Bruce Ruffin vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bruce Ruffin and Otis Starks are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Ruffin had the edge in ERA (4.19 vs 4.95). By the career numbers, Bruce Ruffin had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Otis Starks

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.25
42.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Otis Starks

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.41
32.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Otis Starks

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
825.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100