Rufus Ligon vs. Sid Monge — Career Comparison

Rufus Ligon
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sid Monge
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rufus Ligon built a career as a starting pitcher and Sid Monge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sid Monge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.444 compared to 4.98 and 1.282 for Rufus Ligon. By the career numbers, Sid Monge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rufus Ligon and Sid Monge

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.1
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
5.12
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.2
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.06
55.06
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.98
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
3.53
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2292
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
9
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.22
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.34
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.93
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
4.19
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.62
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
5.55
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.437
0.437
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.4
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.31
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
37.75
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3292
38.78
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
2.52
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.24
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
4.03
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.41
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
34.6
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2850
33.57
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Rufus Ligon and Sid Monge

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.96
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
5.12
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.2
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2292
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.44
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.05
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.61
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.48
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.97
91.97
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rufus Ligon and Sid Monge

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
408
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
10440
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
552
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
21
504
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
53.05
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.45
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
66.18
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-9.48
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
8
192
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA