Cliff Carter vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Carter 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. Cliff Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Cliff Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Carter and Chance Ruffin

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.79
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
10.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.53
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
3.73
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
40.55
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.93
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.68
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
35.62
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.55
40.55
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Cliff Carter and Chance Ruffin

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Carter and Chance Ruffin

Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
240.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
543.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA