Declan Cronin vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Declan Cronin 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 4.98 and 1.488 for Declan Cronin. By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Declan Cronin and Bruce Ruffin

Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.98
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
9.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
39.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.98
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.451
1.451
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
34.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Declan Cronin and Bruce Ruffin

Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Declan Cronin and Bruce Ruffin

Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA