Cris Carpenter vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Cris Carpenter
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Cris Carpenter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cris Carpenter led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 96). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 98). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Cris Carpenter.

Pitching Stats for Cris Carpenter and Bruce Ruffin

Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.59
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.1
55.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
3.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
8.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.83
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
2.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1754
38.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.87
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
34.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Cris Carpenter and Bruce Ruffin

Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.72
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cris Carpenter and Bruce Ruffin

Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
4718.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
30
486.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
27.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
39.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
97.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA