Harvey Branch vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Harvey Branch
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harvey Branch 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. Harvey Branch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Harvey Branch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Branch and Chance Ruffin

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.61
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
43.2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
41.82
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.683
1.683
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Harvey Branch and Chance Ruffin

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Branch and Chance Ruffin

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.11
-66.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA