Josh Beckett vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Josh Beckett
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Josh Beckett a clear advantage over Bruce Ruffin across the core pitching metrics. Josh Beckett led in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 91), run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 86), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 80). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 83). Josh Beckett was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Josh Beckett and Bruce Ruffin

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.61
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.56
56.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1897
8.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
2.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1901
8.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8579
37.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
957
4.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.61
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7767
34.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Josh Beckett and Bruce Ruffin

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
1.63
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
94.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Beckett and Bruce Ruffin

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
335
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
335
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
289
517.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
46.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.08
21.63
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
111.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
94.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
32.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
9.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
12
21.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
197.01
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
59.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA