Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Pitching Comparison

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	11	6	.647	2.97	119	0	36	0	0	4	157.2	141	62	52	13	64	15	104	3	2	2	670	216	124	3.82	1.300	8.0	0.7	3.7	5.9
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	60	82	.423	4.19	469	152	160	17	3	63	1268.0	1345	677	591	92	565	50	843	10	3	61	5569	1996	99	3.85	1.506	9.5	0.7	4.0	6.0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	0	0		2.70	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	5		3.70	1.500	8.1	0.0	5.4	5.4

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Value

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	1.1	-0.1
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0	9.8	-1.3

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals Against

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	216	589	96	28	4	20	7	74.07	0	9	5	9	.239	.313	.367	.680	97	.127	.266	69	216	45	208	216
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0	1996	4892	969	257	27	94	53	63.95	5	138	58	42	.275	.349	.395	.743	105	.120	.313	682	1932	376	1920	1996

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	3.1	5	12	3	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.357	.250	.607		.000	.300	1	3	0	5	5

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	0			75	23	31	6	40.0	36	119
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	74	49	46.9	168	63	38	19	76.8	160	317

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	0			1	0	0	0		1	4

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Ratios

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	15.5	9.6	6.0
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0	15.1	10.1	5.0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	3.1	14.3	14.3	0.0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0		83

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	3.1	21		13	61.90

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bruce Ruffin	3	0	1.000	2.60	7	4	1	1	1	1	34.2	31	12	10	0	7	0	28	1	0	1	143	1.096	8.0	0.0	1.8	7.3
2	John Costello	0	0		3.00	7	0	3	0	0	1	9.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	6	0	0	1	38	1.222	7.0	0.0	4.0	6.0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Game Logs

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Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	John Costello	SDP	1991-07-31	7-7	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	7	4	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2		21	13	0.0	-2.55	0	0	0.07
2	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1991-07-31	GS-7, W	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	28	7	26	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	1	64	105	69	0.1	1.17			1.08
3	John Costello	SDP	1991-07-20	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	10	0.0	0.47	0	0	0.04
4	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1991-07-20	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	34	7	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	86	130	84	0.5	4.24			0.99
5	John Costello	STL	1989-09-24	9-GF, S	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		14	11	0.2	0.45	0	0	3.66
6	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1989-09-24	GS-7	7.0	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	30	11	29	9	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	58	105	72	0.2	2.16			1.02
7	John Costello	STL	1988-08-04	8-GF	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		43	26	0.0	0.87	0	0	0.02
8	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1988-08-04	7-7	0.1	3	5	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	5	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		17	10	-0.1	-3.41	0	0	0.54
9	John Costello	STL	1988-06-26	6-6, H	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	7	0.1	0.43	0	0	0.81
10	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1988-06-26	10-GF(10), S	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		17	14	0.1	0.43	0	0	1.95
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Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1991	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1991	1991-07-20	PHI	SDP	ahead 0-4	t9	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Comparison

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	295	13	24	4	0	0	7	0	0	23	143	.081	.148	.095	.243	-32	28	5	0	23	0	0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Value

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-4	0	0	0
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	-1.5	-1.5	-1.6	0.0	-57	0	-1	0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Sabermetric

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	0	0	0	15	0	.000	0	-3	-0.3	.000	1.3		0
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	4	47	48	299	7	.158	20	-56	-5.7	.014	2.1		0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Win Probability

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-4.23	-0.4	-3.54	0.86
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	-4.8	-5.6	0.2	-59.36	-5.9	-60.12	0.89

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Batting

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bruce Ruffin	7	12	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.100	.182	.200	.382	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	John Costello	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Game Logs

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Bruce Ruffin vs. John Costello: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	John Costello	SDP	1991-07-31		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1991-07-31	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.86	-0.068	0.00	0.00%	-0.93			P
3	John Costello	SDP	1991-07-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1991-07-20	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.075	0.01	0.00%	-0.89			P
5	John Costello	STL	1989-09-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1989-09-24	*	8	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	0.087	0.00	0.00%	0.58			P
7	John Costello	STL	1988-08-04		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1988-08-04		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	John Costello	STL	1988-06-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bruce Ruffin	PHI	1988-06-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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