Joe Borden vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Joe Borden
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Borden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Borden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 4.19 and 1.546 for Bruce Ruffin. By the career numbers, Joe Borden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Borden and Bruce Ruffin

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
9.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
39.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
5.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
37.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Joe Borden and Bruce Ruffin

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1020
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Borden and Bruce Ruffin

Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
39
153.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
152
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
588.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
110.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
98.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.09
24.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
86.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
118.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
23.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.84
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA