Danny Patterson vs. Bruce Ruffin — Career Comparison

Danny Patterson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Patterson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 151 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 86), and home run suppression (HR9+ 132 vs 122). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 74). Role difference aside, Danny Patterson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny Patterson and Bruce Ruffin

Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
8.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
4.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
9.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.82
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
5.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.942
0.942
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1637
38.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
4.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.98
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1481
34.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Danny Patterson and Bruce Ruffin

Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
8.2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.59
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.66
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.203
0.203
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Patterson and Bruce Ruffin

Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
350
210000
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA