Chick Brandom vs. Red Ruffing — Career Comparison

Chick Brandom
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark PepperFederal LeagueRelief Pitcher
Red Ruffing
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Red Ruffing built a career as a starting pitcher and Chick Brandom as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chick Brandom posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.08 and WHIP 1.204 compared to 3.8 and 1.341 for Red Ruffing. By the career numbers, Chick Brandom had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chick Brandom and Red Ruffing

Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.67
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
1.29
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
1.11
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
0.57
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
0.47
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.82
54.82
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.9
85.9
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.69
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.09
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.08
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1833
3.8
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13032
27
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4344
9
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
8.42
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4284
8.88
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.53
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.42
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
3.19
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
3.67
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
4.12
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.676
0.676
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.1
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.12
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
34.58
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18579
38.49
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.67
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.15
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.42
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2117
4.39
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
31.92
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16980
35.18
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.58
34.58
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Chick Brandom and Red Ruffing

Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.97
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
9
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
6.67
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.76
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.14
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.86
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chick Brandom and Red Ruffing

Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
640
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
882
254.06
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2083
600
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
27
540
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1937
557.95
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.707
0.707
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
4
80
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
150.07
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
4
80
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
107.73
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.23
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.74
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
10.37
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
42.34
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.07
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228.39
65.79
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
4
80
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
216.9
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
7
140
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
179.74
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.599
0.599
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
59.63
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
78.64
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
127.89
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.08
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248.62
71.61
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.73
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
27.94
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
80
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
76.62
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
7.5
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.83
7.83
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
12.39
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Brandom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.74
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Chick Brandom
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50