Joe Coleman vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Joe Coleman
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Coleman 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. Joe Coleman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.38 and WHIP 1.533 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Joe Coleman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Coleman and Chance Ruffin

Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.78
62.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.38
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3402
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1134
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
9.3
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.73
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.49
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
3.52
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.891
0.891
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4993
39.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
4.89
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.533
1.533
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4414
35.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Joe Coleman and Chance Ruffin

Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
7.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
775
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
5.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.35
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.93
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
6.58
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.97
94.97
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.848
0.848
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.25
15.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.45
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Coleman and Chance Ruffin

Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
328.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
407
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
535.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
97.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
67.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.59
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
29.48
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.62
31.88
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
138.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
129.73
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
29.48
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
61.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.5
25.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
32.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
133
196.07
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
32.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.74
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA