Bill Haywood vs. Dick Ruthven — Career Comparison

Bill Haywood
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Ruthven
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dick Ruthven built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Haywood as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Ruthven posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.420 compared to 4.7 and 1.696 for Bill Haywood. By the career numbers, Dick Ruthven had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Haywood and Dick Ruthven

Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.48
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.51
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.42
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.52
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.54
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.2
49.2
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.52
93.52
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.7
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
4.14
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6327
27
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2109
9
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
10.57
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2155
9.2
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
0.7
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.7
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
3.27
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.31
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.91
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
4.89
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.907
0.907
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.23
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.16
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
41.87
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9047
38.61
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.26
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1075
4.59
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.39
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.3
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
0.81
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.696
1.696
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
36.39
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8079
34.48
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.87
41.87
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Bill Haywood and Dick Ruthven

Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.4
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.51
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.42
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
27
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6327
27
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.1
9
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2109
9
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.64
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.54
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.27
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.54
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.08
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.54
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
1.91
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.6
91.6
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.52
93.52
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Haywood and Dick Ruthven

Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
281.76
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
773
600
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
671
520.83
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
95.47
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
76.84
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.97
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.88
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.78
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
18.63
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.58
22.96
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
119.53
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
110.22
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
32.6
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
34.15
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
65.98
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.76
19.99
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.33
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.42
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 600 PA
212
164.55
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
63.65
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.78
Bill Haywood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Ruthven
Career
Per 600 PA
9
6.99
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.55
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.88
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.43
Bill Haywood
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ruthven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.57
28.57