Josh Beckett vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Josh Beckett
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Josh Beckett 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. Josh Beckett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Josh Beckett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Beckett and Chance Ruffin

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.47
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.56
56.56
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
3.88
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1897
8.32
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.04
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
2.76
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1901
8.34
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.26
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8579
37.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
957
4.2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.18
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7767
34.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Josh Beckett and Chance Ruffin

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.58
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.97
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
1.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.55
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
94.89
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Beckett and Chance Ruffin

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
517.61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
46.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.87
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.08
21.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
111.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
94.93
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
32.24
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
9.68
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
110
197.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
59.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.16
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA