Daryl Patterson vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Daryl Patterson
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Daryl Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Daryl Patterson led in run prevention (ERA+ 93 vs 86), walk avoidance (BB%+ 85 vs 80), and strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 91). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 95). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Daryl Patterson.

Pitching Stats for Daryl Patterson and Bruce Ruffin

Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
5.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
4.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
8.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
5.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1019
39.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.481
1.481
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
877
34.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.7
39.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Daryl Patterson and Bruce Ruffin

Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
5.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
694
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
231.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.93
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.5
92.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Daryl Patterson and Bruce Ruffin

Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
2302.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
567.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.04
-0.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-3.46
-56.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
372.97
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.61
1.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daryl Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA