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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 PHI NL 22 P 21 21 146.1 29 8 20 1 0 .966 1.72 1.33 .955 1.94 0.66 RoY-7
1987 PHI NL 23 P 35 35 204.2 41 7 32 2 3 .951 1.71 1.11 .956 1.91 0.62
1988 PHI NL 24 P 55 15 144.1 38 11 25 2 2 .947 2.24 0.65 .955 1.96 0.69
1989 PHI NL 25 P 24 23 125.2 41 3 34 4 0 .902 2.65 1.54 .949 1.87 0.63
1990 PHI NL 26 P 32 25 149.0 28 5 23 0 2 1.000 1.69 0.88 .954 1.80 0.58
1991 PHI NL 27 P 31 15 119.0 25 8 15 2 1 .920 1.74 0.74 .956 1.86 0.59
1992 MIL AL 28 P 25 6 58.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.40 0.36 .956 1.72 0.56
1993 COL NL 29 P 59 12 139.2 24 7 16 1 3 .958 1.48 0.39 .954 1.84 0.54
1994 COL NL 30 P 56 0 55.2 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.94 0.21 .958 1.86 0.54
1995 COL NL 31 P 37 0 34.0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.12 0.22 .950 1.85 0.51
1996 COL NL 32 P 71 0 69.2 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.15 .955 1.83 0.52
1997 COL NL 33 P 23 0 22.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.13 .967 1.84 0.52
12 Seasons P 469 152 1268.0 269 58 199 12 11 .955 1.82 0.55 .954 1.87 0.57
12 Seasons TOT 469 152 1268.0 269 58 199 12 11 .955 1.82 0.55 .910 1.87 0.57

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 PHI NL 22 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PHI NL 23 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PHI NL 24 55 15 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 PHI NL 25 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PHI NL 26 32 25 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 PHI NL 27 31 15 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIL AL 28 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 COL NL 29 59 12 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 COL NL 30 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 COL NL 31 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 COL NL 32 71 0 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 COL NL 33 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 469 146 444 469 469 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1986 PHI NL 22 630 82% 44% 18 94% 1 8 0 6 19 14 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1987 PHI NL 23 922 82% 43% 35 89% 0 7 1 4 33 25 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 4 100%
1988 PHI NL 24 677 76% 40% 26 92% 1 12 1 9 24 15 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 12 92%
1989 PHI NL 25 600 78% 42% 34 91% 0 3 0 2 32 29 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 89%
1990 PHI NL 26 691 79% 33% 24 96% 0 5 1 3 21 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1991 PHI NL 27 523 76% 30% 16 94% 0 8 1 6 15 11 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1992 MIL AL 28 280 69% 30% 6 100% 0 4 1 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 COL NL 29 645 69% 36% 18 78% 1 8 1 4 16 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 80%
1994 COL NL 30 263 64% 32% 12 92% 0 2 0 1 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1995 COL NL 31 145 71% 37% 4 100% 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1996 COL NL 32 302 66% 36% 10 80% 0 2 0 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1997 COL NL 33 106 54% 27% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 5784 75% 38% 205 91% 4 60 6 40 190 144 16 12 1 3 8 4 11 9 11 0 54 89%
MLB Averages 76% 31% 89% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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