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Bruce Ruffin
Bruce Wayne Ruffin

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 209 lb.
School University of Texas at Austin

Debut June 28, 1986
  vs. STL 6.3 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER
Final Game June 26, 1997
Born October 4, 1963 in Lubbock, TX

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1985. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1986 22 PHI NL   9   4  21  21   6   0   0  0  146.3  138   53   40   6   44   70   1   0   600   6   1  2.46  3.88  158 1.244 RoY-7
 1987 23 PHI NL  11  14  35  35   3   1   0  0  204.7  236  118   99  17   73   93   2   6   884   4   0  4.35  4.25   98 1.510
 1988 24 PHI NL   6  10  55  15   3   0  14  3  144.3  151   86   71   7   80   82   3  12   646   6   0  4.43  3.56   80 1.600
 1989 25 PHI NL   6  10  24  23   1   0   0  0  125.7  152   69   62  10   62   70   0   8   576   6   0  4.44  3.54   80 1.703
 1990 26 PHI NL   6  13  32  25   2   1   1  0  149.0  178   99   89  14   62   79   1   3   678   7   2  5.38  3.80   71 1.611
 1991 27 PHI NL   4   7  31  15   1   1   2  0  119.0  125   52   50   6   38   85   1   4   508   3   0  3.78  3.65   97 1.370
 1992 28 MIL AL   1   6  25   6   1   0   6  0   58.0   66   43   43   7   41   45   0   2   272   3   0  6.67  3.87   58 1.845
 1993 29 COL NL   6   5  59  12   0   0   8  2  139.7  145   71   60  10   69  126   1   8   619   9   0  3.87  4.77  123 1.532
 1994 30 COL NL   4   5  56   0   0   0  39 16   55.7   55   28   25   6   30   65   1   5   252   2   0  4.04  4.98  123 1.527
 1995 31 COL NL   0   1  37   0   0   0  19 11   34.0   26    8    8   1   19   23   0   1   140   1   0  2.12  5.40  255 1.324
 1996 32 COL NL   7   5  71   0   0   0  56 24   69.7   55   35   31   5   29   74   0  10   292   3   0  4.00  5.24  131 1.206
 1997 33 COL NL   0   2  23   0   0   0  15  7   22.0   18   15   13   3   18   31   0   2   102   0   0  5.32  5.18   97 1.636
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .423  60  82 469 152  17   3 160 63 1268.0 1345  677  591  92  565  843  10  61  5569  50   3  4.19  4.12   98 1.506
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   8  51  16   1   0  17  6  138.7  147   74   64  10   61   92   1   6   609   5   0  4.19  4.12   98 1.506
 Career High     11  14  71  35   6   1  56 24  204.7  236  118   99  17   80  126   3  12   884   9   2  2.46  5.24  158 1.206

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 22 PHI NL  21   55    2    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  32  .073  .073  .091  -56    5   1   0   0   0   2 RoY-7
 1987 23 PHI NL  35   73    3    4   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  39  .055  .080  .068  -61    5   6   0   0   0   3
 1988 24 PHI NL  55   33    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  15  .121  .194  .121   -7    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 25 PHI NL  24   34    1    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   6  15  .176  .300  .206   48    7   1   0   0   0   0
 1990 26 PHI NL  32   44    3    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   9  .068  .128  .068  -44    3   6   0   0   0   0
 1991 27 PHI NL  31   24    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  18  .000  .143  .000  -56    0   6   0   0   0   0
 1993 29 COL NL  59   25    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  10  .080  .179  .120  -23    3   3   0   0   0   0
 1994 30 COL NL  56    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .250  .400  .250   65    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1995 31 COL NL  37    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1996 32 COL NL  71    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   36    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     444  295   13   24   4  0   0    7   0  0  23 143  .081  .148  .095  -32   28  23   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        108    5    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   8  52  .081  .148  .095  -32   10   8   0   0   0   2
 Career High     71   73    3    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   6  39                           7   6   0   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 22 PHI NL   56   54    0   0.0   101| .073  .266| .073  .337| .091  .401| .164  .738| -56  .000 -12.0  -1.3   0%
 1987 23 PHI NL   81   78    0   0.0   108| .055  .273| .080  .343| .068  .425| .148  .767| -61  .000 -17.4  -1.7   0%
 1988 24 PHI NL   36   29    1   0.9    90| .121  .257| .194  .321| .121  .378| .315  .699|  -7  .065  -4.7  -0.5   0%
 1989 25 PHI NL   41   29    3   2.8    90| .176  .253| .300  .320| .206  .376| .506  .696|  48  .336  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1990 26 PHI NL   53   47    1   0.6    97| .068  .263| .128  .329| .068  .395| .196  .725| -44  .023  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1991 27 PHI NL   34   30    0   0.0    93| .000  .256| .143  .324| .000  .384| .143  .708| -56  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1993 29 COL NL   31   26    1   1.0   117| .080  .290| .179  .358| .120  .442| .299  .800| -23  .060  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1994 30 COL NL    5    3    1   8.9   123| .250  .294| .400  .363| .250  .460| .650  .823|  65  .749  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1995 31 COL NL    2    2    0   0.0   130| .000  .302| .000  .376| .000  .470| .000  .846|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1996 32 COL NL    2    1    0   0.0   125| .000  .295| .500  .368| .000  .462| .500  .830|  36  .000  -0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      341  299    7   0.6   101| .081  .267| .148  .335| .095  .404| .243  .739| -32  .028 -55.6  -5.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 22 PHI NL P 21 8 20 1 0 .966 .956 1.33 0.66 1.72 1.94 21 146.3 1987 23 PHI NL P 35 7 32 2 3 .951 .956 1.11 0.62 1.71 1.91 35 204.7 1988 24 PHI NL P 55 11 25 2 2 .947 .955 0.65 0.69 2.25 1.96 15 144.3 1989 25 PHI NL P 24 3 34 4 0 .902 .946 1.54 0.63 2.65 1.87 23 125.7 1990 26 PHI NL P 32 5 23 0 2 1.000 .956 0.88 0.58 1.69 1.80 25 149.0 1991 27 PHI NL P 31 8 15 2 1 .920 .954 0.74 0.59 1.74 1.86 15 119.0 1992 28 MIL AL P 25 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.36 0.56 1.40 1.72 6 58.0 1993 29 COL NL P 59 7 16 1 3 .958 .954 0.39 0.54 1.48 1.84 12 139.7 1994 30 COL NL P 56 2 10 0 0 1.000 .960 0.21 0.54 1.94 1.86 0 55.7 1995 31 COL NL P 37 0 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.51 2.12 1.85 0 34.0 1996 32 COL NL P 71 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 0.15 0.52 1.42 1.83 0 69.7 1997 33 COL NL P 23 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.13 0.52 1.23 1.84 0 22.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 22 PHI NL P 21 8 20 1 0 .966 .956 1.33 0.66 1.72 1.94 21 146.3 1987 23 PHI NL P 35 7 32 2 3 .951 .956 1.11 0.62 1.71 1.91 35 204.7 1988 24 PHI NL P 55 11 25 2 2 .947 .955 0.65 0.69 2.25 1.96 15 144.3 1989 25 PHI NL P 24 3 34 4 0 .902 .946 1.54 0.63 2.65 1.87 23 125.7 1990 26 PHI NL P 32 5 23 0 2 1.000 .956 0.88 0.58 1.69 1.80 25 149.0 1991 27 PHI NL P 31 8 15 2 1 .920 .954 0.74 0.59 1.74 1.86 15 119.0 1992 28 MIL AL P 25 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.36 0.56 1.40 1.72 6 58.0 1993 29 COL NL P 59 7 16 1 3 .958 .954 0.39 0.54 1.48 1.84 12 139.7 1994 30 COL NL P 56 2 10 0 0 1.000 .960 0.21 0.54 1.94 1.86 0 55.7 1995 31 COL NL P 37 0 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.51 2.12 1.85 0 34.0 1996 32 COL NL P 71 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 0.15 0.52 1.42 1.83 0 69.7 1997 33 COL NL P 23 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.13 0.52 1.23 1.84 0 22.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 469 58 199 12 11 .955 .954 0.55 0.57 1.82 1.87 152 1268.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 469 58 199 12 11 .955 .954 0.55 0.57 1.82 1.87 152 1268
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  COL ATL     L   4   0   2.70  0  0  0  0   3.1   3   1   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  COL ATL     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1994 NL-56-6

Saves
1994 NL-16-8

Games Started
1987 NL-35-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1988 NL-80-7

Hits Allowed
1987 NL-236-5

Losses
1987 NL-14-8
1990 NL-13-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1987 NL-99-10
1990 NL-89-10

Wild Pitches
1988 NL-12-2
1996 NL-10-8

Games Finished
1994 NL-39-7
1996 NL-56-8

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1899) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 31st round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1985.

December 11, 1991: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dale Sveum.

November 5, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 31, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Philadelphia Phillies$60,000
1987Philadelphia Phillies$100,000
1988Philadelphia Phillies$140,000
1989Philadelphia Phillies$175,000
1990Philadelphia Phillies$350,000
1992Milwaukee Brewers$525,000
1993Colorado Rockies$550,000
1994Colorado Rockies$800,000
1995Colorado Rockies$1,000,000
1996Colorado Rockies$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,700,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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