MLB / Players

Bruce Ruffin

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 205 lb
BornOctober 4, 1963 · Lubbock, TX, USA
MLB debutJune 28, 1986
Final gameJune 26, 1997
Seasons12 (1986–1997)

Philadelphia Phillies 1986–1991; Milwaukee Brewers 1992; Colorado Rockies 1993–1997

Percentile snapshot

1987 season — qualified pitchers

G
35
57.1
GS
35
74
W
11
28.6
L
14
15.6
SV
0
0
CG
3
23.4
SHO
1
27.3
H
236
18.2
ER
99
40.3
BB
73
46.8
SO
93
11.7
HR
17
79.2
IP
204.7
46.8
ERA
4.35
31.2
WHIP
1.510
6.5
K/9
4.09
7.8
FIP
4.14
54.5
FIP-
98.1
46.8
ERA+
96.9
29.9
sWAR
1.3
16.9

of 78 qualified 1987 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
97.1
26.9
sWAR
9.4
86.3

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
198621565524100203200.073.073.091.164-79.4-55.7.0753.5
198735817334100323900.055.080.068.148-78.5-60.7.0741.3
198855363334000031500.121.194.121.316-12.7-8.2.166-0.2
198924413416100161500.176.300.206.50657.047.0.2620.1
19903253443300003900.068.128.068.196-53.3-44.3.107-1.5
199131342400000041800.000.143.000.143-50.9-56.0.1070.9
199225000000000000-1.3
199359312512100031000.080.179.120.299-30.4-22.8.1592.5
199456540100011200.250.400.250.65074.161.5.3291.2
199537220000000200.000.000.000.000-144.0-100.0.0001.4
199671210000001100.000.500.000.50099.734.4.3701.5
1997230000000000000.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19862121940601384044706146.32.461.2444.313.2484.5156.13.5
19873535111403123699739317204.74.351.5104.094.1498.196.91.3
198855156103301517180827144.34.431.6005.113.93110.780.1-0.2
1989242361001015262627010125.74.441.7035.014.06114.779.80.1
1990322561302117889627914149.05.381.6114.774.24111.171.0-1.5
19913115470111255038856119.03.781.3706.433.0081.797.20.9
19922561601066434145758.06.671.8456.984.93127.358.0-1.3
1993591265200145606912610139.73.871.5328.123.6178.7118.52.5
199456045160055253065655.74.041.52710.513.8076.4123.11.2
19953700111002681923134.02.121.3246.093.7774.7238.51.4
199671075240055312974569.74.001.2069.563.1562.0127.01.5
19972300270018131831322.05.321.63612.684.4888.595.20.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
469
PA
341
AB
295
R
13
H
24
2B
4
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
7
BB
23
SO
143
SB
0
BA
.0814
OBP
.1478
SLG
.0949
OPS
.2427

Pitching

G (P)
469
GS
152
W
60
L
82
SV
63
288th-most career SV
CG
17
SHO
3
IP
1,268
SO (P)
843
BB allowed
565
ERA
4.195
WHIP
1.5063
K/9
5.98
385th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1987-05-18LAD @ PHI Gameday312100203
1990-04-14STL @ PHI Gameday312000002
1986-07-08ATL @ PHI Gameday401100202
1989-09-24PHI @ STL Gameday101100012
1993-07-07MIA @ COL Gameday211100002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1992-08-12MIL @ LAA Gameday8.0422291
1990-06-05PHI @ STL Gameday6.1722390
1993-09-14HOU @ COL Gameday4.0400090
1986-08-22PHI @ SD Gameday9.0710280
1987-05-18LAD @ PHI Gameday7.2733080

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.