Bruce Ruffin vs. Harry Shuman — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Shuman
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Shuman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Ruffin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.44 and 1.500 for Harry Shuman. By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Harry Shuman

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
4.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
9.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
40.32
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
36.41
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Harry Shuman

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Harry Shuman

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
6000
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA