Walt Doan vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Walt Doan
Lost GenerationIdahoThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walt Doan 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 Doan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.56 and WHIP 2.206 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Walt Doan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walt Doan and Chance Ruffin

Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.78
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.56
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
16.28
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
10.54
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.28
16.28
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.54
10.54
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.57
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
43.68
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
41.82
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.59
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
11.12
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.93
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.206
2.206
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.683
1.683
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
39.71
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
36.55
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.352
0.352
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.68
43.68
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Walt Doan and Chance Ruffin

Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.08
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.62
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.54
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walt Doan and Chance Ruffin

Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
333.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
42.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
41.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walt Doan
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA