Chance Ruffin vs. Jim Tobin — Career Comparison

Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Tobin
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Tobin 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. Jim Tobin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Jim Tobin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chance Ruffin and Jim Tobin

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.5
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.53
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.74
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5700
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1900
9
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1929
9.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
2.36
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.555
0.555
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8074
38.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.22
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
4.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7490
35.48
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Chance Ruffin and Jim Tobin

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.042
0.042
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.024
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chance Ruffin and Jim Tobin

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
268.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
884
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
796
540.27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.666
0.666
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
124.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
86.88
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
23.76
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.54
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
37.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.25
57.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
186.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
180.54
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
54.98
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
69.23
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.75
58.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.3
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
162
109.95
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.39
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.93
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100