Bob Bruce vs. Art Mahaffey — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Art Mahaffey
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Bob Bruce a clear advantage over Art Mahaffey across the core pitching metrics. Bob Bruce led in home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 79), walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 90). Bob Bruce was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Art Mahaffey

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
1.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.39
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.53
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.57
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.58
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.97
47.97
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.41
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.85
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
4.17
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2997
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
999
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
8.64
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.73
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
3.32
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.21
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
5.88
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
5.76
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.3
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.35
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4818
38.64
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4252
38.31
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
4.42
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
4.57
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3845
34.64
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Art Mahaffey

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
1.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2997
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
999
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.32
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.05
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.59
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.55
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
97
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.18
97.18
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Art Mahaffey

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
333.67
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
186
310
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
600
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
360
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
517.71
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
313
521.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
77.81
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
42
70
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
65.84
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
31
51.67
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.47
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.67
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.5
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.97
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
18.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.96
20.89
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
10.34
17.23
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
91.27
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
100
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
124.19
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
52
86.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.41
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
17
28.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
17
25.44
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
31.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
62.84
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
33
55
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.57
17.31
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
1.87
3.12
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
152.62
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
109
181.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
3.3
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
23
34.41
Art Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
60
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.5
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.67
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Art Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA