Ad Lankford vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Ad Lankford
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln StarsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Ad Lankford and Bruce Ruffin are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Ruffin posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.19 vs 4.53) and WHIP (1.546 vs 1.616). Ad Lankford had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.21 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ad Lankford and Bruce Ruffin

Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
4.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
214.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
11.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.48
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
4.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
988
41.42
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
6.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
868
36.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.42
41.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Ad Lankford and Bruce Ruffin

Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.46
91.46
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.974
1.974
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ad Lankford and Bruce Ruffin

Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
36
164.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
131
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
113
517.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
119.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
96.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.63
53.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
146.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
174.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
59.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.48
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA