Jim Bagby vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bagby 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. Jim Bagby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Jim Bagby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby and Chance Ruffin

Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
1.56
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.07
59.07
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.82
65.82
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
3.11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5465
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1821.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1884
9.31
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
2.26
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
2.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.498
0.498
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7533
37.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.45
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
3.8
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7042
34.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby and Chance Ruffin

Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.665
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.042
0.042
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby and Chance Ruffin

Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
269.34
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
724
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
660
546.96
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
119.34
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.97
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
35.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52.64
43.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
163.26
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
147.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
57.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
49.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.56
46.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
26.52
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
91
75.41
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.96
7.96
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA