Bob Bruce vs. Dan Wheeler — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dan Wheeler
Gen XRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Bruce built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Wheeler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Wheeler led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 144 vs 116), run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 91), and strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 103). Bob Bruce held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dan Wheeler.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Dan Wheeler

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
8.27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.39
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.35
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.57
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.6
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.83
40.83
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.6
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.85
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
3.98
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1922
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
640.2
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
8.27
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.25
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
2.73
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
2.73
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
5.88
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
7.8
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.8
7.8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.169
1.169
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.3
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.28
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.18
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4818
38.64
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2680
37.65
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.14
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.63
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
4.42
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
4.19
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.59
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2430
34.14
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Dan Wheeler

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
8.27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1922
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
640.2
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.51
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.32
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.81
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.36
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.32
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.91
96.91
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Dan Wheeler

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
223
333.67
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
590
44250
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
600
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
517.71
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
77.81
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
65.84
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.47
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.97
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.96
20.89
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
9.59
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
91.27
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
124.19
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
37.41
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.44
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
62.84
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.57
17.31
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.81
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.49
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
102
152.62
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3.93
3.93
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.41
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA