Bruce Howard vs. Vern Ruhle — Career Comparison

Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Vern Ruhle
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Bruce Howard a clear advantage over Vern Ruhle across the core pitching metrics. Bruce Howard led in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 71), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 84), and run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 96). Vern Ruhle held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 139 vs 86). Bruce Howard was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Howard and Vern Ruhle

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.09
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.2
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.43
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.56
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.61
45.61
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.23
43.23
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.49
57.49
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.18
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
585
3.73
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4234
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1411.1
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
7.64
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1483
9.46
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.77
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.76
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
2.22
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.94
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
3.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.659
0.659
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.22
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2229
37.95
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5964
38.03
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.29
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.73
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
4.3
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.39
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.81
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.297
1.297
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982
33.74
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5483
34.96
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Bruce Howard and Vern Ruhle

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.09
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.2
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4234
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1411.1
9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.71
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.6
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.11
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
2.11
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.82
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.64
95.64
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.49
57.49
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Howard and Vern Ruhle

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
120
416.18
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
872
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
147
509.83
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
485.33
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.437
0.437
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
72
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.33
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.33
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5.49
19.05
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.94
21.18
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
93.64
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
85.33
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
29
100.58
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
133.33
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
32
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
24
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
56
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1.6
5.54
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.9
18.41
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
169.94
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
96
256
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
13
45.09
Vern Ruhle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Ruhle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0