Joe Dawson vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Joe Dawson
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Dawson 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 Dawson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.448 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Joe Dawson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Dawson and Chance Ruffin

Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
2.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.68
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.64
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.51
30.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
4.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
8.8
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.38
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.23
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
2.34
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1041
39.31
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.8
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927
35.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.31
39.31
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Joe Dawson and Chance Ruffin

Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.864
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.042
0.042
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Dawson and Chance Ruffin

Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
416.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
543.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
141.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
120
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.47
52.76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
169.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
176.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
49.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.88
62.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
35.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
63.53
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.44
9.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA