Watson Clark vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Watson Clark
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Watson Clark 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. Watson Clark posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.305 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Watson Clark had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Watson Clark and Chance Ruffin

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.83
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.5
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.37
53.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.03
58.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
3.66
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5242
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1897
9.77
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.77
9.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.44
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.97
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
3.31
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.587
0.587
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7442
38.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
4.31
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.305
1.305
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7042
36.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Watson Clark and Chance Ruffin

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.55
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.234
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.042
0.042
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Watson Clark and Chance Ruffin

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
326.52
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
656
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
598
546.95
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.501
0.501
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
107.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
93.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.74
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
30.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
125.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
137.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
44.82
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
34.76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
78.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.52
32.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
30.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
81
74.09
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
8.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
22.87
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA