Bruce
Ruffin
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 209
 
Born: October 4, 1963 in Usa, TX, LUBBOCK
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1986 22 DET AL   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1987 23 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 9 9 9
1988 24 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 9 9 9
1989 25 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 9 9 9
1990 26 DET AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1986 22 AAA   8 10 .444 45 18 1 0 5 148.3 155 56 4 60 96 3.40 .267 .336 .341 .677  
1987 23 DET AL 4 7 .364 14 14 0 0 0 85.7 98 46 4 26 44 4.83 .284 .332 .400 .732 3.3
    AAA   4 3 .571 18 18 0 0 0 117.0 104 33 4 45 108 2.54 .236 .307 .308 .615  
1988 24 DET AL 13 8 .619 34 34 1 0 0 206.7 224 99 16 74 114 4.31 .273 .336 .407 .743 10.7
1989 25 DET AL 17 8 .680 32 32 0 0 0 191.7 178 89 11 67 118 4.18 .243 .305 .362 .667 13.3
1990 26 DET AL 12 8 .600 32 32 1 1 0 186.3 172 70 7 45 117 3.38 .240 .284 .341 .625 15.4
4 Years Sim 46 31 .597 112 112 2 1 0 670.3 672 304 38 212 393 4.08 .257 .313 .375 .688 42.8
2 Years AAA 12 13 .480 63 36 1 0 5 265.3 259 89 8 105 204 3.02 .254 .323 .327 .650  
Season Average 11 7 .611 28 28 0 0 0 167.6 168 76 9 53 98 4.08 .257 .313 .375 .688  
Career Highs 17 8 .680 34 34 1 1 0 206.7 224 99 16 74 118 4.83 .284 .336 .407 .743  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   507 218 28 149 282   .261 .314 .381 .695
vs LH   165 86 10 63 111   .245 .309 .359 .668
Home 27 9 .750 56 56 0 0 0 340.7 301 133 20 103 199 3.51 .231 .288 .344 .631
Away 19 22 .463 56 56 2 1 0 329.7 371 171 18 109 194 4.67 .282 .337 .407 .744
Mar/Apr 7 3 .700 15 15 0 0 0 94.0 77 26 3 39 58 2.49 .222 .301 .303 .603
May 10 2 .833 18 18 0 0 0 111.3 103 42 8 25 71 3.40 .242 .284 .351 .635
June 5 6 .455 15 15 0 0 0 82.7 91 41 5 29 46 4.46 .276 .334 .409 .743
July 7 9 .438 21 21 0 0 0 121.0 145 78 3 38 53 5.80 .293 .343 .396 .739
August 7 8 .467 24 24 1 0 0 143.0 151 68 14 46 96 4.28 .268 .323 .424 .747
Sep/Oct 10 3 .769 19 19 1 1 0 118.3 105 49 5 35 69 3.73 .231 .286 .347 .633
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1987 23 DET AL P 14 14 85.7 4 16 1 1 .952 2.10    
1988 24 DET AL P 34 34 206.7 10 23 5 2 .868 1.44    
1989 25 DET AL P 32 32 191.7 18 26 0 3 1.000 2.07    
1990 26 DET AL P 32 32 186.3 11 34 1 2 .978 2.17    
Career Totals   112 112 670.3 43 99 7 8 .953 1.91    
Career Highs   34 34 206.7 18 34 5 3 1.000 2.17    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1988 24 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 16 8 0 6 4 6.35 .340 .415 .362 .777
1989 25 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 10 8 2 5 5 5.54 .208 .283 .438 .721
1990 26 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 13 6 1 3 11 5.07 .302 .348 .512 .859
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 6 6 0 0 0 35.0 39 22 3 14 20 5.66 .283 .349 .435 .783
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1990-6-3.38
Wins
1989-5-17
Winning Pct
1989-9-.680
Games Started
1988-10-34
Complete Games
1990-4-1
Shutouts
1990-2-1
Hits per 9IP
1990-9-8.3
WHiP
1990-5-1.16
OAVG
1990-9-.240
OOBP
1990-5-.284
OSLG
1990-4-.341
OOPS
1990-4-.625
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Julio Solano (960)
  2. Pat Clements (960)
  3. Herm Holshouser (956)
  4. John Mitchell (953)
  5. Greg Swindell (951)
  6. Dan Plesac (948)
  7. Allan Anderson (948)
  8. George Earnshaw (946)
  9. Mike Boddicker (943)
  10. Don Cardwell (941)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 42nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1986
Injured on 6/24/1986 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 8/2/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1990, winning 2 games with a 1.84 ERA