Chance Ruffin vs. Joe Trimble — Career Comparison

Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Trimble
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Trimble 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. Chance Ruffin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.6 and WHIP 1.720 compared to 7.48 and 1.846 for Joe Trimble. By the career numbers, Chance Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chance Ruffin and Joe Trimble

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.66
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.6
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
7.48
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.79
7.79
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9.55
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.3
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.91
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.61
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
4.15
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
41.82
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
42.78
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.93
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
7.89
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.683
1.683
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
35.72
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.78
42.78

Fielding Stats for Chance Ruffin and Joe Trimble

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.91
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.66
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.49
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.32
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.91
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chance Ruffin and Joe Trimble

Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.37
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.38
-32.34
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA