Ted Abernathy vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Ted Abernathy and Bruce Ruffin are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Ruffin posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.19 vs 11.07) and WHIP (1.546 vs 2.361). Ted Abernathy had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Bruce Ruffin

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
11.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.72
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
47.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
11.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.361
2.361
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
39.84
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.403
0.403
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.36
47.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Bruce Ruffin

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Bruce Ruffin

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
700
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
49.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA