Larry Carter vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Larry Carter
Gen XWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry 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. Larry Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.64 and WHIP 1.576 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Larry Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Carter and Chance Ruffin

Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.64
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9.27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
4.91
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.61
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
40.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.576
1.576
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
34.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.09
40.09
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Larry Carter and Chance Ruffin

Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.64
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Carter and Chance Ruffin

Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
28.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
35.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
250
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.4
2.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA