How Johnny Ruffin's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Johnny Ruffin totaled 853 career Batters Faced, well below the relief pitcher average of 1,243.7 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batters Faced season came in 1996, posting 289, well above the relief pitcher average of 224.4 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at 21, well below the relief pitcher average of 214.8 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 289 in 1996 to 43 in 2000 and 21 in 2001, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 21 to 289 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Johnny Ruffin Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Johnny Ruffin
| Johnny Ruffin
Batters Faced | Johnny Ruffin
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 853 | 39.17 |
| Season Avg. | 142.17 | 39.17 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 994.14 | 39.17 |
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Johnny Ruffin Batters Faced Per Season
Johnny Ruffin's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Johnny Ruffin Batters Faced by Team
Johnny Ruffin's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Ruffin Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Johnny Ruffin's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Johnny Ruffin Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Johnny Ruffin's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Johnny Ruffin Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Johnny Ruffin's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
