Dewey Adkins vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Ruffin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Bruce Ruffin

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
4.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Bruce Ruffin

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Bruce Ruffin

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
991.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA