	0	0	10	29	1	8	0	0	0
1925	BRO	N	31	98	8	14	3	11	.143	.215	.265	3	0	8	33	1	2	0	0	0
1926	BRO	N	24	55	2	10	0	7	.182	.237	.182	0	0	4	14	0	3	0	0	0
1927	BRO	N	34	90	10	15	0	9	.167	.219	.200	3	0	6	26	0	6	0	0	0
1928	BRO	N	38	96	7	17	0	9	.177	.262	.240	6	0	9	34	2	1	0	0	0
1929	BRO	N	31	74	4	10	0	1	.135	.200	.176	3	0	5	21	1	2	0	0	0
1930	BRO	N	35	89	4	12	0	7	.135	.206	.157	2	0	8	26	0	3	0	0	0
1931	BRO	N	30	67	6	9	0	3	.134	.194	.134	0	0	5	20	0	7	0	0	0
1932	BRO	N	27	56	2	5	0	3	.089	.150	.089	0	0	4	12	0	5	0	0	0
1933	STL	N	28	28	1	5	0	3	.179	.179	.214	1	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	1
1934	STL	N	19	15	1	2	1	1	.133	.133	.333	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	2
1934	CIN	N	6	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1934	TOT	N	25	19	2	3	1	1	.158	.158	.368	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	2
1935	BRO	N	20	17	1	1	0	2	.059	.059	.059	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		433	968	68	144	7	74	.149	.216	.195	22	1	76	287	7	54	1	0	4
Total	AL		10	3	0	2	0	1	.667	.833	1.000	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total			443	971	68	146	7	75	.150	.219	.198	23	1	79	287	7	55	1	0	4

Transactions

• Sold by Hastings (Nebraska State) to Pittsburgh Pirates (1915).
• Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Yankees (April, 1915).
• Sold by New Orleans (Southern Association) to Brooklyn Robins with Hank DeBerry (1922).
• Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Gordon Slade to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jake Flowers and Ownie Carroll (February 8, 1933).
• Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from St. Louis Cardinals (February 6, 1934).
• Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Cincinnati Reds (June 25, 1934).
• Released by St. Louis Cardinals (March 29, 1935).
• Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (April 1, 1935).