Michael Bowden vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Michael Bowden
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Bowden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Ruffin led in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 102), strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 86). Michael Bowden held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 86). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bruce Ruffin.

Pitching Stats for Michael Bowden and Bruce Ruffin

Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
133.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
8.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
6.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
38.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
508
34.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Michael Bowden and Bruce Ruffin

Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
133.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Bowden and Bruce Ruffin

Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
30900
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA