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Bruce Ruffin
Bruce Wayne Ruffin

Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 209 lb.

Born: October 4, 1963 in Lubbock, TX
High School: J.M. Hanks (El Paso, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1986
Final Game: June 26, 1997
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1986	22	PHI	NL	21	56	55	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	.073	.073	.091	.164	-56	5	2	0	1	0	0	1	RoY-7
1987	23	PHI	NL	35	81	73	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	39	.055	.080	.068	.148	-61	5	3	0	6	0	0	1
1988	24	PHI	NL	55	36	33	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.121	.194	.121	.316	-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	25	PHI	NL	24	41	34	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	15	.176	.300	.206	.506	48	7	0	0	1	0	0	1
1990	26	PHI	NL	32	53	44	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.068	.128	.068	.196	-44	3	0	0	6	0	0	1
1991	27	PHI	NL	31	34	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	.000	.143	.000	.143	-56	0	0	0	6	0	0	1

1993	29	COL	NL	59	31	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.080	.179	.120	.299	-23	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
1994	30	COL	NL	56	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	31	COL	NL	37	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	32	COL	NL	71	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	33	COL	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				444	341	295	13	24	4	0	0	7	0	0	23	143	.081	.148	.095	.243	-32	28	5	0	23	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	124	108	5	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	8	52	.081	.148	.095	.243	-32	10	2	0	8	0	0

PHI (6 yrs)				198	301	263	12	21	3	0	0	6	0	0	18	128	.080	.139	.091	.230	-35	24	5	0	20	0	0
COL (5 yrs)				246	40	32	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	15	.094	.216	.125	.341	-12	4	0	0	3	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1986	22	PHI	NL	56	54	0	0.0	101	.174	.073	.266	.073	.337	.091	.401	.164	.738	-56	.000	-12.0	-1.3	.094	.018	.018
1987	23	PHI	NL	81	78	0	0.0	108	.118	.055	.273	.080	.343	.068	.425	.148	.767	-61	.000	-17.4	-1.7	.097	.041	.014
1988	24	PHI	NL	36	29	1	0.9	90	.222	.121	.257	.194	.321	.121	.378	.316	.699	-7	.065	-4.7	-0.5	.241	.091	.000
1989	25	PHI	NL	41	29	3	2.8	90	.316	.176	.253	.300	.320	.206	.376	.506	.696	48	.336	-2.1	-0.2	.464	.206	.029
1990	26	PHI	NL	53	47	1	0.6	97	.086	.068	.263	.128	.329	.068	.395	.196	.725	-44	.023	-8.8	-0.9	.146	.068	.000
1991	27	PHI	NL	34	30	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.256	.143	.324	.000	.384	.143	.708	-56	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.167	.167	.000

1993	29	COL	NL	31	26	1	1.0	117	.133	.080	.290	.179	.358	.120	.442	.299	.800	-23	.060	-4.8	-0.5	.261	.160	.040
1994	30	COL	NL	5	3	1	8.9	123	.500	.250	.294	.400	.363	.250	.460	.650	.823	65	.749	-0.2	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1995	31	COL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	130		.000	.302	.000	.376	.000	.470	.000	.846	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1996	32	COL	NL	2	1	0	0.0	125		.000	.295	.500	.368	.000	.462	.500	.830	36	.000	-0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
12 Seasons				341	299	7	0.6	101	.158	.081	.267	.148	.335	.095	.404	.243	.739	-32	.028	-55.7	-5.7	.185	.092	.014
162 Game Avg.				124	109	3	0.6	101	.158	.081	.267	.148	.335	.095	.404	.243	.739	-32	.028	-55.7	-5.7	.185	.092	.014

PHI (6 yrs)				301	267	5	0.5	99	.156	.080	.264	.139	.331	.091	.399	.230	.730	-35	.019	-50.0	-5.1	.170	.080	.011
COL (5 yrs)				40	32	2	1.7	119	.176	.094	.291	.216	.360	.125	.447	.341	.807	-12	.132	-5.7	-0.6	.310	.188	.031

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	31	COL	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1986	22	PHI	NL	56	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	1.8%	25%		1.7	27.5		1.78	41%
1987	23	PHI	NL	81	0.0%	48.2%	2.5%	1.2%	25%	19.50	1.9	24.3		3.00	42%
1988	24	PHI	NL	36	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.2		1.50	2.50	50%	17%	0.0%	50%
1989	25	PHI	NL	41	0.0%	36.6%	14.6%	2.4%	17%	2.50	2.3	34.0	1.38	3.67	46%	20%	0.0%	13%
1990	26	PHI	NL	53	0.0%	17.0%	5.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.9		1.67	2.36	66%	2%	0.0%	17%
1991	27	PHI	NL	34	0.0%	52.9%	11.8%	0.0%		4.50	1.3				18%	0%

1993	29	COL	NL	31	0.0%	32.3%	9.7%	3.2%	50%	3.33	2.5		1.14	1.67	48%	17%	0.0%	29%
1994	30	COL	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.0	4.0	1.00		40%	50%	0.0%	0%
1995	31	COL	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1996	32	COL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0				0%
12 Seasons				341	0.0%	41.9%	6.7%	1.2%	17%	6.22	2.1	42.1	1.59	2.70	45%	11%	0.0%	24%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	22	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1987	23	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1988	24	PHI	NL	0	0	43%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1989	25	PHI	NL	0	0	8%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
1990	26	PHI	NL	1	0	50%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1991	27	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	29	COL	NL	0	0	20%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	30	COL	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	31	COL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	32	COL	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				1	0	28%	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	33%	11	8	3	2	2	0	5	2	3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1986	22	PHI	NL	56	29%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	14%	12	2	17%	15	1	7%	36	2	6%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0
1987	23	PHI	NL	81	35%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	60%	17	3	18%	20	3	15%	52	3	6%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
1988	24	PHI	NL	36	100%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	12	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1989	25	PHI	NL	41	100%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	5	0	0%	29	1	3%	5	1	20%	0	0		0
1990	26	PHI	NL	53	49%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.36	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	67%	9	0	0%	11	2	18%	32	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	3	75%	0
1991	27	PHI	NL	34	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	8	0	0%	10	3	30%	21	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0

1993	29	COL	NL	31	65%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	0	0%	7	2	29%	17	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1994	30	COL	NL	5	60%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1995	31	COL	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	32	COL	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
12 Seasons				341	61%	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.36	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	38	23	61%	62	5	8%	74	11	15%	210	7	3%	17	3	18%	22	6	27%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	24	PHI	NL	36	119	3.31	82	69%	21%	38%	20%	22%	79%	0%	55%	52%	56%	3%	1	0	11%	4	0	8%	3	1	27%	0	0	0
1989	25	PHI	NL	33	127	3.85	83	65%	25%	23%	33%	18%	73%	0%	48%	68%	36%	3%	1	0	9%	3	1	3%	1	0	50%	8	0	1
1990	26	PHI	NL	50	150	3.00	106	71%	26%	16%	22%	36%	74%	0%	52%	78%	44%	4%	2	0	8%	4	0	6%	3	0	11%	3	0	0
1991	27	PHI	NL	34	142	4.18	92	65%	36%	26%	25%	13%	64%	0%	42%	59%	29%	3%	1	0	15%	5	1	3%	1	1	28%	0	0	0

1993	29	COL	NL	25	95	3.80	60	63%	35%	12%	32%	22%	65%	0%	41%	82%	32%	4%	1	0	12%	3	0	12%	3	0	56%	6	0	0
1994	30	COL	NL	5	21	4.20	11	52%	18%	45%	18%	18%	82%	0%	43%	44%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1995	31	COL	NL	2	8	4.00	6	75%	50%	50%	0%	0%	50%	0%	38%	0%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1996	32	COL	NL	2	10	5.00	6	60%	67%	17%	17%	0%	33%	0%	20%	50%	0%	50%	1	0	50%	1	0	50%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
8 Seasons				187	672	3.59	446	66%	29%	24%	25%	22%	71%	0%	47%	66%	40%	4%	7	0	11%	20	2	7%	13	2	34%	17	0	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1986	22	21	56	55	2	4	1	2	0	32	.073	.073	.091	.164	-56	5	2	1
1987	23	56	137	128	5	8	2	5	2	71	.063	.077	.078	.155	-59	10	5	7
1988	24	111	173	161	8	12	2	5	5	86	.075	.102	.087	.189	-48	14	5	7
1989	25	135	214	195	9	18	3	6	11	101	.092	.141	.108	.248	-31	21	5	8
1990	26	167	267	239	12	21	3	6	14	110	.088	.138	.100	.239	-33	24	5	14
1991	27	198	301	263	12	21	3	6	18	128	.080	.139	.091	.230	-35	24	5	20
1992	28	198	301	263	12	21	3	6	18	128	.080	.139	.091	.230	-35	24	5	20
1993	29	257	332	288	13	23	4	6	21	138	.080	.142	.094	.236	-34	27	5	23
1994	30	313	337	292	13	24	4	7	22	140	.082	.146	.096	.242	-32	28	5	23
1995	31	350	339	294	13	24	4	7	22	142	.082	.146	.095	.241	-33	28	5	23
1996	32	421	341	295	13	24	4	7	23	143	.081	.148	.095	.243	-32	28	5	23
1997	33	444	341	295	13	24	4	7	23	143	.081	.148	.095	.243	-32	28	5	23

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1986	22	21	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
1987	23	35	75	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	39	.000	.027	.000	.027	0	35
1988	24	55	38	34	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	15	.147	.237	.147	.384	1	55
1989	25	24	42	35	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	7	15	.200	.333	.229	.562	3	24
1990	26	32	51	46	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	.109	.196	.109	.305	1	32
1991	27	31	28	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	.000	.143	.000	.143	1	31

1993	29	59	30	26	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	10	.115	.233	.192	.426	1	59
1994	30	79	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	56
1995	31	42	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	37
1996	32	71	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	71
10 Seasons		449	330	302	9	20	3	0	0	1	0	28	144	.066	.145	.076	.222	7	421
162 Game Avg.		162	119	109	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	10	52	.066	.145	.076	.222	3	421

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