Harry Byrd vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Harry Byrd and Bruce Ruffin are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Ruffin had the edge in ERA (4.19 vs 4.35). By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin 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 Harry Byrd and Bruce Ruffin

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
2.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
4.35
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
890
9.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
3.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3675
39.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
4.81
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.504
1.504
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
35.66
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Harry Byrd and Bruce Ruffin

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.99
22.99
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Byrd and Bruce Ruffin

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
187
385.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
291
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
262
540.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
86.6
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
82.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.02
14.48
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
90.72
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
105.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
61.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
8.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
123.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA