Brian Boehringer vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Boehringer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Boehringer led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 100 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 86), and strikeout rate (K%+ 99 vs 91). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 95). Role difference aside, Brian Boehringer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Boehringer and Bruce Ruffin

Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
4.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2375
39.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.489
1.489
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Brian Boehringer and Bruce Ruffin

Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Boehringer and Bruce Ruffin

Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA