Neil Allen vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Neil Allen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Neil Allen 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 strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 120), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 96). Neil Allen held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 94 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bruce Ruffin.

Pitching Stats for Neil Allen and Bruce Ruffin

Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.31
45.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.45
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
985
8.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.66
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.8
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
611
5.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4248
38.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
4.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3731
33.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.68
38.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Neil Allen and Bruce Ruffin

Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.81
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.99
97.99
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.449
0.449
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neil Allen and Bruce Ruffin

Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
434
2018.6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
129
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
534.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.77
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.6
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
15.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
97.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.72
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
237.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
2.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA