Neal Cotts vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Neal Cotts
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Neal Cotts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Neal Cotts led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 103 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 110 vs 91), and run prevention (ERA+ 91 vs 86). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 64). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Neal Cotts.

Pitching Stats for Neal Cotts and Bruce Ruffin

Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
8.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
8.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1918
38.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.351
1.351
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1674
33.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Neal Cotts and Bruce Ruffin

Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.81
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1330
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neal Cotts and Bruce Ruffin

Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
144900
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neal Cotts
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA