Bruce Ruffin vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Salisbury as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Salisbury posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.55 and WHIP 1.099 compared to 4.19 and 1.546 for Bruce Ruffin. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Harry Salisbury

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Harry Salisbury

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Harry Salisbury

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA