Bruce Ruffin vs. Clay Smith — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Smith
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Smith 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 5.49 and 1.653 for Clay Smith. 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 Clay Smith

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.12
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.44
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.44
11.44
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.814
0.814
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.43
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
40.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
37.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.96
40.96

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Clay Smith

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.778
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Clay Smith

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
900
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.85
-42.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA