Bruce Ruffin

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: October 4, 1963 in Lubbock, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 31st round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hanks HS (El Paso, TX) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Hanks HS (El Paso, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: June 28, 1986 (Age 22-267d, 12,794th in MLB history)
vs. STL 6.1 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 26, 1997 (Age 33-265d)
vs. SFG 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: Bruce Wayne Ruffin

Relatives: Father of Chance Ruffin

Support us without the ads? Go Ad-Free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.3

W

L

ERA

4.19

G

469

GS

152

SV

IP

1268.0

SO

843

WHIP

1.506

This Week in Sports Reference

Want to know when we do something new? Around once a week we'll give you a quick update on all the things we've been up to. View a sample email.

Become a Sports Reference Power User

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1985	21	PHI-min	A	5	5	.500	2.88	14	14	0	3	1	0	97.0	87	33	31	2	34	1	74	2	1	3				1.247	8.1	0.2	3.2	6.9	2.18	CLW FLOR
1986	22	PHI-min	AA	8	4	.667	3.29	16	13	0	4	2	0	90.1	89	41	33	3	26	1	68	0	0	2				1.273	8.9	0.3	2.6	6.8	2.62	REA EL
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	3.27	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	4.14	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	81	3.99	1.600	9.4	0.4	5.0	5.1	1.03
1989	25	PHI-min	AAA	5	1	.833	4.68	9	9	0	0	0	0	50.0	44	28	26	2	39	1	44	2	0	9				1.660	7.9	0.4	7.0	7.9	1.13	SWB IL
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	4.16	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	4.24	1.611	10.8	0.8	3.7	4.8	1.27
1991	27	PHI-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.66	13	13	0	1	0	0	75.1	82	43	39	4	41	1	50	0	0	3	337			1.633	9.8	0.5	4.9	6.0	1.22	SWB IL
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	3.07	1.370	9.5	0.5	2.9	6.4	2.24
1992	28	MIL-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	0.94	4	4	0	1	0	0	28.2	28	12	3	4	8	1	17	0	1	0	119			1.256	8.8	1.3	2.5	5.3	2.13	DEN AA
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	4.92	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	124	3.62	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	124	3.87	1.527	8.9	1.0	4.9	10.5	2.17
1995	31	COL-min	AA	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		NHV EL
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	3.81	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	130	3.23	1.206	7.1	0.6	3.7	9.6	2.55
1997	33	COL-min	AAA	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9			0.375	3.4	3.4	0.0	6.8		CSP PCL
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	99	4.52	1.636	7.4	1.2	7.4	12.7	1.72
12 Yrs				60	82	.423	4.19	469	152	160	17	3	63	1268.0	1345	677	591	92	565	50	843	10	3	61	5569	99	3.85	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	99	3.85	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	3.85	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	131	3.66	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	4.92	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	102	3.80	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	4.92	1.845	10.2	1.1	6.4	7.0	1.10

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Game Log

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Support us without the ads? Go Ad-Free.

Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Other Resources & Links

More Ruffin Pages

Bruce Ruffin Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Bruce Ruffin Pages at Baseball Reference

Support us without the ads? Go Ad-Free.

Bruce Ruffin

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

This Week in Sports Reference

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Other Resources & Links

More Ruffin Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks