Bob Bruce vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Bruce built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Bruce led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 102), strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 97), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 98). Gary Wayne held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 91). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bob Bruce.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Gary Wayne

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.39
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.57
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.85
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.73
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
5.88
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4818
38.64
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.14
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
4.42
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Gary Wayne

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.32
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Gary Wayne

Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
223
333.67
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
517.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
77.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
65.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.97
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.96
20.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
91.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
124.19
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.44
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
62.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.57
17.31
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
102
152.62
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA