Chance Ruffin vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend 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. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chance Ruffin and Leo Townsend

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Chance Ruffin and Leo Townsend

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.042
0.042
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chance Ruffin and Leo Townsend

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
450
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA