Bob Bruce vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Daisuke Matsuzaka a clear advantage over Bob Bruce across the core pitching metrics. Daisuke Matsuzaka led in strikeout rate (K%+ 131 vs 103), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 91), and home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 115). Bob Bruce held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 73). Daisuke Matsuzaka was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.34
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.39
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.64
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.57
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.85
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
4.45
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
8.21
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.97
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.73
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
4.41
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.2
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
5.88
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
8.2
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.3
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.38
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4818
38.64
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3444
39.22
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.14
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
4.42
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
4.62
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.2
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.6
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2974
33.87
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.34
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2371
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
790.1
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.54
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.32
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.85
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.42
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.39
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
97
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.26
76.26
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Daisuke Matsuzaka

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
223
333.67
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
2106.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
600
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
517.71
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
37
493.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
77.81
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
65.84
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.47
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.97
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.96
20.89
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1.38
18.44
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
91.27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
124.19
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.41
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.44
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
62.84
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.57
17.31
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.79
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
152.62
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2.81
2.81
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.41
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Career
Per 600 PA