Harry Colliflower vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Harry Colliflower
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Colliflower as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Ruffin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 8.17 and 1.969 for Harry Colliflower. By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Colliflower and Bruce Ruffin

Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.08
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.01
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
8.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.72
7.72
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
13.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.96
13.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
44.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
11.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.969
1.969
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
39.58
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.36
44.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Harry Colliflower and Bruce Ruffin

Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.84
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.57
88.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.583
2.583
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Colliflower and Bruce Ruffin

Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
23
176.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
78
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
584.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
176.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
146.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.36
64.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
207.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
192.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.676
0.676
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.547
0.547
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.46
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
69.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
107.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.82
75.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
69.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Colliflower
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA