Vida Blue vs. Red Ruffing — Career Comparison

Vida Blue
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Red Ruffing
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Vida Blue posted a stronger line than Red Ruffing. Vida Blue posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.27 vs 3.8) and WHIP (1.252 vs 1.341). By the career numbers, Vida Blue had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Vida Blue and Red Ruffing

Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
1.35
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
1.29
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536
1.11
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.56
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
0.57
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.43
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
0.47
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.49
56.49
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.82
54.82
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.9
85.9
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.38
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.69
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.09
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.03
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1833
3.8
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
10030
27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13032
27
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3343.1
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4344
9
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2939
7.91
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4284
8.88
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
0.71
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
0.53
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1185
3.19
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
3.19
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.16
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2175
5.85
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
4.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.28
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.1
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.12
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.01
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
13837
37.25
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18579
38.49
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.15
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
3.65
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2117
4.39
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.4
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.26
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
0.59
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
12383
33.33
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16980
35.18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Vida Blue and Red Ruffing

Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
1.35
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10031
27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3343.2
9
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.34
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.15
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.54
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
1.49
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.68
96.68
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.86
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.327
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.06
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Vida Blue and Red Ruffing

Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
508
493.2
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
882
254.06
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2083
600
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
512
497.09
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1937
557.95
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.707
0.707
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
53
51.46
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
150.07
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
40
38.83
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
107.73
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.23
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.74
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.88
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
10.37
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
13
12.62
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
42.34
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
16.86
16.37
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228.39
65.79
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
74
71.84
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
216.9
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
105
101.94
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
179.74
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.599
0.599
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
37
35.92
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
59.63
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
15
14.56
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
78.64
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
127.89
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.36
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248.62
71.61
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.91
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
1.73
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
47.57
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
27.94
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
271
263.11
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
76.62
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.83
7.83
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
51.46
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
43
12.39
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.74
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.29
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.58
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50