Doug Davis vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Doug Davis
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doug Davis 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. Doug Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.529 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Doug Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Davis and Chance Ruffin

Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.48
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.57
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.46
93.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
4.44
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5147
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1813
9.51
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.94
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
4.11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1279
6.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.202
1.202
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.23
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7597
39.85
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
4.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.52
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.24
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.513
1.513
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6625
34.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.85
39.85
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Doug Davis and Chance Ruffin

Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5147
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
1.69
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.61
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.05
95.05
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.003
1.003
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.46
93.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Davis and Chance Ruffin

Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
393.99
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
466
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
412
530.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.58
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.73
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.51
4.52
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
54.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
50.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.45
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.74
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
32.19
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-17.03
-21.93
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
175
225.32
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
61.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.44
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA