Jim Bouton vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bouton 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 Bouton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Jim Bouton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bouton and Chance Ruffin

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.46
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.6
49.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.57
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.92
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.16
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
5.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
34.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Jim Bouton and Chance Ruffin

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3715
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.07
95.07
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bouton and Chance Ruffin

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
467.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
394
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
528.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
48.73
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57.87
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
79.19
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.98
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.35
-9.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
2.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA