Dean Chance vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Dean Chance
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dean Chance 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. Dean Chance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.247 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Dean Chance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dean Chance and Chance Ruffin

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.54
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.48
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.92
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
7.81
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.51
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
3.1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.31
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1534
6.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.059
1.059
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8906
37.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.26
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
3.49
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
33.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Dean Chance and Chance Ruffin

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6443
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2147.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.56
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
2.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Chance and Chance Ruffin

Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
406
320.95
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
759
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
662
523.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.58
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
4.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
36.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
62.45
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-28.07
-22.19
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.95
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
420
332.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
1.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
48.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.58
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Chance
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA