Bruce Ruffin vs. Brian Sweeney — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Sweeney
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Sweeney 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 strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 51), home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 93). Brian Sweeney held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 187 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bruce Ruffin.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Brian Sweeney

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.45
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
8.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.92
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
4.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
37.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
34.23
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Brian Sweeney

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
9
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.41
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
95.54
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Brian Sweeney

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
7300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
519.06
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.7
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-50.08
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
251.61
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA