Bruce Ruffin vs. Dave Stevens — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Stevens
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Stevens as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Ruffin led in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 69), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 83), and strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 83). Dave Stevens held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 101 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bruce Ruffin.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Dave Stevens

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
6.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.57
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.45
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.75
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
4.19
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
6.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1345
9.55
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
10.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.73
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
6.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5569
39.53
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
41.7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.33
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
4.81
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
6.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.47
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.47
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.713
1.713
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4894
34.74
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
35.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.7
41.7

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Dave Stevens

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
6.56
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.61
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.78
97.78
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Dave Stevens

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
183
18300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
6.7
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Dave Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA