Tom Cheney vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Tom Cheney a clear advantage over Bruce Ruffin across the core pitching metrics. Tom Cheney led in run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 86), strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 96). Tom Cheney was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tom Cheney and Bruce Ruffin

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
7.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
6.66
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1981
38.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
4.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1730
33.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Tom Cheney and Bruce Ruffin

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.678
0.678
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cheney and Bruce Ruffin

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
121
474.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
153
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
521.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
11.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
78.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
90.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
19.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
125.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.82
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA