Clint Blume vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Clint Blume as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clint Blume posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 4.19 and 1.546 for Bruce Ruffin. By the career numbers, Clint Blume had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clint Blume and Bruce Ruffin

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Bruce Ruffin

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Bruce Ruffin

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA