Larry Foss vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Larry Foss
Silent GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Foss 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. Larry Foss posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.33 and WHIP 1.852 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Larry Foss had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Foss and Chance Ruffin

Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.75
7.75
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
10.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
10.54
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.54
10.54
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.61
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
42.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
41.82
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.683
1.683
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
35.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.33
42.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Larry Foss and Chance Ruffin

Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Foss and Chance Ruffin

Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
685.71
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
10.96
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.04
-3.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Foss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Foss
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA