Walker Buehler vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Walker Buehler
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Walker Buehler a clear advantage over Bruce Ruffin across the core pitching metrics. Walker Buehler led in run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 86), walk avoidance (BB%+ 120 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 123 vs 96). Walker Buehler was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Walker Buehler and Bruce Ruffin

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.28
66.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
3.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
7.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
9.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3467
37.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3151
33.77
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Walker Buehler and Bruce Ruffin

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.93
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walker Buehler and Bruce Ruffin

Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
158
486.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
195
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
171
526.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
58.46
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
49.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
14.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
73.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
92.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
33.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.46
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
49.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.21
-0.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
11
33.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
304.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.97
1.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
40
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA