Bob Bruce vs. Dick Donovan — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

When held to the same standard, Dick Donovan comes out ahead of Bob Bruce in this starter comparison. Dick Donovan led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 173 vs 116), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 101). Bob Bruce held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 80). The edge goes to Dick Donovan.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Dick Donovan

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.22
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.39
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.57
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.13
79.13
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.85
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
3.67
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.87
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
0.88
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
2.73
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.22
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
5.88
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
3.93
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.956
0.956
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.3
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4818
38.64
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
37.51
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551
4.42
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
4.06
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7867
35.1
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Dick Donovan

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.22
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
0.66
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
1.32
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.54
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.09
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
2.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.29
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
2.08
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.2
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.183
1.183
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
77.1
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Dick Donovan

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
223
333.67
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
277.9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
401
600
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
801
600
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
346
517.71
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
519.85
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
52
77.81
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
84.64
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
65.84
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
62.92
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.47
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.97
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
13.96
20.89
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.06
37.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
61
91.27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
83
124.19
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
150.56
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
25
37.41
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
50.19
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
17
25.44
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
47.94
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
42
62.84
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
86.89
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
11.57
17.31
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.31
32.44
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
28
41.9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
58.43
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
152.62
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
292
218.73
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.41
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
13.48
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA