Walt Dickson vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Walt Dickson
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh RebelsFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walt Dickson 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. Walt Dickson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.401 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Walt Dickson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walt Dickson and Chance Ruffin

Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.64
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.21
34.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.96
58.96
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2100
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
700
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
9.76
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.85
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
2.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2814
36.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.48
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2584
33.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Walt Dickson and Chance Ruffin

Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
40.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
7.9
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
6.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
62.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
72.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
68.7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.709
1.709
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walt Dickson and Chance Ruffin

Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
321.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
535.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
69.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.15
14.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
74.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
108
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
57.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
8.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
117.6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.1
5.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA