Buck Alexander vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Buck Alexander
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Buck Alexander and Bruce Ruffin are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Ruffin posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.19 vs 6.04) and WHIP (1.546 vs 1.622). Buck Alexander had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.45 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 Buck Alexander and Bruce Ruffin

Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.78
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.19
26.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
6.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.39
7.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1073
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
357.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
10.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
3.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
28.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
7.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.4
7.4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.619
1.619
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
23.9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.519
0.519
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.96
28.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Buck Alexander and Bruce Ruffin

Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
2.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
258.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.18
95.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.026
1.026
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Alexander and Bruce Ruffin

Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
77
330
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
140
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
548.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
90
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.13
26.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
124.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
115.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
55.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
90
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.44
23.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA