Harry Ables vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Chance Ruffin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Ables posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.528 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Harry Ables had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Chance Ruffin

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.04
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
9.97
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.97
9.97
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.79
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
40
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.93
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.528
1.528
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
36.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Chance Ruffin

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Chance Ruffin

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
323.08
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.62
-60.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
1.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA