Chance Ruffin vs. Harry Thompson — Career Comparison

Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Thompson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Thompson 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. Harry Thompson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Harry Thompson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chance Ruffin and Harry Thompson

Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55.1
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
10.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.41
10.41
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.79
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.398
0.398
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
36.76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.88
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
34.64
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76

Fielding Stats for Chance Ruffin and Harry Thompson

Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.042
0.042
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.421
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chance Ruffin and Harry Thompson

Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
320.93
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
530.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
111.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
42.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
45.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.5
21.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100