Leon Chagnon vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Leon Chagnon
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Chagnon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Ruffin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.51 and 1.391 for Leon Chagnon. By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Chagnon and Bruce Ruffin

Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
3.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.3
16.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
4.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
10.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.78
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
3.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1726
39.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
4.99
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
36.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.49
39.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Leon Chagnon and Bruce Ruffin

Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.726
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Chagnon and Bruce Ruffin

Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
135
736.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
572.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
65.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
23.61
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
130.91
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
103.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
49.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
17.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA