Bruce Ruffin  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! If you're going in to face Ruffin, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. Ruffin is nothing special in the field. Ruffin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ruffin has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Ruffin as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Ruffin doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 LA 74 19 48 55 56 52 47 45 55 63 38 0 75 0 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 5 15 50 250
1999 LA 73 19 48 63 56 52 47 45 55 63 38 0 75 0 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 256
2000 LA 74 18 48 63 56 52 47 45 55 64 38 0 75 0 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 258
2001 LA 74 17 48 63 56 52 47 45 55 65 38 0 75 0 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 258
2002 LA 72 17 48 63 56 52 47 45 55 65 38 0 75 0 0 0 37 16 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 254
2003 LA 74 16 48 63 56 52 47 45 55 65 38 0 75 0 0 0 38 17 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 256
2004 LA 72 15 48 63 56 52 47 45 55 65 38 0 75 0 0 0 39 18 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 251
Ratings Delta   -2 -1                             +1 +1           -2 -5
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.