Derek Lilliquist vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Derek Lilliquist
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Derek Lilliquist as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Derek Lilliquist led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 146 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 140 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 96). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 91). Role difference aside, Derek Lilliquist holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Derek Lilliquist and Bruce Ruffin

Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
4.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.63
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.37
42.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.85
19.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
532
9.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
4.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.817
0.817
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2080
38.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
4.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.63
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1883
35.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.7
38.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Derek Lilliquist and Bruce Ruffin

Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
4.88
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.2
96.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.85
19.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Derek Lilliquist and Bruce Ruffin

Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
267
1405.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
568.42
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
121.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
105.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.79
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
33.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
157.89
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
126.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.498
0.498
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
31.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
105.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.7
5.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lilliquist
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA