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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 22 PHI NL 9 4 .692 2.46 21 21 0 6 0 0 146.1 138 53 40 6 44 6 70 1 1 0 600 158 1.244 8.5 0.4 2.7 4.3 1.59 RoY-7
1987 23 PHI NL 11 14 .440 4.35 35 35 0 3 1 0 204.2 236 118 99 17 73 4 93 2 0 6 884 98 1.510 10.4 0.7 3.2 4.1 1.27
1988 24 PHI NL 6 10 .375 4.43 55 15 14 3 0 3 144.1 151 86 71 7 80 6 82 3 0 12 646 80 1.600 9.4 0.4 5.0 5.1 1.03
1989 25 PHI NL 6 10 .375 4.44 24 23 0 1 0 0 125.2 152 69 62 10 62 6 70 0 0 8 576 80 1.703 10.9 0.7 4.4 5.0 1.13
1990 26 PHI NL 6 13 .316 5.38 32 25 1 2 1 0 149.0 178 99 89 14 62 7 79 1 2 3 678 71 1.611 10.8 0.8 3.7 4.8 1.27
1991 27 PHI NL 4 7 .364 3.78 31 15 2 1 1 0 119.0 125 52 50 6 38 3 85 1 0 4 508 97 1.370 9.5 0.5 2.9 6.4 2.24
1992 28 MIL AL 1 6 .143 6.67 25 6 6 1 0 0 58.0 66 43 43 7 41 3 45 0 0 2 272 58 1.845 10.2 1.1 6.4 7.0 1.10
1993 29 COL NL 6 5 .545 3.87 59 12 8 0 0 2 139.2 145 71 60 10 69 9 126 1 0 8 619 123 1.532 9.3 0.6 4.4 8.1 1.83
1994 30 COL NL 4 5 .444 4.04 56 0 39 0 0 16 55.2 55 28 25 6 30 2 65 1 0 5 252 123 1.527 8.9 1.0 4.9 10.5 2.17
1995 31 COL NL 0 1 .000 2.12 37 0 19 0 0 11 34.0 26 8 8 1 19 1 23 0 0 1 140 255 1.324 6.9 0.3 5.0 6.1 1.21
1996 32 COL NL 7 5 .583 4.00 71 0 56 0 0 24 69.2 55 35 31 5 29 3 74 0 0 10 292 131 1.206 7.1 0.6 3.7 9.6 2.55
1997 33 COL NL 0 2 .000 5.32 23 0 15 0 0 7 22.0 18 15 13 3 18 0 31 0 0 2 102 97 1.636 7.4 1.2 7.4 12.7 1.72
12 Seasons 60 82 .423 4.19 469 152 160 17 3 63 1268.0 1345 677 591 92 565 50 843 10 3 61 5569 98 1.506 9.5 0.7 4.0 6.0 1.49
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .423 4.19 51 17 18 2 0 7 139 147 74 65 10 62 5 92 1 0 7 610 98 1.506 9.5 0.7 4.0 6.0 1.49
PHI (6 yrs) 42 58 .420 4.16 198 134 17 16 3 3 889.0 980 477 411 60 359 32 479 8 3 33 3892 92 1.506 9.9 0.6 3.6 4.8 1.33
COL (5 yrs) 17 18 .486 3.84 246 12 137 0 0 60 321.0 299 157 137 25 165 15 319 2 0 26 1405 130 1.445 8.4 0.7 4.6 8.9 1.93
MIL (1 yr) 1 6 .143 6.67 25 6 6 1 0 0 58.0 66 43 43 7 41 3 45 0 0 2 272 58 1.845 10.2 1.1 6.4 7.0 1.10
NL (11 yrs) 59 76 .437 4.08 444 146 154 16 3 63 1210.0 1279 634 548 85 524 47 798 10 3 59 5297 101 1.490 9.5 0.6 3.9 5.9 1.52
AL (1 yr) 1 6 .143 6.67 25 6 6 1 0 0 58.0 66 43 43 7 41 3 45 0 0 2 272 58 1.845 10.2 1.1 6.4 7.0 1.10

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 31 COL NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 2.70 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 NLDS 0 0 2.70 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

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

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

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--5.983--230th

Games Played s c a p y
1994 NL--56--6th

Saves s c a p y
1994 NL--16--8th
Career--63--201st

Games Started s c a p y
1987 NL--35--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL--80--7th

Hits s c a p y
1987 NL--236--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL--.748--9th

Losses s c a p y
1987 NL--14--8th
1990 NL--13--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 NL--99--10th
1990 NL--89--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 NL--12--2nd
1996 NL--10--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1994 NL--39--7th
1996 NL--56--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

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