Jack Flater vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Jack Flater
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Flater 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. Jack Flater posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.06 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Jack Flater had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Flater and Chance Ruffin

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.14
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
35.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
31.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Jack Flater and Chance Ruffin

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.38
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flater and Chance Ruffin

Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
20.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
12.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA