Mike Brown vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Mike Brown
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Brown 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. Chance Ruffin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.6 and WHIP 1.720 compared to 5.75 and 1.691 for Mike Brown. By the career numbers, Chance Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Brown and Chance Ruffin

Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
2.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.71
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.85
68.85
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
5.75
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.6
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
11.5
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
10.54
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.54
10.54
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.24
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.62
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
0.856
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.28
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1164
41.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
6.53
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.93
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.82
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.679
1.679
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
36.69
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
36.55
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Mike Brown and Chance Ruffin

Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
2.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.984
0.984
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.85
68.85
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Brown and Chance Ruffin

Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA