Pat Combs vs. Johnny Ruffin — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johnny Ruffin
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs built a career as a starting pitcher and Johnny Ruffin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Johnny Ruffin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.485 compared to 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Johnny Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Johnny Ruffin

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
6.38
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.46
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
4.13
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
588
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
8.82
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.15
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4.27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.51
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
5.61
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
7.48
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.105
1.105
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.65
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.83
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
39.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.84
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.32
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.23
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.71
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.87
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1165
34.38
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
744
34.16
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Johnny Ruffin

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
6.38
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
588
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.96
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.27
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.73
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.74
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.7
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.37
97.37
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Johnny Ruffin

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
4905.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
76.36
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
54.55
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
9.9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.26
-9.26
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
176.47
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Johnny Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Johnny Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100