Jon Leicester vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Jon Leicester
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Leicester 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 5.88 and 1.500 for Jon Leicester. By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Leicester and Bruce Ruffin

Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
9.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.47
9.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
6.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.149
1.149
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
39.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
6.21
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.98
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
34.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.85
39.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Jon Leicester and Bruce Ruffin

Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.208
0.208
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Leicester and Bruce Ruffin

Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
14400
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA