Bruce Ruffin vs. Dick Selma — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Selma
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Selma as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Selma led in strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 91), run prevention (ERA+ 96 vs 86), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 83 vs 80). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 96). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dick Selma.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Dick Selma

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
3.29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.76
24.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
3.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2520
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
840
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
7.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
4.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
7.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3558
38.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3116
33.39
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Dick Selma

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
3.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2526
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.76
96.76
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.52
24.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Dick Selma

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
324
860.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
203
538.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.92
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.34
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
21.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.81
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
15.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
201.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
2.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.48
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100