Michael Blazek vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Michael Blazek
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Blazek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Blazek led in run prevention (ERA+ 113 vs 86), walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 80), and home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 122). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 87). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Michael Blazek.

Pitching Stats for Michael Blazek and Bruce Ruffin

Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
7.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
8.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.41
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
7.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
40.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.63
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
34.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.08
40.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Michael Blazek and Bruce Ruffin

Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
7.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.91
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.177
0.177
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Blazek and Bruce Ruffin

Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
11400
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-18.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA