Joe Roa vs. Red Ruffing — Career Comparison

Joe Roa
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Red Ruffing
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Red Ruffing built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Roa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Red Ruffing posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.341 compared to 4.94 and 1.538 for Joe Roa. By the career numbers, Red Ruffing had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Roa and Red Ruffing

Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
4.06
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
1.29
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.64
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
1.11
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
0.57
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.47
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.82
54.82
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.83
15.83
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.9
85.9
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.69
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.09
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.03
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
4.94
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1833
3.8
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13032
27
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4344
9
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
11.17
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4284
8.88
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.32
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
0.53
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.44
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
3.19
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
5.21
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
4.12
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.1
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.12
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.01
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1176
39.79
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18579
38.49
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.85
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.15
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
5.18
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2117
4.39
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.02
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.511
1.511
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1070
36.2
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16980
35.18
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.79
39.79
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Joe Roa and Red Ruffing

Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
4.06
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.64
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
9
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.64
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.35
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.06
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.86
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.492
0.492
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.327
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.83
15.83
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Roa and Red Ruffing

Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
1358.49
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
882
254.06
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2083
600
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
47
532.08
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1937
557.95
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.707
0.707
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
10
113.21
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
150.07
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
107.73
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.23
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.74
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
10.37
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
42.34
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
30.16
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228.39
65.79
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
216.9
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
12
135.85
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
179.74
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.599
0.599
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
59.63
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
78.64
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
127.89
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
3.07
34.73
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248.62
71.61
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.73
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
27.94
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
76.62
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.83
7.83
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
12.39
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Roa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.74
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Joe Roa
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50