Joe Beggs vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Joe Beggs
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Beggs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Beggs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.264 compared to 4.19 and 1.546 for Bruce Ruffin. By the career numbers, Joe Beggs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Beggs and Bruce Ruffin

Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
3.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.83
57.83
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.23
17.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
2.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2081
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
693.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
8.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
2.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2895
37.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
3.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2702
35.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.56
37.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Joe Beggs and Bruce Ruffin

Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.916
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Beggs and Bruce Ruffin

Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
649.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
220
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
540
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
90
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
81.82
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.89
18.8
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
98.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
111.82
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
38.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
68.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.64
15.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.82
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
130.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
4.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
38.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beggs
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA