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,
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.