Turk Farrell vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Turk Farrell
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Turk Farrell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Turk Farrell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.45 and WHIP 1.277 compared to 4.19 and 1.546 for Bruce Ruffin. By the career numbers, Turk Farrell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Turk Farrell and Bruce Ruffin

Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
3.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.59
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.85
48.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.71
22.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
653
3.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5115
27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1705
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1628
8.59
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1177
6.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7099
37.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
737
3.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6604
34.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.47
37.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Turk Farrell and Bruce Ruffin

Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
3.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5115
27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1705
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
1.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.17
95.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.71
22.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Turk Farrell and Bruce Ruffin

Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
590
756.41
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
468
600
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
341
600
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
558.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
75.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
61.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.36
17.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
91.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
24.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
23.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
1.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
11
14.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
165
211.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Turk Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.84
2.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
25.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
8.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA