Chance Ruffin = Awesome

by 40AS on May 20, 2008 4:00 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns Baseball

In honor of being named Big XII Freshman of the Year, we present statistical proof of how awesome Chance Ruffin's freshman year has been (click on the story's title for the full story).

Year	Player		Age	ERA	W-L	GS	IP	H	H/9	R	ER	BB	SO	K:BB	AB	B/Avg
2002	Justin	Simmons	So.	2.52	16-1	20	128.1	106	7.44	41	36	39	80	2.05	471	0.225
2003	J.P.	Howell	So.	2.52	10-2	19	114.1	97	7.65	41	32	43	105	2.44	421	0.23
2004	J.P.	Howell	Jr.	2.13	15-2	20	135.1	90	5.99	45	32	53	166	3.13	478	0.188
2005	Kenn	Kasparek	Fr.	2.1	8-0	12	73	53	6.53	21	17	31	46	1.48	248	0.214
2006	Kyle	McCulloch	Jr.	3.61	8-5	18	109.2	113	9.31	59	44	32	82	2.57	421	0.268
2007	Adrian	Alaniz	Jr.	2.59	12-3	16	104.1	81	7	34	30	31	91	2.95	377	0.215
2008	Chance	Ruffin	Fr.	1.84	7-3	8	63.2	43	6.12	19	13	19	61	3.21	228	0.184

In addition to his season statistics, consider:

He has a 10-inning no-decision
He has arguably the most important start of the season, his Sunday start to salvage a game at Mizzou and set himself as a team leader
His numbers as a starter (below) are even better than his numbers on the season as a whole.

IP	H	H/9	R	ER	ERA	K	K/9
45.2	30	5.97	8	7	1.39	40	7.96

The only regret is that he didn't get enough starts for a true comparison to other Longhorn greats be made. Either way, Texas gets this guy for two more years, and winning in the postseason is much easier with a Friday starter like him.

Additionally, Jordan Danks and Ruffin made All-Big 12 Second Team, and Brandon Belt, Preston Clark, Cole Green, David Hernandez, Russell Moldenhauer, Cameron Rupp, Kyle Russell, and Michael Torres made Honorable Mention.

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The best part

Ruffin Fr
Belt So
Green Fr
Hernandez So
Moldenhauer So
Rupp Fr

We’ll see who comes back among the others, but that is already a pretty solid core.

Plus, congratulations to Torres are in order for making Big 12 HM as a DH, despite a.) landing in that role after a lot of the season was past and b.) batting leadoff (and still putting up 44 RBI).

by amorphous on May 20, 2008 4:57 PM CDT reply actions