Cy Acosta vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Ruffin led in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 106), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 95), and strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 90). Cy Acosta held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 86). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bruce Ruffin.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Bruce Ruffin

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.45
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Bruce Ruffin

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Bruce Ruffin

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA