Virgil Cheeves vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Virgil Cheeves
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Virgil Cheeves and Bruce Ruffin are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Ruffin had the edge in ERA (4.19 vs 4.73). 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 Virgil Cheeves and Bruce Ruffin

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.06
49.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.45
50.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.35
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
4.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1376
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
458.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
10.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2035
39.93
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
5.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.557
1.557
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
35.79
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.93
39.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Bruce Ruffin

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.928
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Bruce Ruffin

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
111
432.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
154
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
141
549.35
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
101.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
77.92
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.88
30.72
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
136.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
124.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.11
27.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
151.95
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
7
27.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA