Bruce Ruffin vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bruce Ruffin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Wilks as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Wilks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.221 compared to 4.19 and 1.546 for Bruce Ruffin. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Ted Wilks

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.25
42.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.45
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
4.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3804
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1345
9.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
5.98
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5569
39.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
4.81
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.98
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4894
34.74
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Ted Wilks

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3804
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.91
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
1.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.41
32.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Ruffin and Ted Wilks

Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
825.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
519.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
6.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
49.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
82.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
35.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.76
-13.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
40.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
251.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bruce Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
40.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
8.8
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA