Bullet Joe Bush vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Bullet Joe Bush
Lost GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bullet Joe Bush posted a stronger line than Bruce Ruffin. Bullet Joe Bush posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.51 vs 4.19) and WHIP (1.378 vs 1.546). By the career numbers, Bullet Joe Bush had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bullet Joe Bush and Bruce Ruffin

Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
1.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
1.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.59
51.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.85
74.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.66
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9262
27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3087.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2992
8.72
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1263
3.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
3.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13185
38.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1443
4.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11860
34.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.44
38.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Bullet Joe Bush and Bruce Ruffin

Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1086
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1052
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.112
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bullet Joe Bush and Bruce Ruffin

Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
581
264.89
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1316
600
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
341
600
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1239
564.89
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
313
142.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
104.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
26.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
7.75
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
37.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.18
55.25
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
427
194.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
166.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.628
0.628
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
58.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
62.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
258
117.63
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.53
60.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
24.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
88.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.78
6.78
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
10.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.82
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.82
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA