Joe Martina vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Joe Martina
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Martina 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. Joe Martina posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.67 and WHIP 1.476 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Joe Martina had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Martina and Chance Ruffin

Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.67
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9.26
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.902
0.902
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
40.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
4.95
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.476
1.476
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
35.9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Joe Martina and Chance Ruffin

Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.042
0.042
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Martina and Chance Ruffin

Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
319.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
548.94
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.755
0.755
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
178.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
153.19
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
76.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
204.26
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
217.02
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.655
0.655
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
76.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
102.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.94
88.58
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
7
89.36
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
6.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Martina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Martina
Career
Per 600 PA
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA