Rufus Ligon vs. Josh Osich — Career Comparison

Rufus Ligon
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Josh Osich
MillenialIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rufus Ligon built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Osich as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rufus Ligon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.98 and WHIP 1.282 compared to 5.02 and 1.405 for Josh Osich. By the career numbers, Rufus Ligon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rufus Ligon and Josh Osich

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.1
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
10.24
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.53
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.42
68.42
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.98
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
5.02
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.22
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
9.01
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.84
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
3.51
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.62
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
8.12
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.437
0.437
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.31
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
37.75
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
39.15
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.24
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
5.63
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.82
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
34.6
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
35.12
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15

Fielding Stats for Rufus Ligon and Josh Osich

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.96
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
10.24
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.02
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.88
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.79
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rufus Ligon and Josh Osich

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
408
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
37650
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
600
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
552
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.632
0.632
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
53.05
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
66.18
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-2.56
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA