Bob Bruce vs. Greg Mathews — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Mathews
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Bob Bruce a clear advantage over Greg Mathews across the core pitching metrics. Bob Bruce led in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 105), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 107). Greg Mathews held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 91). Bob Bruce was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Greg Mathews

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.63
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.34
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.47
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.39
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.57
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.85
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
4.08
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
8.6
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.73
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
3.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
5.88
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
4.39
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.956
0.956
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.881
0.881
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.3
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4818
38.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2156
37.75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
4.42
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
4.32
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.93
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
1.348
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.53
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Greg Mathews

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.76
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.63
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.34
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.47
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.32
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.44
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.77
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.65
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.07
93.07
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Greg Mathews

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
333.67
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
94
298.41
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
600
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
189
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
517.71
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
162
514.29
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
77.81
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
69.84
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
65.84
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
20
63.49
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.47
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.35
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.97
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.35
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.96
20.89
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
11.72
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
91.27
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
24
76.19
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
124.19
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
31
98.41
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.41
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
28.57
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.44
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.87
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
62.84
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.44
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.57
17.31
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
2.16
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.52
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
19.05
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
152.62
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
190.48
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
3.15
3.15
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.41
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
57.14
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.7
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA