Bob Bruce vs. Josh Taylor — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Josh Taylor
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Bruce built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Josh Taylor led in home run suppression (HR9+ 226 vs 115), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 150 vs 101), and run prevention (ERA+ 137 vs 91). Bob Bruce held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 104). Role difference aside, Josh Taylor holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Josh Taylor

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
10.35
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.39
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.57
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.85
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.35
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.55
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.98
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.73
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.97
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
5.88
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
11.63
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.63
11.63
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.3
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.38
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4818
38.64
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
39.15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.14
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.88
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
4.42
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.392
1.392
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
34.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Josh Taylor

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
10.35
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.32
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.044
0.044
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Josh Taylor

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
333.67
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
138
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
401
600
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
517.71
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
77.81
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
65.84
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.47
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.97
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.96
20.89
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
91.27
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
124.19
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.41
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.44
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
62.84
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.57
17.31
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
102
152.62
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.41
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Josh Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA