Bruce Ruffin vs. Turk Wendell — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Turk Wendell
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Turk Wendell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Turk Wendell led in run prevention (ERA+ 109 vs 86), walk avoidance (BB%+ 85 vs 80), and strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 91). Bruce Ruffin held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 93). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Turk Wendell.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Turk Wendell

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
7.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.5
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.45
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
8.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.01
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
4.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.35
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.77
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
843
5.98
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.18
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2812
39.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.56
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
4.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.3
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.31
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.53
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2406
33.54
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Turk Wendell

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
7.69
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.96
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.91
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
1.82
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.16
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.09
95.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Turk Wendell

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
6759.18
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
526.53
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
42.23
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.04
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
6.83
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
4.99
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
49.27
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.87
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.32
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.19
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.76
-13.65
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-14.37
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
232.65
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
2.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.8
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA