Died: February 16, 1961(1961-02-16) (aged 69) Homosassa Springs, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1915, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
August 14, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
197–140
Earned run average
3.24
Strikeouts
2,045
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1915)
New York Yankees (1915, 1918)
Brooklyn Robins / Dodgers (1922–1932)
St. Louis Cardinals (1933)
Cincinnati Reds (1934)
St. Louis Cardinals (1934)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1935)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1934)
NL MVP (1924)
Triple Crown (1924)
2× MLB wins leader (1924, 1925)
3× NL ERA leader (1924, 1928, 1930)
7× NL strikeout leader (1922–1928)
Pitched a no-hitter on September 13, 1925
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1955
Vote
81.7% (16th ballot)
1933 Goudey Baseball Card of Dazzy Vance #2
Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance (March 4, 1891 – February 16, 1961) was an American professional baseball player.[1] He played as a pitcher for five different franchises in Major League Baseball (MLB) in a career that spanned twenty years. Known for his impressive fastball, Vance was the only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts seven consecutive seasons.[2] Vance was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.[2]
^"Dazzy Vance statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
^ ab"Dazzy Vance at the Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance (March 4, 1891 – February 16, 1961) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher for five different...
Diamondbacks. Three players have won seven strikeout championships: DazzyVance, who leads the National League; Bob Feller; and Lefty Grove. Grover Cleveland...
New York Giants before falling just short of the pennant. Staff ace DazzyVance led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts and complete games to be named...
pitchers who are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are examples: DazzyVance did not win his first major league game until he was 31, but then became...
The largest margin of victory in the National League is 1.26 runs—DazzyVance's 2.61 ERA over Carl Hubbell's 3.87 in 1930. The smallest margin of victory...
good ERA was below 4.00; only the highest caliber pitchers, for example DazzyVance or Lefty Grove, would consistently post an ERA under 3.00 during these...
Retired professional baseball player DazzyVance hunting waterfowl on Crystal River in Florida which is on the edge of the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways...
Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022. "DazzyVance". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original...
The signature Dodger play from this era occurred when three players – DazzyVance, Chick Fewster, and Herman – ended up at third base at the same time...
game. Her next door neighbor, DazzyVance, taught her to pitch and showed her his "drop ball", a type of breaking ball. Vance was a major league pitcher...
which finished 2nd with a 92-62 record while being buoyed by NL MVP DazzyVance, who had completed the Triple Crown in leading the NL in wins (28), strikeouts...
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The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in sixth place, despite pitcher DazzyVance leading the league in strikeouts for a seventh straight season as well as...
ISBN 9780786481392. Retrieved October 24, 2019. Skipper, John C. (2015). DazzyVance: A Biography of the Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Famer. McFarland. ISBN 9780786481798...
with back-to-back games of double-digit strikeouts and no walks since DazzyVance in 1930. He shared the NL Player of the Week honors with his teammate...
players and elected four: Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons, and DazzyVance. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives...
Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010. "Hall of Famers: DazzyVance". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010...
his brother as "Me an' Paul." Continuing the theme, the team included DazzyVance and Joe "Ducky" Medwick. St. Louis was the southernmost and westernmost...
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