Chris Brock vs. Rufus Ligon — Career Comparison

Chris Brock
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rufus Ligon
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rufus Ligon built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Brock as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Brock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.81 and WHIP 1.510 compared to 4.98 and 1.282 for Rufus Ligon. By the career numbers, Chris Brock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Brock and Rufus Ligon

Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.98
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.1
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.81
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.27
20.27
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
4.81
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.98
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1005
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
9.7
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.22
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.5
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
3.68
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
6.1
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.62
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.437
0.437
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.31
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1485
39.9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
37.75
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.83
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
5.19
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.24
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.35
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.32
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.64
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1313
35.27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
34.6
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.9
39.9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Chris Brock and Rufus Ligon

Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.98
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.96
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.81
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1005
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.73
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.97
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.8
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.69
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.27
20.27
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Brock and Rufus Ligon

Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
1233.33
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
408
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
525
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
552
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
100
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
83.33
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.76
31.32
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
53.05
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
133.33
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
125
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
41.67
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
58.33
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
91.67
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.58
29.87
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
66.18
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
13
108.33
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.54
5.54
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Brock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Chris Brock
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100