Mort Flohr vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Mort Flohr
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Mort Flohr 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 5.87 and 2.185 for Mort Flohr. By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mort Flohr and Bruce Ruffin

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9.98
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
44.9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.185
2.185
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
34.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.9
44.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Mort Flohr and Bruce Ruffin

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.929
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mort Flohr and Bruce Ruffin

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
15
750
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
80.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA