Pat Clements vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Pat Clements
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Clements as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pat Clements led in home run suppression (HR9+ 248 vs 122), run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 86), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 96 vs 80). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 66). Role difference aside, Pat Clements holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Pat Clements and Bruce Ruffin

Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
7.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.42
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.71
60.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1081
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
360.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
9.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.04
9.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
3.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
38.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
2.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
4.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.98
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1332
33.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Pat Clements and Bruce Ruffin

Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
7.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1081
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
360.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.35
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.95
98.95
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Clements and Bruce Ruffin

Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
9600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.1
-36.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA